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Contents

  1. Multiplatform Editors
  2. Unix-Only Editors
  3. Windows-Only Editors
  4. Macintosh-Only Editors
  5. Online Editors
  6. Glorified Editors
  7. Enhanced Python shells
  8. Mobile Device Editors
  9. Other Resources
  10. Never ending debate

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Multiplatform Editors

Name

Platform

Impl. Language

License

Notes

a8

Linux, FreeBSD

Python, GTK

GPLv3

Embed Vim. Little brother of PIDA

Alphatk

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X

Tcl/Tk

Proprietary

Extensible in Tcl, Tk; Can interact with python.

Atom

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X

Python

MIT

Python language support for Atom-IDE, powered by the Python language server.

Code::Blocks

Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

C++, wxWidgets

GPLv3

class browser does not currently work for .py files, but it's still a nice IDE to use for python projects

Bluefish

Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

C, GTK+

GPLv3

The link points to the features page.

Cream

Linux, Windows, FreeBSD

C

GPLv3

Cream is a free and easy-to-use configuration of the powerful and famous Vim text editor for both Microsoft Windows and GNU/Lfinux.

Cssed

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X

C, GTK+

GPLv2

CSS editor with syntax highlighting for Python, and embedded Python interpreter. Extensible through a Python API.

codeEditor

Unix/X, Windows, Mac OS X

Python, wxPython