The following tables list notable software packages that are nominal IDEs; standalone tools such assource-code editors andGUI builders are not included. These IDEs are listed in alphabetic order of the supported language.
IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | Debugger | GUI builder | Profiler | Static code analysis | MXML | Export to Mobile |
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Adobe Animate | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | JVM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Flash Builder | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | JVM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FlashDevelop | MIT License | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
IntelliJ IDEA | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Powerflasher FDT | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | JVM | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IDE | License | Other platforms | GUI builder | Profiler | Code coverage | Static code analysis | Latest stablerelease | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eclipse w/AonixADT[1] | EPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | Yes | Yes[2] | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | December 2009 |
GNAT Programming Studio | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | DragonFly BSD,FreeBSD,NetBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | Yes | Yes[3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | June 2014 |
SlickEdit | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris, SolarisSPARC,AIX,HP-UX | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | 2018 |
Understand | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | December 2015 |
IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | Debugger | Assemblers | Auto-complete | Macros/templates | Latest stablerelease |
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Fresh | EUPL and 2-clause BSD | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | FASM | Unknown | Unknown | 1.73.04 / April 30, 2018 |
SASM | GPL | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Yes | NASM,MASM,GAS andFASM | Yes | Yes | 3.10.1 / 8 October 2018 |
SlickEdit | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris, SolarisSPARC,AIX,HP-UX | No | MASM,High Level Assembly,Linux Assembly,OS/390 Assembly | Yes | Yes | 2018 |
IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Developer | Other platforms | Latest stablerelease |
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Basic4android | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | Anywhere Software | cross-compile fromWindows toAndroid | 2018-03-20 |
Gambas | GPL | No | Yes | No | Benoît Minisini | FreeBSD,Cygwin | 2019-11-19 |
Microsoft Small Basic | MIT License | Yes | No | No | Microsoft | 2015-10-01 | |
MonoDevelop | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Xamarin and theMono community | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | 2016-01-28 |
PBASICStamp Editor | Proprietary | Yes | No | Yes | Parallax Inc | 2014-07-02[4] | |
PureBasic | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fantaisie Software | AmigaOS | 2024-03-27[5] |
SharpDevelop | MIT[6] | Yes | No | No | ICSharpCode Team | 2015-07-14 | |
SlickEdit | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | SlickEdit | Solaris, SolarisSPARC,AIX,HP-UX | 2018 |
Xojo | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Xojo, Inc. | Web | 2015-12-17 |
IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | Written in | Debugger | Integrated toolchain | Profiler | Static code analysis | Latest stablerelease | C compiler | C++ compiler | Refactoring | |||||
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Anjuta (abandoned) | GPL | No | Yes | No | FreeBSD | C | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 2016-03 | Yes | Yes | No |
AppCode (IntelliJ IDEA) | Proprietary | No | No | Yes | Java | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Xcode profiler) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2012-12 | Yes (Xcode toolchain) | Yes (Xcode toolchain) | Yes | |
C++Builder | Proprietary,Freeware (Starter edition only) | Yes | No (Cross compiler planned) | Yes (Cross compiler) | cross-compiles forAndroid andiOS | C++ andObject Pascal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (AQTime Standard in package manager) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2017-03 Tokyo 10.2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Code::Blocks | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | C++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[7] | Yes | 2020-05[8] | Yes (MinGW + custom) | Yes (MinGW + custom) | Yes |
CodeLite | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD | C++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (As of CodeLite 6.1, integration withValgrind) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes[9] | Yes | 2025-01-09 | Yes (GCC, Clang, VC + custom) | Yes (GCC, Clang, VC + custom) | Yes |
Dev-C++ | GPL | Yes | No[10] | No | FreeBSD | Object Pascal | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 2021-01-30 | Yes | Yes | No |
Eclipse CDT | EPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | C++,Java | Yes | Yes[2] | Yes[11] | Yes[12] | Yes[13] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2020-06[14][15][16] | External | External | Yes |
Geany | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,AIX,OpenBSD,Solaris, otherUnix | C | Yes (via a plug-in) | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | 2019-04[17] | External | External | No |
GNAT Programming Studio | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | DragonFly BSD,FreeBSD,NetBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | Ada | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 2016-06 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
JetBrains CLion | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Java | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 2019-07[18] | Yes (customizable) | Yes (customizable) | Yes | |
KDevelop | GPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,Solaris | C/C++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2022-12-08 | External | External | Yes |
LabWindows/CVI | Proprietary | Yes | No | No | cross-compile toLinux,Phar Lap ETS | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | — | 2016-12 | Yes | No | No |
Microsoft Visual Studio | Proprietary,Freeware (Community edition only) | Yes | Yes (Cross compiler)[19] | No | Mac OS 7 (v2.x-v4.x only) | C++ andC# | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2019-04 | Yes | Yes | Yes (also plugin)[20] |
Visual Studio Code | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | TypeScriptJavaScriptCSS | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 2025-06-26 | External | External | Requires language server support[21][22] | |
MonoDevelop | LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | C# | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 2016-11 | Yes (GCC + custom) | Yes (GCC + custom) | Yes |
NetBeans C/C++ pack | Apache License | Yes | Yes | Yes | OpenBSD,Solaris | Java | Yes[23] | Yes[23] | Yes[24] | No[23] | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 26[25] ![]() | External | External | Yes |
OpenWatcom | OSI Approved | Yes (32-bit only) | Partial | No | FreeBSD,DOS,OS/2 | C/C++ | Yes (GUI remote) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | 2010-06 | Yes | Yes | No |
Oracle Solaris Studio | Proprietary,Freeware | No | Yes | No | Solaris | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2008-11 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pelles C IDE | Proprietary,Freeware | Yes | No | No | C | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | May 19, 2023 | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Qt Creator | GPL /LGPL /Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,Maemo,OpenBSD,Symbian | C++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (clang) | Yes | Yes | 2024-02 | External | External | Yes[26] |
Rational Software Architect (Eclipse IBM) | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | No | FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | Java | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2015-09 | External | External | Yes |
SlickEdit | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris, SolarisSPARC,AIX,HP-UX | C++ | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 2018-12 | External | External | Yes |
U++ TheIDE | BSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,Solaris | C++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 2022-12 | External | External | No |
Understand | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | ? | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 2015-12 | No | No | Yes |
Xcode (Apple) | Proprietary | No | No | Yes | cross compiles toiOS | C,C++,Objective-C,Objective-C++ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 2016-12 | Yes, llvm (llvm-gcc and gcc deprecated) | Yes, llvm (llvm-gcc and gcc deprecated) | Yes |
IDE | License | Developer | Latest stablerelease | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms |
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Microsoft Visual Studio | Proprietary Community Edition:Freeware | Microsoft | 17.14.7 / June 23, 2025 | Yes | No | Yes | |
MonoDevelop | LGPL | Xamarin and theMono community | 7.6.9.22 / September 21, 2018 | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris |
SharpDevelop | MIT[27] | IC#Code Team | 5.1 / April 14, 2016 | Yes | No | No | |
SlickEdit | Proprietary | SlickEdit | October 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris, SolarisSPARC,AIX,HP-UX |
Understand | Proprietary | SciTools | 814 / December 4, 2015 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris |
Visual Studio Code | source code(MIT License) - binary(Proprietary) | Microsoft | 1.101.2 / 26 June 2025 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Xamarin Studio | source code(MIT License) - binary(Proprietary) | Microsoft | December 2016 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Eclipse | EPL | Eclipse Foundation | 4.7 / June 28, 2017 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Rider | Proprietary | JetBrains | 2024.3 / November 13, 2024 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IDE | License | Developer | Written in | First Release | Latest Stable Release | Windows | macOS | Linux |
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OpenCobolIDE[28] | GPL v3[29][30] | Colin Duquesnoy[31] | Python[32] | 1.0.0 / 21 March 2013[33] | 4.7.6 / 30 December 2016[34][35][36] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] | Yes[35] |
IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | Editor | Debugger | GUI builder | Profiler | Browsers |
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Allegro Common Lisp | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,HP-UX,AIX,Solaris,Tru64 UNIX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Class browser, Systems, Definitions |
LispWorks | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,HP-UX,Solaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Class browser, Functions, Errors, Processes, Symbols, Systems |
SLIME (Emacs) | portions inGPL v2,LGPL,BSD andpublic domain | Yes | Yes | Yes | DragonFly BSD,FreeBSD,HP-UX,AIX,IRIX,DOS,NetBSD,OpenBSD,OpenVMS,OS/2,Solaris, otherUnix | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Class browser, Errors, Symbols |
IDE | License | Developer | Platform |
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BlackBox Component Builder | Proprietary similar toSleepycat | Oberon microsystems | Windows |
License | Other platforms | Code coverage | Static code analysis | GUI-based design | Class browser | Latest stablerelease | |||||||||
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GPL and commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenVMS,Solaris,VxWorks, otherUnix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic testing framework | Yes | Type checking, Void-safety, Metrics tool | BON /UML class diagramming | Multi-view | 20.05, 2020 |
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IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Developer |
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Microsoft Visual Studio | Proprietary (standard) Freeware (community edition) | Yes | No | Yes | Microsoft |
Visual Studio Code[38] | Proprietary (binary code) MIT License (source code) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Microsoft |
Rider[39] | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | JetBrains |
IDE | License | Written inJava only | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | GUI builder |
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Eclipse GDT | EPL | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | No |
IntelliJ IDEA | ASLv2, proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | No |
NetBeans | Apache License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | Yes |
SlickEdit | Proprietary | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris, SolarisSPARC,AIX,HP-UX | No |
IDE | License | Platforms | Latest stablerelease | Developer |
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EclipseFP plugin | EPL? | JVM | 2.6.4 / January 19, 2015 | eclipsefp.github.io |
SlickEdit | Proprietary | Windows,Linux,macOS,AIX,HP-UX,Solaris, SolarisSPARC | October 2016 | SlickEdit |
Go to this page: Comparison of IDE choices for Haxe programmers
Java has strong IDE support, due not only to its historical and economic importance, but also due to a combination of reflection and static-typing making it well-suited for IDE support.[fact or opinion?]Some of the leading Java IDEs (such as IntelliJ and Eclipse) are also the basis for leading IDEs in other programming languages (e.g. forPython, IntelliJ is rebranded asPyCharm, and Eclipse has thePyDev plugin.)
IDE | License | LSP | Written inJava only | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | GUI builder | Profiling | RDBMS | EE | Limitations |
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BlueJ | GPL2+GNU linking exception | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | No | Not a General IDE; a small scale UML editor | |||
DrJava | Permissive | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | No | Java 8 only (2014) | |||
Eclipse JDT | EPL | Yes | No[40] | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Geany | GPL | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,AIX,OpenBSD,Solaris, otherUnix | No | ||||
Greenfoot | GPL | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | No | Not a General IDE; a 2D Game builder | |||
NetBeans | Apache License | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Multi folder Maven not supported |
IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition | Apache License v2.0 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | Yes | No | No | No | |
Visual Studio Code | MIT License | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No stack trace console. | ||||
LunarVim (based on NeoVim) | Apache License | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Some plugins do not yet auto install |
IDE | License | Written inJava only | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | GUI builder | Limitations |
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IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate Edition | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | Yes | |
JBuilder | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | Yes | |
JCreator | Proprietary | No | Yes | No | No | No | ||
JDeveloper | Proprietary (freeware) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | generic JVM | Yes | |
jGRASP | Proprietary (freeware) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
MyEclipse | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | Yes | |
Rational Application Developer | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | AIX,Solaris | Yes | |
Servoy | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | Yes | |
SlickEdit | Proprietary | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris, SolarisSPARC,AIX,HP-UX | No | |
Understand | Proprietary | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | Yes | |
Xcode (Apple) | Proprietary | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No code formating |
IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | Debugger | Profiler | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atom (with Juno extension) | MIT License[44] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes[45] | Yes[46] | Has a plotting pane. Juno team merged with VS Code extension team (see below); Juno now in maintenance mode. |
Emacs /spacemacs | portions inGPL v2,LGPL,BSD andpublic domain | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD | Yes | Yes | ESS extension support for emacs.vi support also available, e.g. in spacemacs (useful forpair programming). |
Visual Studio Code (using theJulia extension) | MIT License | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD[47] | Yes | Yes (i.e.flame graph viewing support) | Has a plotting pane. License is for the extension; and Microsoft's source code (only). |
IDE | Developer | Latest stablerelease | Platform | License |
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Decoda | Unknown Worlds Entertainment | 1.16 / October 25, 2011 | Windows | GPL[48] |
SlickEdit | SlickEdit | October 2016 | Windows,Linux,macOS,AIX,HP-UX,Solaris, SolarisSPARC | Proprietary |
ZeroBrane Studio | Paul Kulchenko, ZeroBrane LLC | 1.80 / October 7, 2018 | Windows,macOS/Mac,Linux | MIT License |
IDE | Developer | Latest stablerelease | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | Mobiles | Debugger | GUI builder | License | Autocomplete |
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Delphi | Embarcadero Technologies | Delphi 10.4.2 (Sydney) / February 24 2021 | Yes | No | No | cross-compile tomacOS,Android,iOSLinux[49] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | Yes |
Free Pascal IDE | Volunteers | 3.2.2 / May 20, 2021 | Yes | Yes | Yes | AmigaOS,Android,FreeBSD,Game Boy Advance,Haiku,AIX,iOS,MorphOS,DOS,NetBSD,Nintendo DS,Nintendo Wii,OpenBSD,OS/2,Solaris,Windows CE,JVM,LLVM (experimental), JavaScript transpiler,Embedded systems. | Yes | Yes | No | GPL;LGPL with static linking exception | No |
KDevelop | KDevelop Team | 5.5.1 (May 5, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-05-05))[±] (only 3.x supports Pascal) | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,NetBSD,Solaris, otherUnix | No | No | No | GPL | |
Lazarus | Volunteers | 3.0.0 / December 21, 2023 | Yes | Yes | Yes | SeeFree Pascal | Yes | Yes | Yes | GPL;LGPL with static linking exception | Yes |
MIDletPascal | Code Research Laboratories | 3.5 / February 2, 2013 | Yes | No | No | cross-compile fromWindows toJava ME | Yes | No | No | GPL | |
Morfik | Morfik Technology Pty Ltd. | 2.0.5.27 | Yes | Yes | Yes | compiles toHTML+CSS+XML+JavaScript (web apps) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | |
MSEide | Martin Schreiber | 4.6 / 2017-11-24 | Yes | Yes | No | FreeBSD | Yes | Yes | Yes | GPL;LGPL with static linking exception for the library MSEgui | |
Understand | SciTools | 4.0 / April 2015 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris | Yes | No | Yes | Proprietary | |
Visual Studio viaOxygene | RemObjects Software | 10.0 / August 2018 | Yes and additional Water IDE | No | Yes via Fire IDE | JVM,.NET,Mono,Cocoa,Cocoa Touch,Android,iOS,WebAssembly, cross compile toLinux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary; free compiler | Yes |
PocketStudio | winsoft | 3.0 | No | No | No | Palm OS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proprietary | |
Dev-Pascal | Bloodshed Software | 1.9.2 (using FPC 1.9.2 from 2005) | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | GPL | ||
PascalABC.NET | PascalABC.NET Compiler Team | 3.9 / July 10, 2023 | Yes | Yes | Yes | compiles toCLR | No | Yes | Yes | LGPL | Yes |
IDE | Developer | Latest stablerelease | Platform | License |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eclipse EPIC | EPIC Project Team | 0.6.44 / April 18, 2012 | Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | CPL |
Geany | Team | 1.37.1 / November 8, 2020 | Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD,AIX,OpenBSD,Solaris, otherUnix | GPL |
Komodo IDE / Edit | ActiveState | 9.0.1 / April 19, 2015 | Cross-platform | Proprietary |
NetBeans | Sun Microsystems /Oracle | 26[25] ![]() | Cross-platform | Apache License |
Padre | Padre Team | 1.0 / November 8, 2013 | Cross-platform | Perl |
JetBrains IDEs (via plugin)[50] | Alexandr Evstigneev | 2019.1.3 / May 25, 2019 | Cross-platform | Apache 2.0 |
SlickEdit | SlickEdit | October 2016 | Windows,Linux,macOS,AIX,Solaris,HP-UX | Proprietary |
IDE | Developer | Latest stablerelease version | Latest stable release date | Platform | Written in | Widget toolkit | License | Python2x support | Python3x support | Debugger | GUI builder | Integrated toolchain | Profiler | Code coverage | Autocomplete | Static program analysis | GUI based design | Class browser | Code refactoring | Version control system support | Web framework support |
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eric | Detlev Offenbach | 21.3 | 2021-03-06 | Windows,Linux,macOS | Python | PyQt | GPLv3 "or later" | Yes, until version 4.5.25 and since version 5.5.0[51] | Yes, since version 5.0.0[52] | Yes, for Python 2 & 3 | Yes:Qt Creator | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Multiple integrated checkers andPylint via plug-in | Yes | Yes | Yes | Subversion andMercurial (core plug-ins),git (optional plug-in) | Django as optional plug-in |
Geany | Team | 1.37.1 | 2020-11-08 | Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD,AIX,OpenBSD,Solaris, otherUnix | C | GTK+ | GPL | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
IDLE | Guido van Rossum et al. | 3.7 | 2019-03-25 | Cross-platform | Python | Tkinter | PSFL | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | No |
Komodo IDE | ActiveState | 10.2 | 2017-02-21 | Cross-platform | Unknown | Mozilla platform | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Bazaar,CVS,Git,Mercurial,Perforce,SVN | Unknown |
KDevelop | KDE KDevelop Team | 5.6.1 | 2020-12-11 | Cross-platform | C,C++ | Qt | GPL | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes[citation needed] | Bazaar,CVS,Git,Mercurial,Perforce,SVN | Unknown |
Microsoft Visual Studio[53]) | Microsoft | 16.9 | 2021-03-02 | Windows | C++ andC# | Windows Forms andWPF, throughIronPython | Python tools underApache License 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes[54] | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Basic refactoring | Yes | Yes |
MonoDevelop | Novell and theMono community | 6.1.2.44 | 2016-11-11 | Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | C# | Gtk# | LGPL | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Ninja-IDE | Team | 2.4 | 2019-06-23[55] | Cross-platform | Python | PyQt | GPL | Yes (Python 2.7) | Yes | Yes (with wdebugger plugin) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
PIDA | Team | 0.6.2 | 2010-08-04 | Cross-platform | Python | PyGTK | GPL | Unknown | Unknown | Yes (integrates with external debuggers) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
PyCharm | JetBrains | 2024.3.2 | 2025-01-28 | Windows,Linux,macOS | Java,Python | Swing | Open core: Full version underApache License 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes (full version only) | Yes (full version only) | Yes | Yes PEP 8 and others | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PyDev /LiClipse (plug-in forEclipse andAptana) | Appcelerator | 7.5.0 | 2020-01-10 | Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | Python | SWT | EPL | Yes | Yes | Yes (also remote, container, cluster, multi-threaded, and multi-process debugging) | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PyScripter | Kiriakos Vlahos | 4.2.5 | 2022-12-22 | Windows | Delphi,Python | Unknown | MIT | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes |
Spyder | Team | 6.0.6 | 2025-05-14 | Windows,Linux,macOS,Qt | Python | Qt5/Qt6 withPyQt orPySide | MIT | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
Thonny | Aivar Annamaa | 4.1.4 | 2023-11-9 | Windows,Linux,macOS | Python | Unknown | MIT | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Wing | Wingware | 11.0.1 | 2025-06-05 | Windows,Linux,macOS | Python | Qt5 withPyQt | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes (also remote, container, cluster, multi-threaded, and multi-process debugging) | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IDE | Developer | Latest stablerelease | Platform | License |
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R Tools for Visual Studio | Microsoft | March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10), v1.0 RC3 | Microsoft Windows | Apache License 2.0 |
RStudio | RStudio, Inc. | October 29, 2018 (2018-10-29), v1.1.463 | Cross-platform | AGPL |
IDE | Developer | Latest stablerelease | Platform | License |
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DrRacket | PLT Design, Inc. | 26 October 2018, v7.1 | Cross-platform | LGPL |
IDE | Developer | Latest stablerelease | Platform | License |
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Aptana Studio with integrated RadRails plugin (Eclipse) | Aptana, Inc. | 3.5.0 / December 27, 2013 | Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | GPL, proprietary |
Eclipse DLTK Ruby Plugin | Eclipse Foundation | 5.0.0 / June 6, 2013 | x86 | EPL |
eric | Detlev Offenbach | 6.1.4 / April 9, 2016 | Cross-platform | GPLv3 "or later" |
Komodo IDE / Edit | ActiveState | 9.0.1 / April 19, 2015 | Cross-platform | Proprietary |
RubyMine (IntelliJ IDEA) | JetBrains | 2018.3.5 (build 183.5912.16) / Feb 27, 2019[56] | Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris | Proprietary |
SlickEdit | SlickEdit | October 2016 | Windows,Linux,macOS,AIX,Solaris,HP-UX | Proprietary |
IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Debugger | Snippets | Code completion | Code Formatting |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atom | MIT License | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
BBEdit | Proprietary | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
CLion | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Eclipse | Eclipse Public License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kate | GNU General Public License | Yes | Yes | poor quality | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RustRover | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Sublime Text | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Textadept | MIT License | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Visual Studio Code | MIT License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IDE | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eclipse JDT | EPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris |
IntelliJ IDEA | ASLv2, proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Solaris |
NetBeans | Apache License | Yes | Yes | Yes | Solaris |
IDE | Developer | License | Windows | Linux | macOS | Other platforms | Debugger | GUI builder |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dolphin Smalltalk | Object Arts | MIT License | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Pharo | INRIA | MIT License | Yes | Yes | Yes | various | Yes | Yes |
Squeak | squeak.org | MIT License | Yes | Yes | Yes | various | Yes | Yes |
VisualAge | IBM | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | various | Yes | Yes |
VisualWorks | Cincom | Proprietary | Yes | Yes | Yes | various | Yes | Yes |
IDE | Developer | Latest stablerelease | Platform | License |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eclipse DLTK | 5.0 | Windows,Linux,macOS,FreeBSD,JVM,Solaris | EPL | |
Komodo IDE / Edit | ActiveState | 9.0.1 | Cross-platform | IDE:Proprietary, Edit:GPL,LGPL,MPL |
SlickEdit | SlickEdit | October 2016 v.21 | Windows,Linux,macOS,AIX,Solaris,HP-UX | Proprietary |
IDE | Developer | License | Written in | First Release | Latest Stable Release | Windows | macOS | Linux |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft Visual Studio | Microsoft | Proprietary | C++ | 2001 | 16.9.15 / 14 December 2021 | Yes | Yes | No |
Visual Studio Code[57] | Microsoft[58] | MIT[58] | TypeScript[58] | 0.10.1 / 13 November 2015[59] | 1.70.2 / 15 August 2022[60] | Yes[61] | Yes[61] | Yes[61] |