Eric

7.2easy start · #11 of 62
in Integrated Development Environments

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

Eric is ranked #11 of 62 in integrated development environments on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

Eric plans and pricing

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eric7 Free No price or usage limits stated eric-ide.python-projects.org · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on integrated development environments

Free plan: Yes

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The record

Product: Eric is a Python editor and IDE written in Python, based on Qt and Scintilla.
Intended use: The maker says Eric is designed for both quick editing and professional project management.
Current version: The site identifies eric7, based on PyQt6, Qt6, and Python 3, as the current stable version.
Editing: Features include syntax highlighting, autocompletion, calltips, source folding, brace matching, error highlighting, and project-wide search and replace.
Debugging and testing: The IDE includes a Python debugger with multi-thread and multiprocessing support, profiling, code coverage, and unittest support.
Version control: Core plugins provide an interface for Mercurial, Subversion, and Git repositories.
Extensions: Eric has a plugin system, and plugins can be loaded from its Plugin Repository.
Additional integrations: The listed capabilities include pip and virtual environment management, Google protobuf, CORBA via omniORB, and optional integrations such as rope and PyLint.
Download and installation: The maker offers downloads through SourceForge and describes installation through PyPI or a distribution archive.
Operating systems: The installation page provides instructions for Linux, macOS, and Windows, and says Windows users should download the ZIP archive.
Languages: The site says Eric is available in English, German, Russian, and Spanish.
Support: The maker provides user questions and answers, an issue tracker link, and a mailing list link.
Privacy: The website privacy policy says it uses cookies and server logs that may include IP addresses, and describes data subject rights under GDPR.
Maker: The site copyright and imprint identify Detlev Offenbach; the imprint lists an address in Freising, Germany.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Integrated Development Environments in 2026#11 of 62
Best IDE Software in 2026#12 of 53
Best Python IDEs in 2026#3 of 26

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eric-ide.python-projects.org· checked 29 Sept 2026
eric-ide.python-projects.org/eric-download.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
eric-ide.python-projects.org/privacy-policy.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
eric-ide.python-projects.org/impressum.html· checked 29 Sept 2026