PyScripter is a free and open-source Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE) created with the ambition to become competitive in functionality with commercial Windows-based IDEs available for other languages. Being built in a compiled language is rather snappier than some of the other Python IDEs and provides an extensive blend of features that make it a productive Python development environment.

PyScripter comes in two flavors, 32-bit and 64-bit. The 64-bit version will only work in a 64-bit version of Windows. The 32-bit version of PyScripter requires the presence of a 32-bit python installation and the 64-bit version requires the presence of a 64-bit python installation from python.org.

FEATURES:

Syntax Highlighting Editor:
· Unicode based
· Full support for encoded Python source files
· Brace Highlighting
· Python source code utilities ((un)tabify, (un)comment, (un)indent, etc.)
· Code completion and call tips
· Code and debugger hints
· Syntax checking as you type
· Context sensitive help on Python keywords
· Parameterized Code Templates
· Accept files dropped from Explorer
· File change notification
· Converting line breaks (Windows, Unix, Mac)
· Print preview and print syntax highlighted Python code
· Syntax highlighting of HTML, XML and CSS files
· Split view file editing
· Firefox-like search and replace

Integrated Python Interpreter:
· Code Completion
· Call Tips
· Command History
· Execute scripts without saving them

Integrated Python Debugging:
· Remote Python Debugger
· Call Stack
· Variables Window
· Watches Window
· Conditional breakpoints
· Debugger hints
· Post-mortem analysis
· Can run or debug files without first saving them

Editor Views:
· Disassembly
· HTML Documentation (pydoc)

· Code Explorer

File Explorer:
· Easy configuration and browsing of the Python Path
· Integrated Version Control using Tortoise CVS or Tortoise SVN

Project Explorer:
· Import existing paths
· Multiple run configurations
· Integrated Unit testing
· Automatic generation of tests
· Unit testing GUI

· Access to Python manuals through the Help menu

· To Do List

· Find and Replace in Files

· Integrated regular expression testing

· Choice of Python version to run via command line parameters

· Run Python Script externally (highly configurable)

External Tools (External run and capture output):
· Integration with Python tools such as PyLint, TabNanny, Profile etc.
· Powerful parameter functionality for customized external tool integration

· Find Definition/Find references

· Find definition by clicking and browsing history

· Modern GUI with docked forms and configurable look&feel (themes)

· Persistent configurable IDE options