Eric vs Pyzo

Eric is a Python editor and IDE based on Qt and Scintilla, intended for quick edits as well as project management. Its current stable version, eric7, is based on PyQt6, Qt6 and Python 3. Editing tools include syntax highlighting, autocompletion, calltips, source folding, brace matching, error highlighting and project-wide search and replace. For development, it includes a Python debugger with multi-thread and multiprocessing support, profiling, code coverage, code checking, task management and unittest support. Core plugins provide interfaces for Mercurial, Subversion and Git repositories, and users can load further extensions from its Plugin Repository. Python tools include pip and virtual environment management and an interactive shell; rope refactoring is available as an optional plugin. Eric also lists chat and a shared editor as cooperation functions. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and can be installed through PyPI or a distribution archive. The maker recommends installation in a Python virtual environment, and directs Windows users to a ZIP archive. It is free, with no price or usage limits stated.

Pyzo is a free, open-source Python IDE built for interactive and simple programming. It targets data-centric work including learning, science, data analysis, and application development. The editor provides auto-indentation, syntax highlighting, regular-expression search and replacement, and debugging breakpoints. Its shell can run code, selections, cells, or files, and multiple shells can operate simultaneously with different Python versions. Shells run in interruptible subprocesses. Session and source completion, function call tips, interactive help, a file browser, source structure view, workspace, and logger support development. Pyzo works with system-installed Python interpreters, including Conda environments, and supports pip or conda package management plus several GUI toolkits. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Running code requires installing both Pyzo and a Python environment.