Eric vs Simply Fortran
Eric
eric-ide.python-projects.orgSimply Fortran
simplyfortran.comSide by side
| Figure | Eric | Simply Fortran |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $12.42/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · IDE Software | 8.4 (#12) | 7.6 (#32) |
| Editing | Features include unlimited editors, configurable layouts and syntax highlighting, autocomplete, calltips, code folding, brace matching, and error highlighting. | The editor provides context-aware autocompletion, procedure definitions, contextual help, and structural file outlines. |
| Privacy | The maker's website privacy policy says the site uses cookies and server logs that may include IP addresses, and describes data subject rights under GDPR. | The published policy says individual registration may transmit a registration key for validation and Linux trial installation may send a computer identifier, or user and host names if no MAC address is available. |
| Product | Eric is a Python editor and IDE written in Python and based on Qt and Scintilla. | Simply Fortran is a Fortran development environment that includes a compiler, development environment, and graphical debugger. |
| Support | The maker provides user questions and answers, an issue tracker link, and a mailing list link. | Support is available through online documentation, user forums, and email to [email protected]. |
Plans
Simply Fortran
- Network Site License$149 a year
- Individual License for All Platforms$209, paid once
- Individual LicensePrice not published
In their own words
Eric
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.
Simply Fortran
Simply Fortran has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.