# Wing Python IDE Reviews **Vendor:** Wingware **Category:** [Python Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/python-integrated-development-environments-ide) **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 14 ## About Wing Python IDE Wing is a light-weight but full-featured Python IDE that was designed from the ground up for Python, to bring you a more productive development experience. Wing uses both static and runtime code analysis to provide auto-completion, call tips, code documentation, goto-definition, find uses, refactoring, and many other features. The editor also supports code inspection, PEP8 enforcement, manages new block indentation, and auto-enters invocation arguments. Wing's debugger can work with any Python code, whether it is started from Wing, running in a web framework or other external environment, or in the integrated Python shell. It works with multi-threaded and multi-process code, and can automatically debug child processes. Test-driven development, including debugging, is available for the unittest, docttest, nose, pytest, and Django testing frameworks. The version control integration works with Git, Mercurial, Perforce, and several others. All of Wing's features can be used with files stored locally or on a remote host, VM, or container. Extensive documentation explains how to use Wing with third-party modules like Django, Jupyter, matplotlib, Flask, Docker, Vagrant, Autodesk Maya, and many others. Wing runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS, and is available in paid and free editions: Wing Pro is the full-featured Python IDE for professional developers, Wing Personal is a free simplified Python IDE for students and hobbyists, and Wing 101 is designed for teaching beginning programmers. ## Wing Python IDE Reviews ### 1. Awesome IDE for Python **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akshay S. | Student, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 20, 2018 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** Wingware IDE 6.0 provides many features which makes it a popular one like, it displays errors in a very feasible manner with auto complete feature which saves much of the developer's time and efforts. Wing as also one of the most attractive feature that if your trial expires then also it gives a 10 min emergency session which helps the developer to migrate the complete project. Adding to that it also has source browser which displays all the variables used in the code. It is also packed with top line editing features like swapping and duplication of lines. It is also equipped with an additional Exception handling tab which makes it easier for developers to debug the code. **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** The wing UI does not have Dark Theme feature and after 30 day trial its too expensive!! **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** Wing IDE is best, Just go for it!! **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Project dealing with Django and diff and merge integration and some stuff dealing with integration of different API's are solved by me with WING IDE. ### 2. a good tool for profesionals **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mohammad N. | Artificial Intelligence Intern, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 30, 2021 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** autocomplete and suggestions generated by the IDE **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** Themes are not very well defined and getting a dark theme was hard. **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** machine learning using python, scripting ### 3. Great development IDE **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2020 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** The editor is fast and responsive. The object introspection during debug is super helpful, and the Debug Console is a feature I've not found anywhere else. Been using this since v4 and they are now on v7 (probably close to 9 years). I know it saves me a lot of time when I'm working with my code and while I have tried PyCharm, I found it sluggish and less helpful than Wing. **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** Column wise editing can be a bit of a pain when the file size is large. **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm primarily using Wing with Python/Pandas projects and with Django based projects. Benefits: Easy debugging and testing of my code. ### 4. Wing - A First Class IDE for Python Development **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian G. | Dr Brian Gladman, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** The Wing IDE has all the features you would expect in an development environment but I am particularly impressed by its keyboard personality choices which allow me to use it without having to get to learn yet another unique set of keyboard commands - I can set it to use the Microsoft Visual Studio keyboard personality that I am already very familiar with. Another important factor is the investment that the Wing team make in keeping their IDE up to date. Python itself is regularly updated, adding new features that require IDE updates and I am happy to say that the Wing team always keeps up with the latest Python releases. I am also impressed by the reliability of the IDE over the almost 10 years that I have been using it. The responsiveness of the support team is also a strong plus for those occasions where a bit of help is needed. In overall terms the Wing IDE is a first class product that I can recommend without hesitation. **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** There is nothing that I dislike about the product **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** Try it! **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I develop Python interfaces to my main Open Source development libraries for encryption using AES and the related authenticated encryption modes (see https://github.com/BrianGladman) ### 5. Excellent environment for programming **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jesus Lee K. | Systems support analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 09, 2019 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** Excellent api for programming I like the options that shows you to differentiate variables of content and html text so it is very good and comfortable to program without disorienting you also defines the sheet to program depends on the language to use **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** I do not dislike the api of excellent software that gives benefits when programming **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** I recommend it since it gives you a focus when it comes to programming with an excellent library and good definition and comfort when it comes to programming the best of everything is that it is easy to use **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has helped me in the execution of simple projects for internal programs such as the relationship of a search system for the inventory of food in the restaurant or how to carry an inventory of utensils in the hotel ### 6. Great all-around Python debugger and edtior **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ram R. | Senior Software Developer, Computer Software, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2019 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** - First-class debugger - Great, extensible editor - Cross-compatible with Windows / Linux / Mac - Responsive email support - Extensive set of tools **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** - UI looks a bit old-school. - I can't get it to fill out my taxes :) **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I've been using Wing IDE as my main development environment for 10 years now. I'm a big fan of Wing. I've used it for my open-source projects, my client projects when I was working as a freelancer, and now I use it at my work in a corporate environment. I do Python programming almost exclusively, so its Python-centric approach is a good fit for me. The debugger is first-class. It works on multi-process, multi-thread programs. You have your breakpoints, watches, step commands and everything you can expect from a modern debugger. Remote debugging is supported, which is especially crucial in a corporate environment, where you're debugging code that runs on different machines. They've recently added advanced features like recursive debugging, which helped me do some deep troubleshooting at my job. The editor is great. It's got VI and eMacs mode and it's extensible with scripts. It has lots of useful tools (like showing documentation, refactoring, diffing, Python shell, etc.) which I spread across 2 big monitors. The support staff is great. I've made many suggestions and requests for improvement to them over the years and they've implemented many of them. Bugs are fixed quickly. Overall, I highly recommend Wing IDE! ### 7. Wingware is more than a Python IDE **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mental Health Care | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** Wing's editor includes auto-completion, documentation, inline error detection, code quality analysis, PEP 8 enforcement, invocation assistance, auto-editing, refactoring, code folding, multi-selection, customizable code snippets. A powerful debugger with conditional breakpoints & has an easy code navigation system. Wing supports development with Django, Flask, web2py, Pyramid, Google App Engine, and other web frameworks, which is why I chose Wing! There are many more features for a professional Python developer, such as dark mode! Best of all, is that Wingware is very supportive to its customers. They are also generous to non-profits! **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** I suppose the interface might do with some updating, but I prefer the features to beauty! **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** Take Wing Python IDE for a test drive & try all its features. Any problems, contact support to confirm Wing are there to help and assist! **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am still very much a learner and use Wing Python IDE for web development. ### 8. great editor **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Xudelix B. | Tecnico Asociado a la investigación, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** easy to use since no keyboard commands are needed, it is always kept up to date and there are immediate responses from the support team to have any problems, also Python IDE shows where the error occurred in a very visible way, is very easy to navigate classes and functions. **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** There is nothing that I dislike about the product **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** It is excellent widely recommended, It offers you 30 trial days for the PRO version, so this is a good way to see if the tool has everything you need. **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** helped me in many simple jobs such as inventories of materials, utensils, etc. ### 9. Good IDE for Python but User Interface could be better **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 22, 2019 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** It is very easy and simple to use. That is the best point of WING ide. You can navigate very easily and find what you need. It is good for new users. **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** User interface is not modern and it looks quite old. It could be upgraded better design. And it would be really great to see easy library importing like online automatically it will download and import. **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is easy to run python code and find errors easily in IDE. Except than this for sure it is better than coding in some notepad programs. It shows you possible errors. I recommend this program who has beginner or intermediate level. But there are other products for professionals who can get more benefits. ### 10. Best IDE for Python **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prakash P. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 22, 2018 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** Wing IDE 6.0 Pro provides many attractive features like: 1.) Auto Complete feature to complete the para phrases 2) Displays the errors in a feasible manner 3.)It also has Line Editing Features like swap lines and duplicate lines 4.)The best part is under the Refactor panel that is Extract function/method which is the best of all 5.)Enclose with feature also included!! **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** It charges $39 after 30-day trial and the UI does not support Dark theme as in other editors. **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** Some concepts like PEP8 are a bit complex so my suggestion to the beginners is that they should first have a good hands on with at least two or more other python IDE's **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Complex scripts like image processing and scripts that have to connect to cloud are easily executable in WING IDE. Also while testing any code WING provides the best experience. **Official Response from Stephan Deibel:** > Thanks for posting this! You can select a dark color palette from the User Interface > Color Palette preference (I like One Dark) and then check on the Use Color Palette Throughout the UI preference just below that. Also, Wing Personal is free and omits things like PEP8 reformatting so can be a good way to get started, then add the more powerful features of Wing Pro later... ### 11. Review of Wing Python IDE **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** I really enjoy the user interface that Wing Python has put together. It is clean and easy to use, especially with the ability to personalize keybindings. **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** Overall, there is nothing innately wrong with the product, and I would highly recommend it. I do however believe that the price after the trial is too much compared with similar existing free products. **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** keep doing what you're doing **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** writing algorithms, it's easy to alter existing code to new products ### 12. Helpful IDE **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Networking | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 10, 2019 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** Debugging and tagging python codes. I use debugging mode to step through my codes put break points and see live variable values while going through different modules and subroutines. **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** It should improve the GUI and user interface. **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** Light IDE which os full featured. To Do edit tag and debug. **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scripting and parsing huge spread sheets. ### 13. Wing Python IDE Review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luan A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2018 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** - Wing Python IDE shows where the error occurred in a very visible way. - It's easy to create breakpoints and to step into, over and out. - Source Assistant pane shows information about the module, variable, type of the object. Also shows in which parameter you are. - Easy to navigate classes and functions. **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** It doesn't have a native way to check PEP8, interface can be intimidating at first. **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** Wing Python IDE Pro is a very powerful tool to have if you work with Python. They offer 30 days trial for the PRO version, so this is a good way to see if the tool has everything you need. **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Wing when I need to create a more complex script and need a more robust debugger that let me cycle through the code step by step. **Official Response from Stephan Deibel:** > Thanks for posting this! PEP8 reformatting was added in Wing 6.1 and seamless integration with the pep8 checker is available in Wing 7 (currently in beta). ### 14. Best IDE for python **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Raj T. | Software Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2018 **What do you like best about Wing Python IDE?** Wing Python IDE is fast , full-featured with auto completion and auto indentation feature which is very helpful for python programmers . Integrated testing and debugging is also very useful . It can also do django projects very well and merge the queries very well . There are also code templates for beginners .It is also cross platform IDE .It has exceptionally responsive support . **What do you dislike about Wing Python IDE?** Price is starting from $39 for very basic user . **Recommendations to others considering Wing Python IDE:** First understand the working of basic python IDE **What problems is Wing Python IDE solving and how is that benefiting you?** We basically build django projects using Wing IDE beacuse it creates virtual env for you and also automatically runs the server . **Official Response from Stephan Deibel:** > Thanks! We do offer Wing Personal for free but it doesn't have a lot of the features you mention. Still, it may be useful for some people to start with that. ## Wing Python IDE Discussions - [What Python versions does Wing support?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-python-versions-does-wing-support) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [What OSes does Wing run on?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-oses-does-wing-run-on) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [How is Wing licensed?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-is-wing-licensed) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [View Wing Python IDE pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/wing-python-ide/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-12+05%3A52%3A36+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=2d6e9214-f291-4ea4-abc5-dedea2e79965&secure%5Btoken%5D=4f397282cc403bf89d7e0060d6a6aeb4a112c2efc95cec45ee179de62f87de21&format=llm_user) ## Wing Python IDE Features **Functionality ** - Ease of Use - File Management - Multi-Language Support - Customization - Straight-Out-the-Box Functionality - Help Guides - Patching & Updates ## Top Wing Python IDE Alternatives - [PyCharm](https://www.g2.com/products/pycharm/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (760 reviews) - [The Jupyter Notebook](https://www.g2.com/products/the-jupyter-notebook/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (240 reviews) - [Eclipse](https://www.g2.com/products/eclipse/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (3,088 reviews)