Pcode seeks to simplify the process of development in python by means of:

1. A simple and intuitive UI ( Zero clutter )
2. Utilization of very powerful open source libraries
3. Implementation of carefully chosen features
4. Support for other file formats that commonly accompany python development

1. Builds source code into executable
2. Refactoring
3. Project Management
4. Go-to-Definition
5. Snippets
6. Support for syntax coloring for XML, HTML and CSS
7. Error Analysis
8. Pep8 checker and fixer
9. Auto-completion
10. Outline Explorer
11. Profiler
12. Find-in-Files/Replace
13. Code Library
14. Split Editor ( Horizontal and Vertical )
15. Command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P)
16. Quick Open file finder (Ctrl+P)
17. Git panel (status, branch, log, stage/commit/amend, fetch/pull/push)
18. Light/Dark/System UI themes (System follows OS; Default lexer follows theme tokens)
19. Etc.

Windows (recommended): download the MSI or portable zip from GitHub Releases — Pcode-0.2.0-windows-x64.msi or Pcode-0.2.0-windows-x64.zip.

From source (all platforms):

pip install -r requirements.txt        # run from source
python Pcode.py

pip install -e .                       # optional: install the `pcode` command
pip install -e .[dev]                  # optional: pytest + ruff for development
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen pytest       # unit + smoke tests (headless)

See RUN.md for virtualenv setup, freezing the IDE, the headless smoke test, and troubleshooting. See docs/USER_GUIDE.md for a short user guide.

Release notes: GitHub Releases.

1. Python 3.10+ ( for running programs )
2. PyQt6 and PyQt6-QScintilla ( if you are running from source — see RUN.md )

The previously-vendored libraries (rope, pyflakes, autopep8, pycodestyle, cx_Freeze) are now installed from PyPI via requirements.txt.

PyQt6: production code uses direct PyQt6 imports (the old qt_bindings shim is gone). Project/workspace settings persist as JSON; legacy XML project files are still readable and migrate on load.

Color schemes: lexer/style definitions under the workspace stylesdir remain XML by design (editor style format). That is separate from project JSON persistence and is not planned to change in this release.

• GPL v3

Mailing List: pcode-ide@googlegroups.com