FourKites vs. Git Cola vs. IDLE vs. Wing Python IDE Comparison Chart

Git Cola is a sleek and powerful graphical user interface for Git. Git Cola is free software and written in Python (v2 + v3). The editor used by Ctrl-e is configured from the Preferences screen. The environment variable $VISUAL is consulted when no editor has been configured. Configuring your editor to gvim -f -p will open multiple tabs when editing files. gvim -f -o uses splits. When you select a line in the grep screen and press any of Enter, Ctrl-e, or the Edit button, you are taken to that exact line. Git Cola has many useful keyboard shortcuts. Many of Git Cola’s editors understand vim-style hotkeys, eg. {h,j,k,l} for navigating in the diff, status, grep, and file browser widgets. The Git Cola interface is composed of various cooperating tools. Double-clicking a tool opens it in its own subwindow. Dragging it around moves and places it within the main window. Tools can be hidden and rearranged however you like. Git Cola carefully remembers your window layout and restores it.

Wing Python IDE was designed from the ground up for Python, to bring you a more productive development experience. Type less and let Wing worry about the details. Get immediate feedback by writing your Python code interactively in the live runtime. Easily navigate code and documentation. Avoid common errors and find problems early with assistance from Wing's deep Python code analysis. Keep code clean with smart refactoring and code quality inspection. Debug any Python code. Inspect debug data and try out bug fixes interactively without restarting your app. Work locally or on a remote host, VM, or container. Wingware's 21 years of Python IDE experience bring you a more Pythonic development environment. Wing was designed from the ground up for Python, written in Python, and is extensible with Python. So you can be more productive.