Spyder (software)

Spyder (formerly Pydee) is an open source cross-platform IDE for scientific programming in the Python language. Spyder integrates NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib and IPython, as well as other open source software.

In comparison with other IDEs for scientific development Spyder has a unique set of features - cross-platform, open-source, written in Python and available under non-copyleft license. Spyder is extensible with plugins, includes support for interactive tools for data inspection and embeds Python-specific code quality assurance and introspection instruments, such as Pyflakes, Pylint and Rope. It is available cross-platform through Anaconda, on Windows with WinPython and Python(x,y), on Mac OS through MacPorts, and on major Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Gentoo or Arch Linux.

Spyder makes use of Qt either through the binding PyQt or PySide. This flexibility is reached through a small abstraction layer called QtPy.

Features

Features include:

• editor with syntax highlighting and introspection for code completion
• support for multiple Python consoles (including IPython)
• the ability to explore and edit variables from a GUI

Plugins

Available plugins include:

• Static Code Analysis with Pylint
• Code Profiling
• Conda Package Manager with conda

Spyder's website provides a full list of features, with screenshots.

See also

• List of integrated development environments for Python programming language

External links

• Official website
• Current development website (as of 2014-02-17)