# PyTogether

5 Hacker News commenters recommended PyTogether and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free, real-time collaborative Python IDE aimed at teachers and learners, praised for bringing shared editing to a tool long used alone. Critics note it seems to work mainly on Chromium-based browsers.

## Why people recommend it

- Real-time collaborative Python editing (1 comments): "Pretty cool! Always struck me as odd that the IDE has largely remained single-player for 40 years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46152827))
- Easy to share with groups (1 comments): "This looks really nice. I'll share it in our meetup next week." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46152538))
- Takes an anti-AI approach (1 comments): "taking an anti-AI approach instead of their AI-first approach" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155129))

## What people warn about

- Seems to work only on Chromium (1 comments): "PyTogether only works (at least as intended) on chromium-based browsers as far as I can tell." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46170031))
- Input reading service worker broken (1 comments): "The service worker for reading input isn't working." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46154687))
- No debugger yet (1 comments): "It looks great, but does it have a debugger?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46154365))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [JetBrains IDEs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-ides.md): 233 recommend
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intellij-idea.md): 206 recommend
- [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/visual-studio.md): 165 recommend
- [Delphi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delphi.md): 126 recommend
- [Xcode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcode.md): 100 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "PyTogether", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pytogether/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).