PyTogether
Shares rank 32 of 33 IDEs by recommenders
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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Real-time collaborative Python editing
“Pretty cool! Always struck me as odd that the IDE has largely remained single-player for 40 years.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners” Easy to share with groups
“This looks really nice. I'll share it in our meetup next week.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners” Takes an anti-AI approach
“taking an anti-AI approach instead of their AI-first approach”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Seems to work only on Chromium
“PyTogether only works (at least as intended) on chromium-based browsers as far as I can tell.”
Comment from 6 Dec 2025 in “PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners” Input reading service worker broken
“The service worker for reading input isn't working.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners” No debugger yet
“It looks great, but does it have a debugger?”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “PyTogether: Collaborative lightweight real-time Python IDE for teachers/learners”
Other IDEs people recommend
The four most recommended other IDEs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBrains IDEs | 233 | 143 | 62% | 13 | 10 yrs39 owners | — |
| IntelliJ IDEA | 206 | 105 | 66% | 13 | 10 yrs18 owners | — |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | 165 | 165 | 50% | 12 | 10 yrs10 owners | — |
| Delphi | 126 | 44 | 74% | 13 | 23 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| PyTogetherThis page | 5 | 3 | 63% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“PyTogether only works (at least as intended) on chromium-based browsers as far as I can tell.”
“taking an anti-AI approach instead of their AI-first approach”
“The service worker for reading input isn't working.”
“It looks great, but does it have a debugger?”
“Pretty cool! Always struck me as odd that the IDE has largely remained single-player for 40 years.”
“This looks really nice. I'll share it in our meetup next week.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.