Scope is currently in beta stage. For more information on where this is going, please see the roadmap

Scope is a lightweight, cross-platform IDE for Python, web development and more. Scope is primarily coded in Python with PyQt for the main UI with some html5 interfaces via Qt's built-in WebKit browser (QWebView).

• A lightweight IDE with a clean interface that maximizes screen usage
  • looks good on small and large displays
  • Keyboard shortcuts to show/hide the plugins (left, bottom, right)
• An innovate window switcher with multiple rows of file tabs and allows multiple workspaces open at once
• Support for multiple languages (Python, Javascript, HTML, Markdown, more...)
• Multiple options for code editors (Ace, Scintilla, CKEditor)
  • A WYSIWYG html editor via CKEditor
• Standard plugins
  • Code Outline - for organizing/transversing code
  • Run/Compile code within Scope with an output screen
  • Filebrowser - view, open, create files
  • Splitview preview for html and markdown
  • Built in WebKit webbrowser
  • Search in files plugin
  • Install and enable plugins through the Settings interface
• Extend with your own plugins created with Python and PyQt
• Works on Linux, Windows, and Mac

1. Install Python 2.7
2. Install PyQt4 (between versions 4.8-4.11)
3. Additional Linux requirements (PyQt comes with these on Windows)
   • Python-Qsci
   • pyqt4-dev-tools (only needed if you use the PyQt Converter plugin)
   • For Debian/Ubuntu in command Window:
     • sudo apt-get install pyqt4-dev-tools python-qt4 python-qscintilla2 qt4-designer
4. Download and extract Scope.zip (or clone with git)
5. Run Scope.py
   • python Scope.py
     • or whatever your Python 2.7 command is

Python does not need to be installed for this version. This is essentially a portable version that does not require installation

1. Download Windows zip
2. Extract zip folder to desired location
3. Run windows/Scope.exe

The latest development (unstable) version is available here: here

• License - GNU General Public License (GPL 3) - required by PyQt

Thanks to the following tools that Scope is built on:

• Python
• PyQt - UI
• Scintilla/QsciScintilla (via PyQt)
• Ace Editor - HTML5 based code editor
• CKEditor - rich text html WYSIWIG editor
• Silk Icons - main ui icon set
• cx_Freeze - for generating Windows and Linux binaries
• File Icon Set - for most file type icons
• CommonMark.py - utilized for markdown