Thonny
Thonny is a free, open-source IDE for Python designed for learning and beginner-friendly use. It ships with a simplified graphical user interface (GUI) and often bundles its own Python interpreter, with options to use an existing Python for advanced setups.
It includes an integrated editor and REPL, beginner-oriented panes, such as a variables view, and an educational debugger that can step through statements and even expression evaluation.
Thonny also provides a GUI for installing third-party packages and supports extensibility via plugins.
Official website: thonny.org
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Tutorial
Thonny: The Beginner-Friendly Python Editor
In this tutorial, you’ll learn all about Thonny, a free Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that was especially designed with the beginner Pythonista in mind. It has a built-in debugger and allows you to do step-through expression evaluation.
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By Leodanis Pozo Ramos • Updated July 1, 2026
