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To get acquainted with PyCharm, you can download and install its trial version for free. This trial version is available for 30 days, whereupon you need to obtain and register a license.

Hardware requirements

  • 1 GB RAM minimum, 2 GB RAM recommended
  • 1024x768 minimum screen resolution

System requirements

JRE 1.8 is bundled with distributions for all platforms. You don't need any Java to be installed on your machine in order to run PyCharm.

However, you CANNOT use our bundled JRE for Python development.

Windows

System RequirementsInstallation
  • Microsoft Windows 10/8/7/Vista/2003/XP (incl.64-bit)
  • Python 2.4 or higher, Jython, PyPy or IronPython.
  1. Download PyCharm from the Download page.
  2. Run the pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*.exe file that starts the Installation Wizard.
  3. Follow all steps suggested by the wizard. Pay special attention to the corresponding installation options.

OS X

System Requirements Installation
  • OS X 10.5 or higher, including 10.10
  • Only 64-bit OS X is supported.
  • Python 2.4 or higher, Jython, PyPy or IronPython
  1. Download the pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*.dmg OS X Disk Image file from the Download  page.
  2. Double-click the downloaded pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*.dmg OS X Disk Image file to mount it.
  3. Copy PyCharm to your Applications folder.

Note:  Open JDK 1.8 customized by the JetBrains team is bundled in OS X distribution.

Linux

System RequirementsInstallation
  • OS Linux
  • KDE, GNOME or Unity DE desktop
  • Python 2.4 or higher, Jython, PyPy or IronPython
  1. Download the pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*.tar.gz file from the Download page.
  2. Unpack the pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*.tar.gz file to an empty directory using the following command: 
    tar xfz pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*.tar.gz
  3. Because running PyCharm from wherever you downloaded the file to may be inconvenient, it is recommended that you move the extracted or unpacked archive folder to the desired location using the mv command in one of the following formats: 
    • mv <path to extracted archive folder> <new archive folder>
      For example: 
      mv /downloads/pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-* my/desired/location
    • mv <path to pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*.tar.gz> <new archive folder>
      For example: 
      mv /downloads/pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*.tar.gz my/desired/location
  4. Switch to the bin directory in the new location: 
    cd <new archive folder>/pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*/bin
    For example, 
    cd my/desired/location/pycharm-professional or pycharm-community-*/bin
  5. Run pycharm-professional or pycharm-community.sh from the bin subdirectory.

Note: Open JDK 1.8 customized by JetBrains is bundled in Linux distribution. In case you are not happy with it, feel free to switch to another JRE installed in your system.