Pycharm Community — Edition Portable

Every new machine meant a grueling hour of downloading installers, battling admin privileges he didn't have, and reconfiguring his favorite linters.

: To make your entire workflow portable, pair the IDE with a portable Python distribution like . In PyCharm, set this portable distribution as your Project Interpreter Essential Feature Highlights pycharm community edition portable

Step 5: First Run Plug your USB into a target machine. Run the .bat file. PyCharm will create the config, system, plugins, and log folders next to its installation. It is now fully portable. Every new machine meant a grueling hour of

• Sets IDEA_PROPERTIES to %~dp0\config\idea.properties
• Sets PYCHARM_JDK to %~dp0\jbr
• Calls %~dp0\bin\pycharm64.exe

@echo off
set BASE_DIR=D:\PortableApps\PyCharmCE
To run PyCharm Community Edition Portable, you'll need: Sets IDEA_PROPERTIES to %~dp0\config\idea
Tips and Variations
The most direct way to get a pre-configured version is through the PyCharm Community Portable project on . This version is packaged using