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Last modified: 12 April 2022

Professional feature: download PyCharm Professional to try.

You can evaluate PyCharm for up to 30 days. After installing the IDE, log in to your JetBrains Account to start using the PyCharm's trial version.

tip

  • PyCharm will automatically log you into your JetBrains Account if you're using ToolBox to install JetBrains products and already logged in there.

  • If you use two-factor authentication for your JetBrains Account, you can specify the generated app password instead of the primary JetBrains Account password.

Start the free trial

  1. In the Licenses dialog that opens when you start PyCharm, select the Start trial option and click Log in to JetBrains Account. You will be redirected to the JetBrains Account website.

    The Licenses dialog

  2. Log in to your JetBrains Account on the website and click the Start Trial button in the Licenses dialog to start your trial period.

    Start your trial version

Upon the expiration of the trial version, you need to buy and register a license to continue using PyCharm . A new trial period will be available for the next released version of PyCharm.

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PyCharm Community Edition and PyCharm Edu are free and can be used without any license. You cannot upgrade to PyCharm Professional: download and install it separately as described in Install PyCharm.

Activate PyCharm license

  1. Do one of the following to open the Licenses dialog:

    • From the main menu, select Help | Register

    • On the Welcome screen, click Help | Manage License

    PyCharm: Licenses dialog

  2. If necessary, log in to your JetBrains Account.

  3. Select how you want to register PyCharm or a plugin that requires a license:

    Register using the JetBrains Account.

    Activate PyCharm license with a JB Account

    PyCharm will automatically show the list of your licenses and their details like expiration date and identifier. Click Activate to start using your license.

    If your license is not shown on the list, click Refresh license list.

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    PyCharm detects the system proxy URL during initial startup and uses it for connecting to the JetBrains Account and Floating License Server. To override the URL of the system proxy, add the -Djba.http.proxy JVM option. Specify the proxy URL as the host address and optional port number: proxy-host[:proxy-port]. For example: -Djba.http.proxy=http://my-proxy.com:4321.

    If you want to disable proxy detection entirely and always connect directly, set the property to -Djba.http.proxy=direct.

Early Access Program

Pre-release builds of PyCharm Professional that are part of the Early Access Program are shipped with a 30-days license. Log in with your JetBrains Account to start using PyCharm Professional EAP.

You can use either your JetBrains Account directly or your Google, GitHub, GitLab, or BitBucket account for authorization. You can also create a new JetBrains Account if you don't have one yet.

Login options

  1. Click Log in to JetBrains Account. You will be automatically redirected to the JetBrains Account website.

    Login dialog

  2. On the website, log in using your JetBrains Account credentials.

  3. Once you've successfully logged in, you can start using PyCharm EAP by clicking Get Started.

    If you want to participate in EAP-related activities and provide your feedback, make sure to select the Send me EAP-related feedback requests and surveys option.

    Successful login

Access to JetBrains Account: Troubleshooting

If you encounter problems when attempting to log in to your JetBrains Account, this may be due to one of the following reasons:

No free ports

Unable to open JetBrains Account in your browser

No access to JetBrains Account

Log in with an authorization token

An authorization token is a way to log in to your JetBrains Account if your system doesn't allow for redirection from the IDE directly, for example, due to your company's security policy. PyCharm recognizes when redirection to the JetBrains Account website is impossible. It enables you to copy a link to generate an authorization token manually.

  1. Click Copy link and open the copied link in your browser.

    Copy the link to get an authorization token

  2. Log in to your JetBrains Account to generate an authorization token. After that, copy the token, paste it to the IDE authorization token field and click Check token. Once you've successfully logged in, you can start using PyCharm.