Unified PyCharm overview
PyCharm as a single product
Previously, PyCharm was offered as two separate products: the free Community Edition and the Professional Edition with extended capabilities.
Starting with PyCharm 2025.1, PyCharm Community and Professional are combined into a single, unified product: PyCharm. With this change, all users will have access to essential features without the need to switch between editions.
PyCharm's core functionality, including Jupyter Notebook support, will be free, and a Pro subscription will be available with additional features.
When you install unified PyCharm, you will automatically receive a 30-day free Pro trial, granting you full access to PyCharm’s advanced features.
After the trial, you may either:
Get a Pro subscription to continue using advanced functionality.
Keep using PyCharm’s core features for free.
Next steps
For Community Edition users
You can upgrade to PyCharm Community 2025.2 as usual — no immediate changes are necessary. PyCharm Community 2025.2 is the last supported version of PyCharm Community.
With the 2025.3 release, we will offer a seamless way to migrate to the unified PyCharm.
Alternatively, you can start using unified PyCharm and get access to all the familiar Community edition features for free, along with new enhancements like built-in Jupyter Notebook support.
We will stay deeply committed to the open-source community. The open-source parts of the PyCharm codebase will stay public on GitHub, and we will continue to maintain and update them. For those interested, building PyCharm from source using GitHub Actions will remain an option. These builds will include only the open-source parts, like the original PyCharm Community Edition.
For Professional Edition users
If you are a PyCharm Professional user, nothing changes for you. Your existing license continues to give you full access to all Pro features in the new unified PyCharm.
Upgrade to PyCharm 2025.2 and continue enjoying everything Pro has to offer.
For new users
You can start right away with the new single PyCharm product. You’ll get a free one-month Pro trial with full functionality.
After that, you can purchase a Pro subscription and keep using PyCharm with its full capabilities, or you can continue using only the core features – including Jupyter Notebook support – for free.