Wing Python IDE 11 Early Access - March 27, 2025
Wing 11 is now available as an early access release, with improved AI assisted development, support for the uv package manager, improved Python code analysis, improved custom key binding assignment user interface, improved diff/merge, a new preference to auto-save files when Wing loses the application focus, updated German, French and Russian localizations (partly using AI), a new experimental AI-driven Spanish localization, and other bug fixes and minor improvements.
You can participate in the early access program simply by downloading the early access releases. We ask only that you keep your feedback and bug reports private by submitting them through Wing's Help menu or by emailing us at support@wingware.com.
Downloads
Wing 10 and earlier versions are not affected by installation of Wing 11 and may be installed and used independently. However, project files for Wing 10 and earlier are converted when opened by Wing 11 and should be saved under a new name, since Wing 11 projects cannot be opened by older versions of Wing.
New in Wing 11
Improved AI Assisted Development
Wing 11 improves the user interface for AI assisted development by introducing two separate tools AI Coder and AI Chat. AI Coder can be used to write, redesign, or extend code in the current editor. AI Chat can be used to ask about code or iterate in creating a design or new code without directly modifying the code in an editor.
This release also improves setting up AI request context, so that both automatically and manually selected and described context items may be paired with an AI request. AI request contexts can now be stored, optionally so they are shared by all projects, and may be used independently with different AI features.
AI requests can now also be stored in the current project or shared with all projects, and Wing comes preconfigured with a set of commonly used requests. In addition to changing code in the current editor, stored requests may create a new untitled file or run instead in AI Chat. Wing 11 also introduces options for changing code within an editor, including replacing code, commenting out code, or starting a diff/merge session to either accept or reject changes.
Wing 11 also supports using AI to generate commit messages based on the changes being committed to a revision control system.
You can now also configure multiple AI providers for easier access to different models. However, as of this release, OpenAI is still the only supported AI provider and you will still need a paid OpenAI account and API key. We recommend paying for Tier 2 or better rate limits.
For details see AI Assisted Development under Wing Manual in Wing 11's Help menu.
Package Management with uv
Wing Pro 11 adds support for the uv package manager in the New Project dialog and the Packages tool.
For details see Project Manager > Creating Projects > Creating Python Environments and Package Manager > Package Management with uv under Wing Manual in Wing 11's Help menu.
Improved Python Code Analysis
Wing 11 improves code analysis of literals such as dicts and sets, parametrized type aliases, typing.Self, type variables on the def or class line that declares them, generic classes with [...], and __all__ in *.pyi files.
Updated Localizations
Wing 11 updates the German, French, and Russian localizations, and introduces a new experimental AI-generated Spanish localization. The Spanish localization and the new AI-generated strings in the French and Russian localizations may be accessed with the new User Interface > Include AI Translated Strings preference.
Improved diff/merge
Wing Pro 11 adds floating buttons directly between the editors to make navigating differences and merging easier, allows undoing previously merged changes, and does a better job managing scratch buffers, scroll locking, and sizing of merged ranges.
For details see Difference and Merge under Wing Manual in Wing 11's Help menu.
Other Minor Features and Improvements
Wing 11 also improves the custom key binding assignment user interface, adds a Files > Auto-Save Files When Wing Loses Focus preference, warns immediately when opening a project with an invalid Python Executable configuration, allows clearing recent menus, expands the set of available special environment variables for project configuration, and makes a number of other bug fixes and usability improvements.
Changes and Incompatibilities
Since Wing 11 replaced the AI tool with AI Coder and AI Chat, and AI configuration is completely different than in Wing 10, so you will need to reconfigure your AI integration manually in Wing 11. This is done with Manage AI Providers in the AI menu or the Options menu in either AI tool. After adding the first provider configuration, Wing will set that provider as the default.
If you have questions about any of this, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@wingware.com.
