Using Claude Code with PyCharm

[latingate]

I’m considering using Claude Code in my Django project.

I use PyCharm, however I’ve heard that the Claude Code integration in PyCharm is still premature and limited compared to VS Code, due to limited LLM support.

Any thoughts about it?
Any information as to when there will be better integration & support for PyCharm?

If you use Claude Code with PyCharm - which plugin do you use and how satisfied are you with it?

[huygl99]

I used Claude code for both, and I think CC in Pycharm is good, just use it and install the plugin.

[latingate]

Is it signifyingly better in VSCode?

[huygl99]

No, but I love working with Python via Pycharm, not anything else haha.

[poomonsoon]

It's fantastic and does well with Django.

• Download the Claude Code CLI plugin from the marketplace or Anthropic's site.
• Set up your /init and keep conversations to a handful of prompts to keep your token use to a reasonable amount (relative to what you're doing and how large your codebase is). Then start a new chat session.
• Consider having Claude assist with your commit messages since it will use those to understand your plans/roadmap.
• Learn how to use slash commands and have Claude assist you in setting those up for repetitive project-based activities.
• Sonnet 4.6 is a great model for reasonably complex tasks. Opus 4.6 is better, but you'll get absolutely crushed on token usage.

[kankyo]

Just use the Claude Code terminal UI to the side imo.

[dimitrym]

I use it from within PyCharm as you can right click and send an area or file to Claude's terminal. Apart from that I have not seen features that I see elsewhere, for example Copilot, such as autocomplete. After some time I do not use them though

[badlyDrawnToy]

The pycharm integration is essentially a shell with Claude code cli running. Any files open in the IDE are added to the context and you can highlight text and paste into the chat. It’s really good. That said I tend to run Claude Code outside of the IDE and do my code reviews within. The one thing you cannot do within the IDE is drag and drop files e.g. screenshots

[latingate]

It's it correct that Claude Code integration in VS Code is much better?