Wing 101 12.0.2.0

A very simplified free Python IDE for beginners

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About Wing 101

Wing 101 is a very simple free Python IDE designed for teaching beginning programmers. It omits most features found in Wing Pro.

What's new in 12.0.2.0

  • Add ARM64 Windows version
  • Improve performance when working with large projects
  • Improve performance on Windows
  • Optimize Find Symbol in Project for large projects
  • Reduce the size of the analysis cache database by about 20%
  • Fix Wing's MCP servers possibly crashing when they exit
  • Fix debugger for 32 bit Python on Windows
  • Treat a remote host at localhost or 127.0.0.1 as local when configuring SSH tunnels
  • Don't tunnel the debug listener when Manage SSH Tunnels is disabled
  • Fix listening on the configured Remote Debug Port, seen with WSL mirrored networking
  • Give each remote debug process, Python Shell, and listener its own debug port
  • Wait for a remote debug port to be released before reestablishing its SSH tunnel
  • Install the remote agent atomically so an interrupted install isn't left broken
  • Detect and replace incomplete or corrupted remote agent installations
  • Don't repeatedly re-request the SSH password after a remote agent install failure
  • Reuse the entered SSH passphrase across remote agent install steps with PuTTY
  • Fix window order and sizing of the SSH passphrase prompt dialog
  • Strip terminal escape codes from SSH prompts and the remote agent install log
  • Fix remote agent install when its binaries for the target OS are missing
  • Discover and run individual Django test files, instead of running manage.py
  • Fix running Django tests when the app is installed outside the project
  • Add Clear Stored Passwords to the VCS tool's Options menu
  • Fix Cancel in the Tasks tool so it withdraws a queued commit or review
  • Retry Cancel in the Tasks tool and warn if Claude can't be confirmed stopped
  • Improve naming and management of many Tasks tool queues
  • Fix hanging at startup on Windows when a version control diff contains non-ANSI characters
  • Fix showing status in the VCS tool when there are multiple repositories
  • Show the reason a test was skipped in the Testing tool
  • Resize text entries with the Edit Value dialog on preferences and properties forms
  • Add Detach from Process to the debug status menu
  • Fix window order when closing sub-dialogs raised from other dialogs
  • Fix failure to lock a project when two instances of Wing start at once
  • Don't report files differing only in line endings as changed when comparing directories
  • Don't list a file twice when comparing case insensitive directories
  • Show the total number of diffs with the current position in Diff/Merge …

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Technical details

PublisherWingware
Version12.0.2.0
Release date2026-08-13
LicenseFreeware
Installer typeinno
Architecturex64
Package IDWingware.Wing.101
Admin rightsRequired
Install scopeAll users

Install Wing 101 from the command line

Install with Windows Package Manager
winget install --id=Wingware.Wing.101 -e
Update to the latest version
winget upgrade --id=Wingware.Wing.101 -e
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id=Wingware.Wing.101 -e
Silent install with the offline installer
"wing-101-12.0.2.0.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-

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Wing 101 version history

12.0.1.0 Jul 20, 2026
  • First Wing 12 production release
  • Enable generation and use of Wing Classic licenses
  • Fix a spurious Claude Code permission warning briefly shown at each session launch
11.1.0.0 Mar 10, 2026

Features

  • Add real terminal emulation in OS Commands Pseudo-TTY when line mode is disabled
  • Add Pseudo-TTY support for local processes on Windows; default I/O encoding is now utf-8
  • Enable Start Terminal on Windows, using cmd.exe in the OS Commands panel
  • Add "Stop on SystemExit" debugger preference with Always, When errno!=0, and Never modes
  • Show errno in debug process terminated status message
  • Add syntax highlighting for TOML, Rust, and Nix files
  • Add Sort By Name, Visit History & Modification Time to the Open Files tool's context menu
  • Support dragging files from Project tree, Open Files tool, and editor tabs to Testing tool
  • Add 'Extra Run Args' to Docker container configuration for passing to 'docker run'

Bugs Fixes

  • Fix using newer OpenAI models in AI Chat
  • Avoid AI Chat encodings failure on Windows with some AI responses
  • Don't misidentify some uv projects as managed by Poetry
  • Fix debug value tooltips over symbols when debug introspection is disabled
  • Fix rectangular selection mode
  • Fall back to home directory with warning when OS Commands initial directory does not exist
  • Fix Recent menus & other functionality on Windows systems that are missing wmic.exe
  • Fix visibility of JSON errors in syntax highlighting
  • Correctly update '*' modified indicators in editor splits when closing a file without saving
  • Don't reject 'workon' and similar commands for Activated Env in Project Properties …
11.0.6.0 Oct 7, 2025

Release 11.0.6.0

  • Fix analysis of property methods

Other versions

  • 11.0.4.0
  • 11.0.2.0
  • 11.0.1.0
  • 10.0.10.0
  • 10.0.9.0
  • 10.0.8.0

Frequently asked questions

Is Wing 101 free?

Yes, Wing 101 is free to download and use on Windows.

What is the latest version of Wing 101?

The latest version is 12.0.2.0, released on Aug 13, 2026.

Is it safe to download Wing 101?

The download button links to the official installer published on wingware.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with b91722d3fdbc8deec7eab20e737b371ed05c1586cedfaa9a1233ef71ac115e64.

Which Windows versions does Wing 101 support?

Wing 101 runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.

How do I install Wing 101 silently?

Run the offline installer with "wing-101-12.0.2.0.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=Wingware.Wing.101 -e --silent.

How do I uninstall Wing 101?

Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Wing 101 and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=Wingware.Wing.101 -e.

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