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Run Python in IntelliJ IDEA with zero setup — no install required. Python Portable is for the moment you're working in IntelliJ IDEA and just need to run a quick .py script: it downloads a self-contained Python for you and runs the file in one click. No system Python, no separate IDE.

• Portable Python — download a self-contained CPython from inside the IDE (astral's python-build-standalone, the same builds uv uses). Stored under ~/.python-portable; pick any version.

• Run with one click — a green ▶ gutter marker and right-click ▸ Run execute your .py file with the portable interpreter. Environment-variables field included for quick scripts.

• Syntax highlighting — for .py files (keywords, strings incl. f/triple-quoted, comments, numbers), even without a language server.

• Code intelligence (optional) — completion, go-to-definition, hover docs and error highlighting via pylsp (python-lsp-server), pip-installed onto your portable interpreter and bridged with the free LSP4IJ plugin. Fully offline; no Node.js.

• Run pip — pip install / list / freeze in a console, no system Python required.

• Install requirements with venv — one click creates a virtualenv with the portable Python, sets it as the interpreter, and runs pip install -r requirements.txt. The usual project setup, done for you.

Not a replacement for PyCharm or the official Python plugin — it's the lightweight "just run a script" option. Where the official Python support owns .py, this plugin steps aside.