Docker container to run PyCharm Community Edition (https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/)

Usage

docker run --rm \
  -e DISPLAY=${DISPLAY} \
  -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
  -v ~/.PyCharm:/home/developer/.PyCharm \
  -v ~/.PyCharm.java:/home/developer/.java \
  -v ~/.PyCharm.py3:/home/developer/.py3.libs \
  -v ~/.PyCharm.share:/home/developer/.local/share/JetBrains \
  -v ~/Project:/home/developer/Project \
  --name pycharm-$(head -c 4 /dev/urandom | xxd -p)-$(date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M%S') \
rycus86/pycharm:${IDE_VERSION}

Docker Hub Page: https://hub.docker.com/r/rycus86/pycharm/ (available versions)

OS X instructions

1. Install XQuartz from https://www.xquartz.org/releases/
2. Configure Allow connections from network clients in the settings
   • Restart the system (needed only once when this is enabled)
3. Run xhost +localhost in a terminal to allow connecting to X11 over the TCP socket
4. Use -e DISPLAY=host.docker.internal:0 for passing the ${DISPLAY} environment

For Windows hosts (simplified):

docker.exe run --rm -d ^
     --name pycharm ^
     -e DISPLAY=YOUR_IP_ADDRESS:0.0 ^
     -v %TEMP%\.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix ^
     -v %USERPROFILE%\pycharm-docker:/home/developer ^
     -v %USERPROFILE%\pycharm-docker\python-libs:/home/developer/.py3.libs ^
     rycus86/pycharm:%IDE_VERSION%

Notes

The IDE will have access to Python 3 and to Git. Project folders need to be mounted like -v ~/Project:/home/developer/Project. The actual name can be anything - I used something random to be able to start multiple instances if needed.

To use pip, either use the terminal in PyCharm or install from the terminal from inside the container like docker exec -it pycharm-running bash then install using pip.