Results

• Release – Python 2.0.1

  Version: None

  Released: June 22, 2001

  We're releasing Python 2.0.1 - the final bugfix release for Python 2.0. Why would we come with a bugfix release now (June 2001), when Python 2.0 was released in October 2000 and Python 2.1 has been released for months (April 2001)? Two very good …

  View Release Notes

• Release – Python 3.8.0b4

  Version: None

  Released: Aug. 29, 2019

  This is a beta preview of Python 3.8 Python 3.8 is still in development. This release, 3.8.0b4 is the last of four planned beta release previews. Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their projects …

  View Release Notes

• Python 2.6.5 Release

  Python 2.6.5 Release Python 2.6.5 release Python 2.6.5 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.5 was a maintenance release for Python 2.6.4, fixing dozens of issues in the core, builtin modules, libraries, and documentation. Python 2.6.5 final was released on March 19, 2010. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Pyth...

• Release – Python 3.14.0a3

  Version: None

  Released: Dec. 17, 2024

  O Alpha 3, O Alpha 3, how lovely are your branches! https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140a3/ This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14 Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0a3, is the third of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases …

  View Release Notes

• Python 2.3

  ...releases of 2.3. Important: This release is vulnerable to the problem described in security advisory PSF-2006-001 "Buffer overrun in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode builds (UCS-4)". This fix is included in Python 2.4.4 and Python 2.5. If you need to remain with Python 2.3, there's a patch available from the security advisory page. Important: 2.3.5 includes a security fix for SimpleXMLRPCServer.py. We are pleased to announce the release of Pyth...

• Python 2.6.2 Release

  Python 2.6.2 Release Python 2.6.2 Python 2.6.2 has been replaced by a newer bugfix release of Python. Please download Python 2.6.6 instead. Python 2.6.2 was released on April 14, 2009. Python 2.6 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. Dozens of bugs reported since the release of 2.6.1 have been fixed. The NEWS file lists every change in each alpha, beta, and release candidate of Python 2.6. What's New in Python 2.6. Report bugs at http://bugs.python.org. Read the Py...

• Release – Python 3.12.0rc1

  Version: None

  Released: Aug. 6, 2023

  This is the first release candidate of Python 3.12.0 This release, 3.12.0rc1, is the penultimate release preview. Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the final release. The second candidate (and the last planned release …

• Release – Python 3.11.0a1

  Version: None

  Released: Oct. 5, 2021

  This is an early developer preview of Python 3.11 Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 Python 3.11 is still in development. This release, 3.11.0a1 is the first of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

• Release – Python 3.11.0a4

  Version: None

  Released: Jan. 14, 2022

  This is an early developer preview of Python 3.11 Major new features of the 3.11 series, compared to 3.10 Python 3.11 is still in development. This release, 3.11.0a4 is the fourth of seven planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of …

• Python 2.1

  ...releases. The final version Python 2.1was released on April 17, 2001. See our (gulp :-) press release. What's New? What's New in Python 2.1 by Andrew Kuchling describes the most visible changes since Python 2.0. Full release notes with detailed lists of what was new in each alpha, beta or candidate release. Download Windows users should download Python-2.1.exe, the Windows installer, from one of the download locations below, run it, and follow the friendly instruc...

• Release – Python 2.3.6

  Version: None

  Released: Nov. 1, 2006

  Python 2.3 is now well and truly in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added, and only security critical bugs have been fixed. There are 3 bugs fixed in this release - a problem with the …

  View Release Notes

• Release – Python 3.1.5

  Version: None

  Released: April 9, 2012

  Python 3.1.5 Python 3.1.5 is a security-fix source-only release for Python 3.1.4, fixing several reported security issues: issue 13703 (oCERT-2011-003, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, hash table collisions CPU usage DoS in the expat library), issue 14001 (CVE-2012-0845, SimpleXMLRPCServer denial of service), and issue 13885 (CVE-2011-3389, …

  View Release Notes

• Release – Python 3.5.0a1

  Version: None

  Released: Feb. 8, 2015

  Python 3.5.0a1 Python 3.5 has reached end-of-life. Python 3.5.10, the final release of the 3.5 series, is available here. Python 3.5.0a1 was released on February 8th, 2015. Major new features of the 3.5 series, compared to 3.4 Python 3.5 is still in development, and 3.5.0a1 is the first alpha release. …

  View Release Notes

• Release – Python 3.9.0a4

  Version: None

  Released: Feb. 26, 2020

  This is an early developer preview of Python 3.9 Python 3.9 is still in development. This release, 3.9.0a4 is the fourth of six planned alpha releases. Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of new features and bug fixes and to test the release …

  View Release Notes

• Release – Python 2.7.18rc1

  Version: None

  Released: April 4, 2020

  Python 2.7.18 release candidate 1 is a testing release for Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2.

• Python 2.2.2

  ...releases initially appear in unstable). Macintosh users can find binaries and source on Jack Jansen's MacPython page. (MacOS X users who have a C compiler can also build from the source tarball below.) All others should download Python-2.2.2.tgz, the source tarball, and do the usual "gunzip; tar; configure; make" dance. What's New? This being a bug-fix release, there have been no exciting new features implemented since 2.2.1 -- just heaps of fixes. With special dispensatio...

• Release – Python 2.7.12rc1

  Version: None

  Released: June 13, 2016

  Python 2.7.12 release candidate 1 is the first release candidate for 2.7.12, a bugfix release in the 2.x series.

  View Release Notes

• Release – Python 2.7.13rc1

  Version: None

  Released: Dec. 4, 2016

  Python 2.7.13 release candidate 1 is the first release candidate for 2.7.13, a bugfix release in the 2.x series.

  View Release Notes

• Release – Python 3.2.6

  Version: None

  Released: Oct. 12, 2014

  This is a security-fix source-only release. The last binary release was 3.2.5. With the 3.2.6 release, and five years after its first release, the Python 3.2 series is now officially retired. All official maintenance for Python 3.2, including security patches, has ended. For ongoing maintenance releases, please see the …

  View Release Notes

• Release – Python 3.14.0a7

  Version: None

  Released: April 8, 2025

  Here comes the final alpha! This means we have just four weeks until the first beta to get those last features into 3.14 before the feature freeze on 2025-05-06! This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14 Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13 Python 3.14 …

  View Release Notes

Python language documentation

If you didn't find what you need, try your search in the Python language documentation.