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• Release – Python install manager 25.0 beta 9

  Version: None

  Released: May 26, 2025

  This is a beta preview of the new Windows Python install manager. The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 As well as the files below, the Python install manager can be installed …

• Release – Python install manager 25.0 beta 10

  Version: None

  Released: June 9, 2025

  This is a beta preview of the new Windows Python install manager. The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 As well as the files below, the Python install manager can be installed …

• Release – Python install manager 25.0 beta 11

  Version: None

  Released: June 30, 2025

  This is a beta preview of the new Windows Python install manager. The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 As well as the files below, the Python install manager can be installed …

• Release – Python install manager 25.0 beta 12

  Version: None

  Released: July 22, 2025

  This is a beta preview of the new Windows Python install manager. The Python install manager for Windows is our tool for installing and managing runtimes. The traditional executable installer will stop being released with Python 3.16 As well as the files below, the Python install manager can be installed …

• Python for Mac OS X

  ...packages available through PyPI, the Python Package Index. We recommend you use the pip tool to simplify installing and managing additional packages. pip is included with Python 3.4 releases; for earlier releases, follow the pip install instructions. Among the packages available through PyPI are some that are specifically for OS X environments. Among these are: pyobjc which provides a bridge between Python and Objective-C, allowing you to write full-featured native Cocoa applications in pure...

• Community Stories

  ...packages get confused a lot. That's not their fault; that's because the volunteers who maintain the packaging tools don't have enough time to get everything organized so that it's clear and easy to use. In the last few years, the PSF has gotten grants and used that money to massively improve packaging. We overhauled PyPI and we're making pip more consistent, with genuine attention to user experience. With more funding, we can finally make managing packages pleasant as programming in Python. Sum...

• Other Catalog Systems

  ...Package Manager from ActiveState Open Software Distribution Debian Debian Packaging FAQ New Maintainers' Guide Linux Freshmeat rpmfind XEmacs Quickstart Package Guide

• Applications for Python

  ...Package Index lists thousands of third party modules for Python. Web and Internet Development Python offers many choices for web development: Frameworks such as Django and Pyramid. Micro-frameworks such as Flask and Bottle. Advanced content management systems such as Plone and django CMS. Python's standard library supports many Internet protocols: HTML and XML JSON E-mail processing. Support for FTP, IMAP, and other Internet protocols. Easy-to-use socket interface. And the Package Index ha...

• Python for Windows

  ...Packages for Windows. ActiveState ActivePython (commercial and community versions, including scientific computing modules). ActivePython also includes Mark Hammond's pywin32 by default as well as other improvements. Enthought Python Distribution The Enthought Python Distribution provides scientists with a comprehensive set of tools to perform rigorous data analysis and visualization. Anaconda is a free collection of powerful packages for Python that enables large-scale data management, analysis...

• Download Python for other platforms

  ...packages for Python are available from IBM AIX Toolbox in RPM format. They can be installed using dnf package manager. Visit the Get Started page for more details. Python for HP-UX You can purchase ActivePython (commercial and community versions, including scientific computing modules, not open source) Python for IBM i (formerly AS/400, iSeries) Both Python 2 and Python 3 are available from IBM in RPM form. They can be installed with the yum package manager or with the IBM i Access Client ...

• Community Events Manager

  ...Manager Job posting for the Community Events Manager The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that holds the intellectual property rights behind the Python programming language. We also run the PyCon US conference annually, support other Python conferences/workshops around the world, and fund Python related development with our grants program. The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and ...

• 2021 end-of-the-year fundraiser!

  ...Manager, Shamika Mohanan. Shamika is performing outreach to Python users to help the PSF better understand the landscape, identify fundable initiatives, seek grants, oversee funded projects, and report on their progress and results to improve Python packaging for all users. To continue the above initiatives, the PSF will need to generate USD 325,000 per year. To hire additional folks for either initiative (in demand), the PSF will need USD 500,000+ per year. The amount of funding required is ...

• 👋 Hey Community Members!

  👋 Hey Community Members! More than 20 ways to get involved & stay informed! Watch any of these talks given about the PSF (most recent one is about PyPI presented by Ee, our Director of Infrastructure!) Want to financially support the PSF? Donate! Read our blog Sign up to receive our quarterly newsletter Follow us on Twitter or Mastodon Become a Basic member If you are already a Basic member, consider becoming a Contributing, Managing, and/or Supporting member. If you want to be a PSF Boar...

• SIG for Development of Persistence and Transaction Frameworks

  ...managers that are plugged into the frameworks. The transaction manager simply tracks object changes and coordinates the activities of data managers to commit (or rollback) changes in an atomic fashion. Query languages. Individual data managers or applications may provide query facilities. While it would be cool to have a common query facility for Python, and I would support such a project, that would be a different project than this one. Integrity constraints...

• Alternative Python Implementations

  ...packaged CPython. These re-packagings often include more libraries or are specialized for a particular application: Anaconda Python (a full Python distribution for data management, analysis and visualization of large data sets) ActiveState ActivePython (commercial and community versions, including scientific computing modules) Nuitka (a compiler that packages user code with CPython into a static binary for improved performance and IP protection) pyodide (a Python distribution for the browser a...

• Legal Statements

  ...packages must comply with United States export controls under the Export Administration Regulations. Legal Mailing List If you have any questions, please send them to the legal mailing list at: legal@python.org.

• Release – Python 2.7.9

  Version: None

  Released: Dec. 10, 2014

  Python 2.7.9 is a bugfix version for the Python 2.7 release series. Python 2.7.9 includes several significant changes unprecedented in a "bugfix" release: The entirety of Python 3.4's ssl module has been backported for Python 2.7.9. See PEP 466 for justification. HTTPS certificate validation using the system's certificate store is …

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• Internet Relay Chat

  Internet Relay Chat There are several Python-related channels on the libera IRC network. All channels are available by connecting to Internet Relay Chat server Libera.Chat. The #python channel is for all discussion about the Python language, ecosystem, and community. You can get immediate help with programming questions. You will need to first register your nickname with Libera, using the nickname setup instructions (https://libera.chat/guides/registration). Spanish speakers can use the #pyar ...

• Python Success Stories

  ...package of code, graphics and templates that provides a piece of reusable web functionality. We were able to combine the integrated pieces of Zope that we loved and used on a daily basis, like user management and simple object publishing to the web, with the flexibility of Python and its large internal library. This also allowed us to keep source code outside of the Zope object database and on the file system, where it could be used with our existing CVS infrastructure for source code control an...

• About the Python Software Foundation

  ...package repository relied on by thousands of users with a huge range of projects. We've brought on board a Packaging Project Manager to best serve PyPI users We've added a full-time CPython Developer in Residence to our team, who amplifies volunteer contributors’ impact by processing CPython pull requests and tackling structural improvements. OUR SPONSORS DONATE TO THE PSF BECOME A MEMBER GET INVOLVED ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT NEWS & UPDATES PSF FAQ APPLY FOR A GRANT PYCON US

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