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Python implementations ActivePython CLPython CPython Cython Intel Dist. for Python IronPython Jython MicroPython Nuitka Numba Parrot Psyco PyPy Pyrex Python for S60 Shed Skin Stackless Python Unladen Swallow
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ThePython programming language is actively used by many people, both in industry and academia, for a wide variety of purposes.

• Atom — anopen-sourcecross-platform IDE withautocomplete, help and more Python features under package extensions.
• Codelobster — across-platform IDE for various languages, including Python.
• Colab —Jupyter notebookonline integrated development environment developed byGoogle.
• EasyEclipse — an open-source IDE for Python and other languages.
• Eclipse — with the Pydev plug-in. Eclipse supports many other languages as well.
• Emacs, with the built-in python-mode.^[1]
• Eric — an IDE for Python andRuby.
• Geany — IDE for Python development and other languages.
• IDLE — a simple IDE bundled with the default implementation of the language.
• Jupyter Notebook — an IDE that supportsmarkdown,Python,Julia —R and several other languages.
• Kaggle Notebooks — an online IDE forPython andR with integrated data science libraries, free GPUs, and collaborative features.
• Komodo IDE — an IDE PHOTOS Python,Perl,PHP and Ruby.
• NetBeans — is written inJava and runs everywhere where aJVM is installed.
• Ninja-IDE — free software, written in Python andQt.
• PyCharm — a proprietary and open-source IDE for Python development.
• PythonAnywhere — an onlineIDE andWeb hosting service.
• Python Tools for Visual Studio — Free and open-source plug-in forVisual Studio.
• Spyder — IDE for scientific programming.
• Thonny — beginner-friendly Python IDE.
• Vim — with "lang#python" layer enabled.^[2]
• Visual Studio Code — an open-source IDE for various languages, including Python.
• Wing IDE — cross-platform proprietary with some free versions/licenses IDE for Python.
• Replit — an online IDE that supports multiple languages.

• Anaconda – Python distribution withcondapackage manager.
• Enthought – Enthought Canopy Python with Pythonpackage manager.
• pip – packagemanagement system used to install and manage software written in Python.^[3]

• Calibre – an open-source e-book management tool.
• Chandler – apersonal information manager including calendar, email, tasks and notes support that is not currently under development.
• Resolver One – aspreadsheet.
• SageMath – a combination of more than 20 main opensource math packages and provides easy to use web interface with the help of Python.
• Gajim – aninstant messaging client for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).
• Gramps – an open-sourcegenealogy software.

• BitTorrent – originalclient, along with several derivatives.
• Cinema 4D – a 3D art and animation program for creating intros and 3-Dimensional text. Has a built in Python scripting console and engine.
• Deluge – aBitTorrent client.
• Exaile – an open-sourceaudio player.
• GNOME SoundConverter – a program to convert sound files to various formats and qualities; a wrapper aroundGStreamer.
• Juice – a popularpodcast downloader.
• Miro – a cross-platforminternet television application.
• Morpheus – afile sharing client/server software operated by the company StreamCast.
• MusicBrainz Picard – a cross-platformMusicBrainz tag editor.
• Nicotine – aPyGTKSoulseek client.
• OpenLP – lyrics projection software.
• OpenShot – a video editor.
• PiTiVi – a videonon-linear editing system.
• Quod Libet – a cross-platform free and open-source music player, tag editor and library organizer.
• TouchDesigner – a node basedvisual programming language for real-time interactive multimedia content.

• PyChess – a cross-platform computer chess program.
• Quake Army Knife – an environment for developing 3D maps for games based on theQuake engine.

• Dropbox – a web-based file hosting service.
• Gunicorn – a pre-forkweb server forWeb Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) applications.

• Celery – an asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing.
• Conch – implementation of theSecure Shell (SSH) protocol withTwisted.
• Shinken – a computer system andnetwork monitoring software application compatible withNagios.
• Wicd – a network manager forLinux.
• Xpra – a tool which runs X clients, usually on a remote host, and directs their display to the local machine without losing any state.

• Image Packaging System (IPS) – an advanced, cross-platformpackage manager used in mostySolaris andOpenSolaris–illumos derivatives.
• Pip – apackage manager used to install and manage Python software packages such as those from thePython Package Index (PyPI)software repository.
• Portage – the heart of Gentoo Linux, an advanced package manager based on the BSD-style ports system.
• Ubuntu Software Center – a graphicalpackage manager, installed by default inUbuntu releases starting in 9.10 and ending in 16.04.
• Yellowdog Updater – Modified (YUM), a package management utility for RPM-compatible Linux operating systems.

• A-A-P – a tool used to download, build and install software viaMakefile-like "recipes".
• Anaconda (installer) – an open-source system installer for Linux distributions primarily used inFedora Linux,CentOS, andRed Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Ansible – aconfiguration management engine for computers by combiningmulti-node software deployment andad hoc task execution.
• BitBake – a make-like build tool with the special focus of distributions and packages for embeddedLinux crosscompilation.
• Buildbot – acontinuous integration system.
• Buildout – a software build tool, primarily used to download and set up development or deployment software dependencies.
• GYP (Generate Your Projects) – a build automation tool (similar toCMake andPremake) to generate native IDE project files (e.g.,Visual Studio,Xcode, etc.) from one configuration.
• Mercurial – a cross-platform, distributed source management tool.
• Pungi – an open-source distribution compose tool to organize creatingYUM and system image repositories.
• Salt – a configuration management and remote execution engine.
• SCons – a tool for building software.
• Waf – a build automation tool to assist automatic compiling and installing of computer software.

• Anki – aspaced repetitionflashcard program.
• Bazaar – a free distribution deed revision computer control system.
• GlobaLeaks – an open-source whistleblowing framework.
• OpenStack – acloud computing IaaS platform.
• Tryton – a three-tier high-level general purpose computer application platform.

• Allura – anASF software forge for managingsource coderepositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs and more for multiple projects.
• Bloodhound – anASF project management and bug tracking system.
• ERP5 – a powerful open-source ERP / CRM used in Aerospace, Apparel, Banking and fore-government.
• ERPNext – an open-source ERP / CRM.
• FirstVoices – an open-sourcelanguage revitalization platform.
• Kallithea – a source code management system.
• Mailman – one of the more popular packages for running email mailing lists.
• MakeHuman – free software for creating realistic 3D humans.
• MoinMoin – awiki engine.
• Odoo (formerly OpenERP) – business management software.
• Planet – afeed aggregator.
• Plone – an open-sourcecontent management system.
• Roundup – a bug tracking system.
• Tor2web – an HTTP proxy forTor Hidden Services (HS).
• Trac – web-based bug/issue tracking database, wiki, and version control front-end.
• ViewVC – a web-based interface for browsingCVS andSVN repositories.

• Battlefield 2 uses Python for all of its add-ons and a lot of its functionality.^[4]
• Bridge Commander.^[5]
• Disney's Toontown Online is written in Python and usesPanda3D for graphics.^[6][7]
• Doki Doki Literature Club!, a psychological horror visual novel using theRen'Py engine.
• Eve Online usesStackless Python.
• Frets on Fire is written in Python and usesPygame.
• Mount & Blade is written in Python.^{[citation needed]}
• Pirates of the Caribbean Online is written in Python and uses Panda3D for graphics.^{[citation needed]}
• Ren'Py — visual novel engine built on Python andPygame.
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman uses Python as a scripting language.^[8][9]
• The Sims 4 uses Python.^[10]
• The Temple of Elemental Evil, a computer role-playing game based on the classicGreyhawk Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting.
• Unity of Command (video game) is an operational-level wargame about the 1942–43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.^{[citation needed]}
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, a computer role-playing game based on theWorld of Darkness campaign setting^[11]
• Vega Strike, an open-source space simulator, uses Python for internal scripting.^{[citation needed]}
• World of Tanks uses Python for most of its tasks.^[12]

• BlueBream – a rewrite by theZope developers of the Zope 2 web application server.
• CherryPy – anobject-oriented web application server and framework.
• CubicWeb – a web framework that targets large-scalesemantic web andlinked open data applications and international corporations.
• Django – an MVT (model, view, template) web framework.
• Flask – a modern, lightweight, well-documented micro-framework based on Werkzeug andJinja 2.
• Google App Engine – a platform for developing and hosting web applications in Google-managed data centers, including Python.
• Grok – a web framework based on Zope Toolkit technology.
• Nevow – a web application framework originally developed by the company Divmod.
• Pylons – a lightweight web framework emphasizing flexibility and rapid development.
• Pyramid – a minimalistic web framework inspired by Zope, Pylons and Django.
• Python Paste – a set of utilities for web development that has been described as "a framework for web frameworks".
• Quixote – a framework for developing Web applications in Python.
• RapidSMS – a web framework which extends the logic and capabilities of Django to communicate with SMS messages.
• Spyce – a technology to embed Python code into webpages.
• Tornado – a lightweight non-blocking server and framework.
• TurboGears – a web framework combiningSQLObject/SQLAlchemy,Kid/Genshi, andCherryPy/Pylons.
• web2py – a full-stack enterprise web application framework, following the MVC design.
• Zope 2 – an application server, commonly used to buildcontent management systems.

• Pygame – Python bindings forSDL.
• Panda3D – a 3D game engine for Python.
• Python Imaging Library – a module for working with images.
• Python-Ogre – a Python Language binding for the OGRE 3D engine.

• appJar – cross-platform, open-source GUI library for Python. Provides easy wrapper functions around most ofTkinter with extra functionality built in.
• Kivy – open-source Python library for developing multitouch application software with anatural user interface (NUI).
• PyGTK – a popular cross-platform GUI library based on GTK+; furthermore, otherGNOME libraries also have bindings for Python.
• PyQt – another cross-platform GUI library based on Qt; as above,KDE libraries also have bindings.
• PySide – an alternative to the PyQt library, released under the BSD-style licence.
• Tkinter – is Python's de factoGUI it is shipped in most versions of Python and is integrated in theIDLE. It is basedTcl command tool.
• wxPython – a port ofwxWidgets and a cross-platform GUI library for Python.
• Flet – is a framework that allows building web, desktop and mobile applications in Python based onFlutter by Google

• Astropy – a library of Python tools for astronomy and astrophysics.
• Biopython – a Python molecular biology suite.
• Gensim – a library fornatural language processing, including unsupervisedtopic modeling andinformation retrieval.
• graph-tool – a Python module for manipulation and statistical analysis of graphs.
• Natural Language Toolkit – or NLTK, a suite of libraries and programs for symbolic and statisticalnatural language processing (NLP) for English.
• NetworkX – a package for the creation, manipulation, and study ofcomplex networks.
• Orange – anopen-source visual programming tool featuringinteractivedata visualization and methods for statisticaldata analysis,data mining, andmachine learning.
• SciPy – collection of packages for mathematics, science, and engineering.
• TomoPy – a package for tomographic data processing and image reconstruction.
• Veusz – a scientific plotting package.
• VisTrails – a scientific workflow and provenance management software with visual programming interface and integrated visualization (via Matplotlib, VTK).

• Apache MXNet — open-sourcedeep learningframework fordeep neural networks.
• Apache Singa – a library fordeep learning.
• Chainer —deep learning framework on top ofNumPy andCuPy.
• Horovod —framework byUber for distributeddeep learning training usingTensorFlow,Keras,PyTorch, andApache MXNet.
• Keras — high-levelneural networksAPI, running on top ofTensorFlow and other backends.
• MindSpore — deep learning framework developed byHuawei.
• PlaidML —Tensor compiler.
• PyTorch – open-sourcemachine learninglibrary based on theTorch library.
• PyTorch Lightning — provides a high-level interface forPyTorch
• QLattice —symbolic regression.
• scikit-learn – a library formachine learning.
• TensorFlow –software library formachine learning andartificial intelligence.
• Theano — machine learning library.
• Transformers Library — mainly compatible with thePyTorch library fromHugging Face

• CuPy – a library for GPU-accelerated computing.
• Dask – a library for parallel computing.
• Manim – open-source Python mathematical animation and visualisation library from3Blue1Brown.
• Mathics – an open-source implementation of theMathematica programming language.
• Matplotlib – providingMATLAB-like plotting and mathematical functions (using NumPy).
• NumPy – a language extension that adds support for large and fast,multi-dimensional arrays and matrices.
• Plotly – is a scientific plotting library for creating browser-basedgraphs.
• SageMath – is a large mathematical software application which integrates the work of nearly 100free software projects.
• SymPy – a symbolic mathematical calculations package.
• PyMC – python module containingBayesian statistical models and fitting algorithms, including Markov chain Monte Carlo.

• Beautiful Soup – package for parsing HTML and XML documents.
• Cheetah – Python-powered template engine and code-generation tool.
• Construct – python library for the declarative construction and deconstruction of data structures.
• Genshi – template engine for XML-based vocabularies.
• IPython – development shell both written in and designed for Python.
• Jinja – Python-powered template engine, inspired byDjango's template engine.
• Kid – simple template engine for XML-based vocabularies.
• Meson build system – software tool for automating the building (compiling) of software.
• mod_wsgi – module that provides aWSGI compliant interface for hostingPython basedweb applications with theApache web server.
• PyObjC – Python to Objective-C bridge that allows writing OS X software in Python.
• Robot Framework – generic test automation framework for acceptance testing and acceptance test-driven development (ATDD).
• Setuptools –package development process library designed to facilitate packaging Python projects by enhancing the Pythondistutils (distribution utilities) standard library.
• Sphinx – which convertsreStructuredText files intoHTML websites and other formats includingPDF,EPub andMan pages.
• SQLAlchemy – database backend andORM.
• SQLObject – an ORM for providing an object interface to a database.
• Storm – an ORM fromCanonical.
• Twisted – a networking framework for Python.
• VPython – the Python programming language plus a 3D graphics module called Visual.

Python is, or can be used as the scripting language in these notable software products:

• Abaqus (Finite Element Software)
• ADvantage Framework
• Amarok
• ArcGIS – a prominent GIS platform, allows extensive modelling using Python.
• Autodesk Maya – a professional3D modeler allows Python scripting as an alternative toMEL as of version 8.5.
• Autodesk MotionBuilder
• Autodesk Softimage (formerly Softimage|XSI)
• BioNumerics – a bioinformatics software suite for the management, storage and (statistical) analysis of all types of biological data.
• Blender
• Boxee – a cross-platformhome theater PC software.
• Cinema 4D
• Civilization IV has the map editor supporting Python.^[17]
• Corel Paint Shop Pro
• Claws Mail with Python plugin
• DSHub
• ERDAS Imagine
• FL Studio – aDigital audio workstation, uses Python to supportMIDI Controller integration, as well as scripting within itspiano roll and Edison audio editor.
• FreeCAD
• gedit
• GIMP
• GNAT – The GNAT programming chain tool (Ada language implementation in GNU gcc), as a GNATcoll reusable components for the applications (with or without PyGTK) and as a scripting language for the commands in the GPS programming environment.
• Houdini highly evolved 3D animation package, fully extensible using python.
• Inkscape – a freevector graphics editor.
• Krita – a freeraster graphics editor for digital painting.
• MeVisLab – a medical image processing and visualization software, uses Python for network scripting, macro modules, and application building.
• Modo
• Minecraft: Pi Edition (game).^[18]
• MSC.Software's CAE packages: Adams, Mentat, SimXpert.
• MySQL Workbench – a visual database design tool.
• Nuke (compositing for visual effects)
• OriginPro – a commercial graphic and analysis software, provides Python environment for access.
• ParaView, an opensource scientific visualization software
• Poser – a3Drendering andanimation computer program that uses for scripting a special dialect of Python, called PoserPython.
• PTV AG products for traffic and transportation analysis, includingPTV VISSIM.
• PyMOL – a popular molecular viewer that embeds Python for scripting and integration.
• OriginPro – a commercial graphing and analysis software, provides a Python environment for both embedded and external access.
• QGIS uses Python for scripting and plugin-development.
• Rhinoceros 3D version 5.0^[19] and its visual-scripting languageGrasshopper usesIronPython.^[20]
• Rhythmbox
• Scribus
• 3DSlicer – a medical image visualisation and analysis software. Python is available for algorithm implementation, analysis pipelines, and GUI creation.
• SPSS statistical software – SPSS Programmability Extension allows users to extend the SPSS command syntax language with Python.
• SublimeText
• Totem – a media player for theGNOME desktop environment.
• Vim
• VisIt
• WeeChat – a consoleIRC client.

• CCP Games usesStackless Python in both its server-side and client-side applications for itsMMOEve Online.^[21]
• Instagram's backend is written in Python.^[22]
• NASA is using Python to implement aCAD/CAE/PDM repository and model management, integration, and transformation system which will be the core infrastructure for its next-generation collaborative engineering environment.^{[23][non-primary source needed]} It is also the development language forOpenMDAO, a framework developed by NASA for solvingmultidisciplinary design optimization problems.
• "Python has been an important part ofGoogle since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens of Google engineers use Python."^[24]
• Reddit was originally written inCommon Lisp, but was rewritten in Python in 2005.^[25]
• Yahoo! Groups uses Python "to maintain its discussion groups".^{[citation needed]}
• YouTube uses Python "to produce maintainable features in record times, with a minimum of developers".^[26]
• Enthought uses Python as the main language for many custom applications in Geophysics, Financial applications, Astrophysics, simulations for consumer product companies.

Implementations of Python include:^[27]

• CLPython – Implementation, written in Common Lisp.
• CPython – The reference implementation, written inC11.^[28] Some notable distributions include:
  • ActivePython – Distribution with more than 300 included packages.^[29]
  • Intel Distribution for Python – High performance distribution with conda and pip package managers.^[30]
  • PSF Python – Reference distribution that includes only selected standard libraries^[31]
• Cython – programming language to simplify writing C and C++ extension modules for the CPython Python runtime.
• IronPython – Python forCLI platforms (including.NET andMono).
• Jython – Python forJava platforms.
• MicroPython – Python 3 implementation for micro-controller platforms.
• Nuitka – asource-to-source compiler which compiles Python code toC/C++ executables, or source code.
• Numba –NumPy awareLLVM-based JIT compiler.
• PyPy – Python (originally) coded in Python, used withRPython, a restricted subset of Python that is amenable to static analysis and thus aJIT.
• Shed Skin – asource-to-source compiler from Python toC++.

Historic Python implementations include:

• Parrot – Virtual machine being developed mainly as the runtime forRaku, and intended to support dynamic languages like Python, Ruby, Tcl, etc.
• Psyco – specialized JIT compiler project that has mostly been eclipsed by PyPy.
• Pyrex – Python-like Python module development project that has mostly been eclipsed by Cython.
• Python for S60 – CPython port to theS60 platform.
• Stackless Python – CPython withcoroutines.
• Unladen Swallow – performance-orientated implementation based on CPython which natively executed itsbytecode via anLLVM-based JIT compiler. Funded by Google, stopped circa 2011.

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