Copyright @ 2014-2025+ The Winpython development team https://github.com/winpython/

Licensed under the terms of the MIT License

(seewinpython/__init__.py for details)

(seewppm/__init__.py for details)

Overview

WinPython is a portable distribution of the Python programming

language for Windows (https://winpython.github.io).

This is the `winpython` Python package, not the distribution itself.

This is the `wppm` Python package and build toolchain repository, not the distribution itself.

It includes two main features:

WinPython Package Manager (WPPM)

a complementary tool to navigate provided packages, install packages from included Wheelhouse, or register WinPython.

pip is the recommanded way to add or remove packages

pip is the recommanded way to add or remove packages otherwise

WinPython build toolchain

make.pyis thescript used to

generate_a_winpython_distro.bat andmake.pyare thetoolchain used to

build a WinPython distribution from (almost) scratch.

WinPython set of Wheel

You can get also the equivalent of the WinPython distribution by using one of the provided pylock.toml

or by using provided requirements-with-hash.txt until pip does support pylock.toml files

Dependencies

* installer can be 7-Zip or nothing (just .zip-it)

From the source package (see section 'Building dependencies'), you may

install WinPython using the following commands:

build WPPM using the following commands:

**python -m pip install flit**

**python -m flit build**

**python -m pip install --no-index --trusted-host=None --find-links=.\dist winpython**

Winpython Distribution wheels installation

To only install the wheels assembled per WinPython Distribution, you may

**python -m pip install --no-deps --require-hashes https://github.com/winpython/winpython/releases/download/16.6.20250620final/requir.64-3_13_5_0slim.txt

A pylock file is also available, when you package manager can handle it

**https://github.com/winpython/winpython/releases/download/16.6.20250620final/pylock.64-3_13_5_0slim.toml

But the easiest way to install the last stable release of WinPython is

by usingan executable installer: https://winpython.github.io/

by usinga zipped distribution with or without auto-extractor: https://winpython.github.io/

More informations

* Development, bug reports, discussions and feature requests: https://github.com/winpython/winpython

* Discussions: https://groups.google.com/group/winpython

* Discussions: https://github.com/winpython/winpython/discussions