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WinPython 3.3.5.1, Release Information. Downloads: 32bit and 64bit
WinPython 3.4.1.1, Release Information. Downloads: 32bit and 64bit
- Older releases can be found at the Downloads page of the former maintainer and creator Pierre Raybaut, but note that they may be outdated.
+ Older releases can be found at the Downloads page of the former maintainer and creator Pierre Raybaut.
Overview
- WinPython is a free open-source portable distribution of the Python programming language for Windows XP/7/8, designed for scientists, supporting both 32bit and 64bit versions of Python 2 and Python 3.
+ WinPython is a free open-source portable distribution of the Python programming language under Windows XP/7/8, for scientific and education usage.
It is a full-featured (see what's inside WinPython 2.7, WinPython 3.3 or WinPython 3.4) Python-based scientific environment:
- - Designed for scientists (thanks to the integrated libraries NumPy, SciPy, Sympy, Matplotlib, Pandas, guiqwt, etc.):
+
- Designed for scientists, data-scientists, and education (thanks to NumPy, SciPy, Sympy, Matplotlib, Pandas, guiqwt, etc.):
- Regular scientific users: interactive data processing and visualization using Python with Spyder
- Advanced scientific users and software developers: Python applications development with Spyder, version control with Mercurial and other development tools (like gettext, etc.)
- - Portable: preconfigured, it should run out of the box on any machine under Windows (without any requirement) and the folder containing WinPython can be moved to any location (local, network or removable drive) with most of the application settings
- - Flexible: one can install (or should I write "use" as it's portable) as many WinPython versions as necessary (like isolated and self-consistent environments), even if those versions are running different versions of Python (2.7, 3.3 or 3.4) or different architectures (32bit or 64bit) on the same machine
+ - Portable:
+
+ - it runs out of the box on any Windows with 2Go Ram (Ipython needs Windows>XP, and Ipython Notebook a recent browser)
+ - the WinPython folder can be moved to any location (local, network, usb drive) with most of the application settings
+
+ - Flexible:
+
+ - you can install as many WinPython as you want on the same machine: each one is isolated and self-consistent
+ - these installations can be of different versions of Python (2.7, 3.3 or 3.4) or different architectures (32bit or 64bit)
+
- Customizable:
- - The integrated package manager (wppm, as WinPython Package Manager) helps installing, uninstalling or upgrading Python packages (see WPPM wiki page for more details on supported package formats)
- - As WPPM may not support some packages, it's also possible to install or upgrade packages using easy_install or pip from the WinPython command prompt
- - A configuration file allows to set environment variables at runtime
+ - The integrated WinPython Package Manager (WPPM) helps installing, uninstalling or upgrading Python packages
+ - It's also possible to install or upgrade packages using pip from the WinPython command prompt
+ - A configuration file allows you to set environment variables at runtime
- WinPython vs. Python(x,y): WinPython is not an attempt to replace Python(x,y), this is just something different (see motivation and concept): more flexible, easier to maintain, movable and less invasive for the OS, but certainly less user-friendly, with less packages/contents and without any integration to Windows explorer.
+ WinPython is something different from other Python Distributions (see historic motivation and concept):
+
+ - non-invasive: Winpython lives entirely in its own directory, without any OS installation
+ - flavors: releases with added packages are created to better fit a domain out-of-the-box
+ - do your own flavor: a winpython-creator kit is made available for you
+
Portable or not, the choice is yours!
