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<p>Older releases can be found at the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/winpython/files/">Downloads page of the former maintainer</a> and creator Pierre Raybaut, but note that they may be outdated.</p>
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
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<p>WinPython is a free open-source portable distribution of the <a href="https://www.python.org/">Python programming language</a> for Windows Vista/7/8, designed for scientists, supporting both 32bit and 64bit versions of Python 2 and Python 3.</p>
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<p>WinPython is a free open-source portable distribution of the <a href="https://www.python.org/">Python programming language</a> for Windows Vista/7/8, designed for scientific and education usage.</p>
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<p><img style="width: 901px; height: 97px;" alt="WinPython Launcher Icons" src="images/winpython_launchers_2741.png" /></p>
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<p>It is a full-featured (see what's inside <a href="https://github.com/winpython/winpython/blob/master/changelogs/WinPython-2.7.8.2.txt">WinPython 2.7</a>, <a href="https://github.com/winpython/winpython/blob/master/changelogs/WinPython-3.3.5.1.txt">WinPython 3.3</a> or <a href="https://github.com/winpython/winpython/blob/master/changelogs/WinPython-3.4.2.1.txt">WinPython 3.4</a>) Python-based scientific environment:</p>
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<li>Designed for scientists (thanks to the integrated libraries <a href="http://numpy.org/">NumPy</a>, <a href="https://www.scipy.org/">SciPy</a>, <a href="https://www.sympy.org/">Sympy</a>, <a href="http://www.matplotlib.org/">Matplotlib</a>, <a href="http://pandas.pydata.org/">Pandas</a>, <a href="https://code.google.com/p/guiqwt/">guiqwt</a>, etc.):
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<li>Designed for scientists, data-scientists, and education (thanks to <a href="http://numpy.org/">NumPy</a>, <a href="https://www.scipy.org/">SciPy</a>, <a href="https://www.sympy.org/">Sympy</a>, <a href="http://www.matplotlib.org/">Matplotlib</a>, <a href="http://pandas.pydata.org/">Pandas</a>, <a href="https://code.google.com/p/guiqwt/">guiqwt</a>, etc.):
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<li>Regular <strong>scientific users</strong>: interactive data processing and visualization using Python with <a href="https://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/">Spyder</a> </li>
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<li><strong>Advanced scientific users and software developers</strong>: Python applications development with <a href="https://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/">Spyder</a>, version control with Mercurial and other development tools (like gettext, etc.)</li>
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<li><strong>Portable</strong>: preconfigured, it should run out of the box on any machine under Windows (<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/winpython/wiki/Installation"><!-- TODO -->without any requirement</a>) and without administrator privileges. The folder containing WinPython can be moved to any location (local, network or removable drive) with most of the <a href="https://code.google.com/p/winpython/wiki/Installation#Settings">application settings</a>. There's no need to configure the environment or load or compile any packages after downloading except unpacking. WinPython is ready to play with, as all important and most used packages are already pre-loaded, this is also the main difference to other distributions, like <a href="https://store.continuum.io/cshop/anaconda/">Anaconda</a></li>
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<li><strong>Flexible</strong>: 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 </li>
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<li><strong>Portable</strong>:
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<li>it runs out of the box on any Windows with 2Go Ram (Ipython needs Windows>XP, and Ipython Notebook a recent browser)</li>
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<li>the WinPython folder can be moved to any location (local, network, usb drive) with most of the <a href="https://code.google.com/p/winpython/wiki/Installation#Settings"><!--TODO-->application settings</a></li>
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<li><strong>Flexible</strong>:
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<li>you can install as many WinPython as you want on the same machine: each one is isolated and self-consistent</li>
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<li>these installations can be of different versions of Python (2.7, 3.3 or 3.4) or different architectures (32bit or 64bit)</li>
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<li><strong>Customizable</strong>:
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<li>The integrated package manager (wppm, as WinPython Package Manager) helps installing, uninstalling or upgrading Python packages (see <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/winpython/wiki/WPPM"><!-- TODO -->WPPM wiki page</a> for more details on supported package formats) </li>
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<li>As <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/winpython/wiki/WPPM"><!-- TODO -->WPPM</a> may not support some packages, it's also possible to install or upgrade packages using <tt>easy_install</tt> or <tt>pip</tt> from the WinPython command prompt </li>
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<li>A configuration file allows to set <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/winpython/wiki/Environment"><!-- TODO -->environment variables</a> at runtime </li>
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<li>The integrated WinPython Package Manager (<a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/winpython/wiki/WPPM"><!-- TODO -->WPPM</a>) helps installing, uninstalling or upgrading Python packages </li>
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<li>It's also possible to install or upgrade packages using <tt>pip</tt> from the WinPython command prompt </li>
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<li>A configuration file allows you to set <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/winpython/wiki/Environment"><!-- TODO -->environment variables</a> at runtime </li>
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<p>WinPython is <strong>something different</strong> from other Python Distributions (see historic <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/winpython/wiki/Roadmap"><!-- TODO --> motivation and concept</a>):</p>
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<li><strong>non-invasive</strong>: Winpython lives entirely in its own directory, without any OS installation</li>
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<li><strong>flavors</strong>: releases with added packages are created to better fit a <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/stonebig.u/files/Winpython_flavors/">domain</a> out-of-the-box</li>
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<li><strong>do your own flavor</strong>: a winpython-creator <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/stonebig.u/files/Do_It_Yourself/">kit</a> is made available for you</li>
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<div class="centered"><img style="width: 125px; height: 45px;" alt="WinPython Small Logos" src="images/small_logos.png" /></div>
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<h2 id="portable">Portable or not, the choice is yours!</h2>
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That is exactly what the official Python installer would do to your machine: in other words, you can have it both ways!
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<div id="footer">© Copyright 2009-2013, Pierre Raybaut; 2014 <a href="https://github.com/winpython/">The Winpython Developement Team</a>. Last updated 2014-10-18</div>
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<div id="footer">© Copyright 2009-2013, Pierre Raybaut; 2014 <a href="https://github.com/winpython/">The Winpython Developement Team</a>. Last updated 2014-10-18</div>
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