List of Python software

The Python programming language is actively used by many people, both in industry and academia for a wide variety of purposes.

Integrated development environments

• Boa Constructor, a cross-platform IDE for Python development
• EasyEclipse, an open source IDE for Python and other languages
• Eric, an IDE for Python and Ruby
• Stani's Python Editor (SPE), a cross-platform IDE for Python development
• PIDA, open source IDE written in Python capable of embedding other text editors, such as Vim.
• Webware for Python a suite of programming tools for constructing web-based applications in Python.
• Wing IDE, an IDE for Python

Applications

• Bazaar, a free distributed revision control system
• BitTorrent original client, along with several derivatives
• BuildBot, a continous integration system
• Chandler, a personal information manager including calendar, email, tasks and notes support that is currently under development
• Decibel Audio Player, an open source audio player
• Deluge, a bittorrent client for GNOME
• Emesene, an msn/wlm substitute
• Exaile, an open source audio player
• Gajim, an instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol
• GRAMPS, an open source genealogy software
• Juice, a popular podcast downloader
• Listen, an open source media player
• Mercurial a cross-platform, distributed source management tool
• Morpheus, file-sharing client/server software operated by the company StreamCast
• MusicBrainz Picard, a cross-platform MusicBrainz tag editor
• Nicotine, a PyGTK SoulSeek client.
• Pitivi a video editor
• Portage, the heart of Gentoo Linux. An advanced package management system based on the BSD-style ports system
• Quake Army Knife, an environment for developing 3D maps for games based on the Quake engine
• Resolver One, a spreadsheet
• SAGE (sagemath) combines more than 20 main opensource math packages and provides easy to use web interface with the help of python
• SCons, a tool for building software
• Yum, a package management utility for RPM-compatible Linux operating systems.
• Phenny, an IRC bot.
• Calibre, an ebooks management software.

Web Applications

• GNU Mailman, one of the more popular packages for running email mailing lists
• MoinMoin, a popular wiki engine
• Planet, a feed aggregator
• Plone, a user-friendly and powerful open source Content Management System
• Roundup, a bug tracking system
• ViewVC, a web-based interface for browsing CVS and SVN repositories
• Trac, web-based bug/issue tracking database, wiki, and version control front-end

Video games

• Civilization 4, uses python for most of its tasks.
• Eve Online, uses Stackless Python.
• Freedom Force
• Frets On Fire uses python and pygame
• The Temple of Elemental Evil, a computer role-playing game based on the classic World of Greyhawk Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting.
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, a computer role-playing game based on the World of Darkness campaign setting.
• Vega Strike, an open source space simulator.
• Battlefield 2, uses Python for all of its addons and a lot of its functionality
• Teeworlds uses python and pygame

Web frameworks

• CherryPy, an object-oriented web application server and framework
• Django, an MVC (model, view, controller) web framework
• Pylons, Pylons is a lightweight web framework emphasizing flexibility and rapid development
• Quixote a framework for developing Web applications in Python
• Topsite Templating System, another Python-powered web framework
• TurboGears, a web framework combining CherryPy, SQLObject, and Kid
• web2py, a full-stack enterprise web application framework, following the MVC design.
• Zope, an application server, commonly used to build content management systems

Graphics frameworks

• Pygame, python bindings for Simple DirectMedia Layer
• Pyglet, a cross-platform windowing and multimedia library for Python
• Python Imaging Library, a module for working with images
• Soya 3D, a high-level 3D game engine for Python
• Python-Ogre, a Python Language binding for the OGRE 3D engine

GUI frameworks

• PyGTK, a popular cross-platform GUI library based on GTK+; furthermore, other GNOME libraries also have bindings for Python
• PyQt, another cross-platform GUI library based on Qt; as above, KDE libraries have bindings too
• wxPython, a port of wxWidgets and a cross-platform GUI library for Python

Scientific packages

• BioPython, a Python molecular biology suite.
• SciPy, a library of scientific and numerical routines
• SimPy, a discrete-event simulation package;

Mathematical libraries

• matplotlib, an extension providing MATLAB-like plotting and mathematical functions
• NumPy, a language extension that adds support for large and fast, multi-dimensional arrays and matrices

Additional development packages

• Cheetah, a Python-powered template engine and code-generation tool
• Jinja, a Python-powered template engine, inspired by Django's template engine.
• IPython, a powerful development shell both written in and designed for Python
• mod_python, an Apache module allowing direct integration of Python scripts with the Apache web server
• PyObjC, a Python-Objective C bridge that allows one to write Mac OS X software in Python
• Twisted, a networking framework for Python

Embedded as a scripting language

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

• ArcGIS, a prominent GIS platform, allows extensive modelling using Python
• Amarok
• AMESim
• Android Scripting Environment, allows Android mobile phone users to read gps/sensor data, script phone calls and text messages, for rapid development.
• Blender
• Corel Paint Shop Pro
• DSHub
• Epiphany
• EventScripts - plugin for Valve's Source engine
• gedit
• GIMP
• GNAT The GNAT programming chain tool (Ada language implantation in GNU gcc), as a GNATcoll reusable components for the applications (with or without PyGTK) and as a scripting langage for the commands in the GPS programming environment
• InkScape
• Modo
• Poser, a 3D rendering and animation software program, that uses for scripting a special dialect of Python, called PoserPython.
• PyMOL, a popular molecular viewer that embeds Python for scripting and integration
• Rhythmbox
• Scribus
• XSI
• SPSS statistical software SPSS Programmability Extension allows users to extend the SPSS command syntax language with Python.
• Totem
• Vim
• VisIt
• WeeChat IRC client

Commercial uses

• CCP hf uses Stackless Python in both its server and client side applications for its MMO Eve Online.
• Ciranova uses Python extensively to layout semiconductors at the transistor level.
• Google uses Python for many tasks including the backends of web apps such as Google Groups, Gmail, and Google Maps, as well as for some of its search-engine internals.
• Maya, professional 3D modeler allows Python scripting as an alternative to MEL as of version 8.5
• NASA is using Python to implement a CAD/CAE/PDM repository and model management, integration, and transformation system which will be the core infrastructure for its next-generation collaborative engineering environment.
• Piensa Technologies uses Python extensively to develop enterprise mission critical web enabled applications, like: WMS, VMI, ERP, CRM
• Reddit was originally written in Common Lisp, but was rewritten in Python in 2005.
• Youtube uses Python "to produce maintainable features in record times, with a minimum of developers".
• Yahoogroups uses Python "to maintain its discussion groups"

Python implementations

• CPython – The reference implementation
• IronPython – Python for .NET and Mono platforms
• Jython – Python coded in Java
• Parrot – Virtual machine being developed mainly as the runtime for Perl 6, but with the intent to also support dynamic languages like Python, Ruby, Tcl, etc
• Psyco - not an implementation, but JIT compiler for CPython
• PyPy – Python coded in Python
• Stackless Python - Python with coroutines

External links

• Python Package Index (formerly the Python Cheese Shop) is the official directory of Python software libraries and modules
• ActiveState O'Reilly Python Cookbook contains hundreds of code samples for various tasks using Python
• Python Projects and Modules lots of useful code, as well as several articles on Python Programming.
• Python 3D Software Collection — pointers to packages specifically useful in the production of 3D software and/or games with Python
• Useful Modules in the Python.org wiki
• Organizations Using Python, a list of projects that make use of Python.
• Ohloh Open source projects in Python