You can find the latest version of the development documentation on readthedocs. Integrated access to the pdb debugger and the Python profiler. Input history, persistent across sessions.Ĭaching of output results during a session with automatically generated references.Įxtensible tab completion, with support by default for completion of python variables and keywords, filenames and function keywords.Įxtensible system of ‘magic’ commands for controlling the environment and performing many tasks related to IPython or the operating system.Ī rich configuration system with easy switching between different setups (simpler than changing $PYTHONSTARTUP environment variables every time).Įxtensible syntax processing for special purpose situations.Īccess to the system shell with user-extensible alias system.Įasily embeddable in other Python programs and GUIs. The Notebook, Qt console and a number of other pieces are now parts of Jupyter.
Update your project configurations and requirements as necessary. If you require Python 2 support, you must use IPython 5.x LTS. IPython 5.x LTS is the compatible release for Python 2.7. IPython 6.x requires Python version 3.3 and above. IPython 7.0 requires Python version 3.5 and above. IPython 7.10+ requires Python version 3.6 and above. IPython 7.17+ requires Python version 3.7 and above. Starting with IPython 7.10, IPython follows NEP 29 IPython (Interactive Python) is a command shell for interactive computing in multiple programming languages, originally developed for the Python programming language, that offers introspection, rich media, shell syntax, tab completion, and history.
Our full documentation is available on and contains information on how to install, use, and IPython: Productive Interactive Computing Overview