ActivePython: the industry-standard Python distribution

ActiveState offers end-to-end development, management and distribution solutions for Python used in the development cycle to help teams code smarter, accelerate productivity and deliver products to market faster and with quality regardless of the type of application developed.  

ActivePython Community Edition is a complete, ready-to-install commercial-grade Python distribution, available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. For community developers working on open source projects, rely on ActivePython Community Edition's robustness and ease of use.

Building a business-critical or a mission-critical application with Python? Need access to Solaris, AIX and HP-UX builds and repositories not available in ActivePython Community Edition?

ActivePython Business Edition is our newest offering, integrating commercial support and access to platform builds and repositories for AIX, Solaris and HP-UX plus older versions across all platforms. Ideal for finance, aerospace &  defense, and government organizations with small deployments of Python in internal business-critical applications.

ActivePython Enterprise Edition offers enterprise grade support, indemnification and dynamic languages expertise along with its quality-assured, stable and secure ActivePython builds. Ideal for enterprises that have large deployments of Python in mission-critical applications.

ActivePython OEM Edition offers turn-key redistribution rights and commercial support to guarantee assurance and mitigate legal risks for software and hardware vendors redistributing applications with built-in dynamic languages.

Choose the solution that fits your needs here.

  • System Requirements for ActivePython Community Edition
  • System Requirements for ActivePython Business Edition and ActivePython Enterprise Edition
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