Which Python Language Versions Does ActiveState Support?

ActiveState offers extended support for current and older versions of Python for Microsoft Windows, Linux and MacOS. For Python 3.6 and above, we provide ongoing support and security updates with Enterprise tier licensing. For older versions of Python 3, we provide access to our previously built ActivePython distributions, available at our Team tier and above.Learn more about our licensing options here.

While the Python 2 programming language reached End of Life (EOL) in January 2020 and is no longer supported by the open source community or Python Software Foundation (python.org), ActiveState provides exclusive support and security updates as part of our Enterprise licensing for Python 2.7.

Learn more about our Python 2 extended support and get a free security assessment of your open source software dependencies and Python packages.

Support levels vary across platforms/operating systems. More details below.

Python 3 Versions

All usage of ActivePython for an Python project (whether machine learning, data science, APIs, tutorials, Django web app, etc) deployed beyond Python developer’s workstations requires commercial licensing. The table below outlines the level of built-in support we provide with commercial licensing for each version.

Maintained & Supported: Python package and dependency updates, as well as security updates for known security vulnerabilities (CVE’s) are provided on a regular basis. Available with Enterprise licensing.

Licensing Only: These versions have passed End of Life (EOL). As such, access to ActivePython is provided “as-is”, but these versions will no longer be updated.

Python Version	Open Source Release Date	Status	Anticipated EOL Date
Python 3.11	10/24/2022	Maintained & Supported	–
Python 3.10	10/04/2021	Maintained & Supported	Q4-2026
Python 3.9	10/05/2020	Maintained & Supported	Q3-2025
Python 3.8	10/14/2019	Maintained & Supported	Q3-2024
Python 3.7	06/27/2018	Maintained & Supported	Q2-2023
Python 3.6	12/23/2016	Licensing Only	EOL
Python 3.5	09/13/2015	Licensing Only	EOL
Python 3.4	03/16/2014	Licensing Only	EOL
Python 3.3	09/29/2013	Licensing Only	EOL
Python 3.2	02/20/2011	Licensing Only	EOL
Python 3.1	06/27/2009	Licensing Only	EOL
Python 3.0	03/12/2008	Licensing Only	EOL

Python 2 Versions

As part of ActiveState’s Python 2 extended support, we continuously evaluate and fix known CVE’s impacting Python 2. Python developers can see the full list of Python 2 CVE’s we’ve fixed here. Note that Python 2 support is only available with Enterprise tier licensing.

Python Version	Open Source Release Date	Status	Anticipated EOL Date
Python 2.7.18	04/20/2020	Maintained & Supported	—
Python 2.7.17 and below	10/19/2019	Licensing Only	EOL

Python 2 Extended Support is available here. Contact us for pricing.

ActivePython 2.7.18 FAQs, tutorials and docs can be found here.

Python Support – Windows/Linux/MacOS

Platform	Status	Anticipated EOL Date
Windows 11/10/Server x86 64-bit	Maintained & Supported	Q3-2025
Windows 10/Server x86 32-bit	Licensing Only	EOL
Windows 7 x86 64-bit	Licensing Only	EOL
Windows 7 x86 32-bit	Licensing Only	EOL
Linux x86 64-bit (RHEL 6+)	Maintained & Supported	—
Linux 2.6 x86 32/64-bit (RHEL 5)	Licensing Only	EOL
macOS x64 10.12+ 64-bit	Maintained & Supported	—
macOS x86 32-bit	Licensing Only	EOL

Solaris/AIX/HP-UX

Support and implementations for “big iron” systems (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX) is available on a custom basis, and limited to certain versions of Python. Below are the systems we currently support for existing enterprise customers. Please contact us to discuss your implementation and quickstart needs.

Platform	Status	Anticipated EOL Date
Solaris x86 all versions	Licensing Only	EOL
Solaris 11 SPARC 64-bit CC	Maintained & Supported	—
Solaris 11 SPARC 32-bit CC	Licensing Only	EOL
Solaris 10 SPARC 64-bit CC	Licensing Only	EOL
Solaris 10 SPARC 32-bit CC	Licensing Only	EOL
Solaris 9 SPARC 32-bit CC	Licensing Only	EOL
Solaris 8 SPARC 32-bit CC	Licensing Only	EOL
AIX 7 on PowerPC 64-bit	Maintained & Supported	—
AIX 7 on PowerPC 32-bit	Licensing Only	EOL
AIX 6 on PowerPC 64-bit	Licensing Only	EOL
AIX 6 on PowerPC 32-bit	Licensing Only	EOL
AIX 5.3 on PowerPC 64-bit	Licensing Only	EOL
HP-UX 11.31 64-bit IA-64	Licensing Only	EOL
HP-UX 11.23/32 32/64-bit IA-64	Licensing Only	EOL
HP-UX 11.11 PA RISC 1.1 32-bit	Licensing Only	EOL

Additional Python Support

Learn more about our enterprise licensing for software development here, as well as migration of your Python code and Python scripts from 2 to 3.

For more information or if you have any questions on how we can help secure and configure your Python runtimes or open source code, please contact us at sales@activestate.com.