CPython
| CPython | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Guido van Rossum |
| Developer(s) | Python core developers and the Python community, supported by the Python Software Foundation |
| Initial release | 26 January 1994 |
| Stable release | 3.13.5
/ 11 June 2025 |
| Repository | https://github.com/python/cpython |
| Written in | C, Python |
| Platform | 42 platforms; see § Distribution |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Python Programming Language Interpreter |
| License | Python Software Foundation License |
| Website | www |
CPython is the reference implementation of the Python programming language. Written in C and Python, CPython is the default and most widely used implementation of the Python language.
CPython can be defined as both an interpreter and a compiler as it compiles Python code into bytecode before interpreting it. It has a foreign function interface with several languages, including C, in which one must explicitly write bindings in a language other than Python.