I'm pleased to announce the release of Python 3.12 alpha 4.https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3120a4/This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12.Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11Python 3.12 is still in developme...

We are grateful to each of you who shared or donated to our year-end fundraiser and membership drive. Over 300 individual donations plus new Supporting Memberships, renewals, and JetBrains’ generous match came together to raise $61,868 total for our wo...

The PSF works hard throughout the year to put on PyCon US, support smaller Python events around the world through our Grants program and of course to provide the critical infrastructure and expertise that keep CPython and PyPI running smoothly for the ...

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has made a sliding scale option available for Supporting Membership, because we want to make membership more accessible for more people and to increase the size and diversity of our voting membership. New Supporting...

Greetings! We bring you a slew of releases this fine Saint Nicholas /
Sinterklaas day. Six simultaneous releases has got to be some record.
There’s one more record we broke this time, you’ll see below.
In any case, updating is recommended due to secu...

Where to Find the PSF OnlineOne of the main ways we reach people for news and information about the PSF and Python is Twitter. There’s been a lot of uncertainty around that platform recently, so we wanted to share a brief round up of other places you c...

I'm pleased to announce the release of Python 3.12 alpha 2.https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3120a2/This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12.Major new features of the 3.12 series, compared to 3.11Python 3.12 is still in developme...

Support Python in 2022!For the fourth year in a row, the PSF is partnering with JetBrains on our end-of-year fundraiser. Over that time, the partnership has raised a total of over $75,000. Wow! Thank you, JetBrains, for all your support.There are three...

Jackie Augustine is moving on from her role of Director of Events at the PSF. Please join me in thanking Jackie for all of her amazing work with our volunteers, vendors, and staff. Her energy, heart, and dedication will be keenly missed. Jackie says, “...

The PSF is pleased to announce its third batch of PSF Fellows for 2022! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q3! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Anwesha DasTwitter, WebsiteBae KwonHan LinkedIn,&nb...

 As Pablo released Python 3.11.0 final earlier today, now it's my turn to release Python 3.12.0 alpha 1.https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3120a1/This is an early developer preview of Python 3.12Major new features of the 3.12 series, ...

 This is the release of Python 3.11.0Python 3.11 is finally released. In the CPython release team, we have put a lot of effort into making 3.11 the best version of Python possible. Better tracebacks, faster Python, exception groups and except*, ty...

From October 3rd to October 7th a group of Python core developers gathered for a sprint hosted at Google. The event was mainly sponsored by Google and the Python Software Foundation. The core team used to do this annually between 2016 and 2019. It was ...

Déjà vu? Right, a month after the expedited releases we are doing the dance again. This coincides with the regular scheduled time for 3.10.8 but since we accrued a few fixes in 3.7 - 3.9 as well, we’re again releasing all four editions at the same...

This year we are conducting the sixth iteration of the official Python Developers Survey. The goal is to capture the current state of the language and the ecosystem around it. By comparing the results with last year’s, we can identify and share with everyone the hottest trends in the Python community and the key insights into it. We encourage you to contribute to our community’s knowledge. The survey should only take you about 10-15 minutes to complete.

Contribute to the Python Developers Survey 2022!








The survey is organized in partnership between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains. After the survey is over, we will publish the aggregated results and randomly choose 20 winners (among those who complete the survey in its entirety), who will each receive a $100 Amazon Gift Card or a local equivalent.

This is the second release candidate of Python 3.11https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110rc2/This release, 3.11.0rc2, is the last preview before the final release of Python 3.11.0 on 2022-10-24.Entering the release candidate phase, only r...

We have some security content, and plenty of regular bug fixes for 3.10. Let’s dive right in.CVE-2020-10735Converting between int and str in bases other than 2 (binary), 4, 8 (octal), 16 (hexadecimal), or 32 such as base 10 (decimal) now raises a ...

This is the first release candidate of Python 3.11https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110rc1/This release, **3.11.0rc1**, is the penultimate release preview.  Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which are ...

Here you have a nice package of 200 commits of bugfixes and documentation improvements freshly made for Python 3.10. Go and download it when is still hot:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3106/This is the sixth maintenance release of Pyth...

Here we are. The universe. The vastness of spacetime. At the edge. The last frontier. The last beta*(conditions apply) for Python 3.11.We have defied the powerful gods of release blockers and we have won by using the required amount of ruse and subterf...

Naomi Ceder, a longtime Python activist and organizer has been recognized with the PSF’s Distinguished Service Award. Naomi served on the PSF Board from 2015-2020, and as Chair from 2017-2020, supported the search for a new Executive Director last year and keynoted the most recent PyCon US in Salt Lake City.

The PSF’s Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is granted to individuals who make sustained exemplary contributions to the Python community. Each award is voted on by the PSF Board and they are looking for people whose impact has positively and significantly shaped the Python world. Naomi’s work with the Python community very much exemplifies the ethos of “build the community you want to see.” She seems to particularly enjoy taking on the hardest parts, getting a new initiative started and figuring out how to take an idea from the drawing board to a regular activity that we can’t imagine leaving out.

After receiving the award Naomi shared, "I'm so grateful for the recognition, and even more grateful for all of the support that our community has given me over the years. I'm excited to see a new generation of Python volunteers continue the work to make our community and the PSF more global and inclusive, and I'm looking forward to working with smaller communities as they grow and develop."

Over the years Naomi has taken on many leadership roles to make PyCon US successful and welcoming. She served as Chair of the Hatchery Program and she helped found PyCon Charlas, our Spanish language track. At different points in time, she’s also been the Co-chair of Sprints, an Organizer of the PyCon Education Summit and Chair for poster sessions at PyCon US. She also co-founded Trans*Code, an on-going series of hackdays (mostly) in the UK, which aims to build community and foster tech education and skills for transgender and non-binary folks. PyCon US and the global Python community would not look like it does without her tireless, largely behind the scenes work. Her deep thoughtfulness coupled with her energy is an immeasurable gift to the Python community. 

Curious about previous recipients of the DSA or wondering how to nominate someone? We got you.

I cannot believe I am writing this, but Python 3.11.b4 is available!https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110b4/This is a beta preview of Python 3.11Python 3.11 is still in development. 3.11.0b4 is the fourth of four planned beta release pre...

The PSF is pleased to announce its second batch of PSF Fellows for 2022! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q2! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Archana VaidheeswaranLinkedIn, Twitter, GitHu...

Congratulations to everyone who won a seat on the PSF Board! We’re so excited to work with you. New and returning Board Directors will start their three year terms this month at the next PSF board meeting. Thanks to everyone else who ran this year and ...

It’s time to cast your vote! Voting takes place from Monday, June 20 AoE, through Thursday, June 30, 2022 AoE. Check here to see how much time you have left to vote. If you are a voting member of the PSF, you will get an email from “Helios Voting Bot <no-reply@mail.heliosvoting.org>” with your ballot, subject line will read “Vote: Python Software Foundation Board of Directors Election 2022”. If you haven’t seen your ballot by Tuesday, please 1) check your spam folder for a message from “no-reply@mail.heliosvoting.org” and if you don’t see anything 2) get in touch by emailing psf-elections@python.org so we can make sure we have the most up to date email for you.




This might be the largest number of nominees we’ve ever had! Make sure you schedule some time to look at all their statements. We’re overwhelmed by how many of you are willing to contribute to the Python community by serving on the PSF board.




Who can vote? You need to be a Contributing, Managing, Supporting, or Fellow member as of June 15, 2022 to vote in this election. Read more about our membership types here or if you have questions about your membership status please email psf-elections@python.org

2021 was a challenging and exciting year for the PSF. We’ve done our best to capture some of the key numbers, details, and context in our latest annual report. Some highlights of what you’ll find in the annual report include: Letter from our outgo...

We held our first in-person event since 2019 in Salt Lake City last month and it was well-attended, celebratory, and safe. We had 1,753 in-person attendees and 669 online attendees. Of the in-person attendees, 1,153 were attending their first PyCon US ever – we hope they’ll all be back! In-person attendees were masked and we took care to add extra space to the expo hall, the dining areas, the session rooms and the job fair. For many community members, this was their first in-person conference or community event of any type in almost 3 years. There were a LOT of hugs and some very enthusiastic -- elbow bumps. 




You can take a look at PyCon 2022 by the numbers here. 




 Having joined the PSF as Executive Director just a few weeks before the event, this was a great opportunity to meet the community, including long-time volunteers, current and former board members, and hard-working local Python organizers from all over the world. It was also my first opportunity to meet the amazing PSF staff in person. Did you know that the PSF facilitates PyCon US with just 8 staff members? Their dedication to providing a space that is welcoming and fun, while also being safe and respectful, knows no bounds. The community is always first at PyCon US.  




We had lots of great talks and convened summits focused on Maintainers, Typing, Education, Packaging and the development of the Python Language. We also hosted Mentored Sprints for Diverse Beginners, the PyLadies Auction, four Lightning Talk Sessions, and two days of Sprints. We hit a few snags with a new AV team this year, but now most of the videos are up on our YouTube channel.  




This year’s event was a little more cautious, but it was really nice to see people. We’re actively looking for ways to better engage our online attendees next year and would welcome your ideas. Thanks to our many, many volunteers, especially three-time PyCon US Chair Emily Morehouse! Thank you also to our wonderful sponsors, many of whom not only help us put on PyCon US but also support the Python Programming Language throughout the year!! 




Mark your calendar for PyCon US 2023 from April 19th to April 27th, 2023 both in Salt Lake City or online. If you are interested in talking about sponsorship opportunities for 2023, please drop us a line. And we are always looking for more volunteers, so if you’d like to be part of a future event as a volunteer, just let us know.

With great anticipation and excitement we are happy to announce that Chloe Gerhardson (she/her) has joined the Python Software Foundation (PSF) as of Monday May 23, 2022. Chloe joins the team as Infrastructure Engineer, led by PSF Director of Infr...

The latest bugfix drop for Python 3.10 is here: Python 3.10.5. This release packs more than 230 bugfixes and docs changes, so you surely want to update :) You can get it here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3105/This is the first mainte...

We are excited to announce the results of the fifth official annual Python Developers Survey. This work is done each year as a collaborative effort between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains. Late last year, more than 23,000 Python developers...

Due to a known incompatibility with pytest and the previous beta release (Python 3.11.0b2) and after
some deliberation, I and the rest of the release team have decided to do an expedited release of
Python 3.11.0b3 so the community can continue testing ...

Board elections are a chance for the community to help us find the next batch of folks to help us steer the PSF. This year there are 4 seats open on the PSF board. You can see who is on the board currently here. (Kushal, Jannis, Lorena and Marlene are ...

Does anyone want bug fixes? Because we have 164 new commits fixing different things, from code to documentation. If you have reported some issue after 3.11.0b1, you should check if is fixed and if not, make sure you tell us so we can take a look &...

The PyCon JP Association team from left to right. Takayuki, Shunsuke, Jonas, Manabu, TakanoriThe PyCon JP Association team was awarded the 2021 Q4 Community Service Award.RESOLVED, that the Python Software Foundation award the 2021 Q4 Community Service...

 This is the thirteenth maintenance release of Python 3.9. Get it here:Python 3.9.13







According to the release calendar specified in PEP 596, Python 3.9.13 is the final
regular maintenance release. Starting now, the 3.9 branch w...

These were a series of short talks, each lasting around five minutes.Read the rest of the 2022 Python Language Summit coverage here.Lazy imports, with Carl MeyerCarl Meyer, an engineer at Instagram, presented on a proposal that has since blossomed int...

What does it mean to achieve immortality? At the 2022 Python Language Summit, Eddie Elizondo, an engineer at Instagram, and Eric Snow, CPython core developer, set out to explain just that.Only for Python objects, though. Not for humans. That will have...

“Hopefully,” the speaker began, “This is the last time I give a talk on this subject.”“My name is Eric Snow, I’ve been a core developer since 2012, and I’ve been working towards a per-interpreter GIL since 2014.”In 1997, the PyInterpreterState struct ...

Python can be run on many platforms: Linux, Windows, Apple Macs, microcomputers, and even Android devices. But it’s a widely known fact that, if you want code to run in a browser, Python is simply no good – you’ll just have to turn to JavaScript.Now, ...

Python 3.11, if you haven’t heard, is fast. Over the past year, Microsoft has funded a team – led by core developers Mark Shannon and Guido van Rossum – to work full-time on making CPython faster. With additional funding from Bloomberg, and help from ...

In May 2021, the team at Instagram made waves in the world of Python by open-sourcing Cinder, a performance-oriented fork of CPython.Cinder is a version of CPython 3.8 with a ton of optimisations added to improve speed across a wide range of metrics, ...

Formatted string literals, known as “f-strings” for short, were first introduced in Python 3.6 via PEP 498. Since then, they’ve swiftly become one of the most popular features of modern Python.At the 2022 Python Language Summit, Pablo Galindo Salgado ...

If you peruse the archives of language-summit blogs, you’ll find that one theme comes up again and again: the dream of Python without the GIL. Continuing this venerable tradition, Sam Gross kicked off the 2022 Language Summit by giving the attendees an...

“Any noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster most.”
– Tongue twister, author unknown
As the Python programming language continues to grow in popularity, so too does the accumulation of issues and pull requests (“PRs”) on the CPytho...

Every year, just before the start of PyCon US, around 30 core developers, triagers, and special guests gather for the Python Language Summit: an all-day event of talks where the future direction of Python is discussed. The summit in 2022 was the first ...

No Starch Press, an indie tech-book publisher and Community sponsor of the PSF,  just announced a partnership with Humble Bundle that lets you pay what you want for all-Python DRM-free ebook titles for Python beginners to pros. And a share of the ...

We did it, team! After quite a bumpy release process and a bunch of last-time fixes, we have reached beta 1 and feature freeze. What a ride eh? You can get the shiny new release artefacts from here:https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110b1...

The PSF is pleased to announce its first batch of PSF Fellows for 2022! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q1! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Denny PerezLinkedIn, Twitter, GitHubJames LopemanJo...