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Python is an interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language.

Release Released Security Support Latest
3.11 2 months ago
(24 Oct 2022)
Ends in 4 years and 10 months
(24 Oct 2027)
3.11.1
(06 Dec 2022)
3.10 1 year and 2 months ago
(04 Oct 2021)
Ends in 3 years and 9 months
(04 Oct 2026)
3.10.9
(06 Dec 2022)
3.9 2 years and 2 months ago
(05 Oct 2020)
Ends in 2 years and 9 months
(05 Oct 2025)
3.9.16
(06 Dec 2022)
3.8 3 years ago
(14 Oct 2019)
Ends in 1 year and 9 months
(14 Oct 2024)
3.8.16
(06 Dec 2022)
3.7 4 years and 6 months ago
(26 Jun 2018)
Ends in 6 months
(27 Jun 2023)
3.7.16
(06 Dec 2022)
3.6 6 years ago
(22 Dec 2016)
Ended 1 year ago
(23 Dec 2021)
3.6.15
3.5 7 years ago
(12 Sep 2015)
Ended 2 years and 3 months ago
(13 Sep 2020)
3.5.10
3.4 8 years ago
(15 Mar 2014)
Ended 3 years and 9 months ago
(18 Mar 2019)
3.4.10
3.3 10 years ago
(29 Sep 2012)
Ended 5 years ago
(29 Sep 2017)
3.3.7
2.7 12 years ago
(03 Jul 2010)
Ended 2 years and 12 months ago
(01 Jan 2020)
2.7.18
2.6 14 years ago
(01 Oct 2008)
Ended 9 years ago
(29 Oct 2013)
2.6.9

By default, the end-of-life is scheduled 5 years after the first release, but can be adjusted by the release manager of each branch. Python 3.9+ cannot be used on Microsoft Windows 7 or earlier versions. Last Windows 7 installable version is Python 3.8 series.

More information is available on the Python website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

You can check the version that you are currently using by running:
python --version

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This page was last updated on 20 December 2022. Latest releases are automatically updated.