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Spyder (software) Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyder_(software)

Spyder
Original author(s)Pierre Raybaut
Developer(s)Spyder project contributors
Initial release18 October 2009; 15 years ago (2009-10-18)[1][2]
Stable release
6.0.7[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 22 May 2025; 26 days ago (22 May 2025)
Repository
Written inPython
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformQt, Windows, macOS, Linux
TypeIntegrated development environment
LicenseMIT
Websitewww.spyder-ide.org Edit this on Wikidata

Spyder is an open-source cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for scientific programming in the Python language. Spyder integrates with a number of prominent packages in the scientific Python stack, as well as other open-source software.[4][5] Created by Pierre Raybaut[6] and released in 2009[1][2] under the MIT license,[7] since 2012 Spyder has been maintained and continuously improved by Python developers and the community.[citation needed]

Spyder is extensible with first-party and third-party plugins,[8] and includes support for interactive tools for data inspection and embeds Python-specific code quality assurance and introspection instruments, such as Pyflakes, Pylint[9] and Rope.[10][11] Spyder uses Qt for its GUI and is designed to use either of the PyQt or PySide Python bindings.[12] QtPy, a thin abstraction layer developed by the Spyder project and later adopted by multiple other packages, provides the flexibility to use either backend.[13]

History

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Initially created and developed by Pierre Raybaut,[6] it was published on October 18, 2009[1][2] under the MIT license.[7]

Since 2012 Spyder has been maintained and continuously improved by a team of scientific Python developers and the community.[citation needed] As of 2024, the Spyder website lists the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and NumFOCUS as their two major sponsors, also noting donations received from users through Open Collective.[14] Carlos Cordoba was listed as the lead maintainer of the software, with Daniel Althiz as co-maintainer.[6]

Software

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It is an open-source cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for scientific programming in the Python language. Spyder integrates with a number of prominent packages in the scientific Python stack, including NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, pandas, IPython, SymPy and Cython, as well as other open-source software.[4][5]

Spyder is extensible with first-party and third-party plugins,[8] includes support for interactive tools for data inspection and embeds Python-specific code quality assurance and introspection instruments, such as Pyflakes, Pylint[9] and Rope. It is available cross-platform through Anaconda, on Windows, on macOS through MacPorts, and on major Linux distributions such as Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo Linux, openSUSE and Ubuntu.[10][11]

Spyder uses Qt for its GUI and is designed to use either of the PyQt or PySide Python bindings.[12] QtPy, a thin abstraction layer developed by the Spyder project and later adopted by multiple other packages, provides the flexibility to use either backend.[13]

Features

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Features include:[15]

  • An editor with syntax highlighting, introspection, code completion
  • Support for multiple IPython consoles
  • The ability to explore and edit variables from a GUI
  • A Help pane able to retrieve and render rich text documentation on functions, classes and methods automatically or on-demand
  • A debugger linked to IPdb, for step-by-step execution
  • Static code analysis, powered by Pylint
  • A run-time Profiler, to benchmark code
  • Project support, allowing work on multiple development efforts simultaneously
  • A built-in file explorer, for interacting with the filesystem and managing projects
  • A "Find in Files" feature, allowing full regular expression search over a specified scope
  • An online help browser, allowing users to search and view Python and package documentation inside the IDE
  • A history log, recording every user command entered in each console
  • An internal console, allowing for introspection and control over Spyder's own operation

Plugins

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Available plugins include:[16]

  • Spyder-Unittest, which integrates the popular unit testing frameworks Pytest, Unittest and Nose with Spyder
  • Spyder-Notebook, allowing the viewing and editing of Jupyter Notebooks within the IDE
    • Download Spyder Notebook
    • Using conda: conda install spyder-notebook -c spyder-ide
    • Using pip: pip install spyder-notebook
  • Spyder-Reports, enabling use of literate programming techniques in Python
  • Spyder-Terminal, adding the ability to open, control and manage cross-platform system shells within Spyder
    • Download Spyder Terminal
    • Using conda: conda install spyder-terminal -c spyder-ide
    • Using pip: pip install spyder-terminal
  • Spyder-Vim, containing commands and shortcuts emulating the Vim text editor
  • Spyder-AutoPEP8, which can automatically conform code to the standard PEP 8 code style
  • Spyder-Line-Profiler and Spyder-Memory-Profiler, extending the built-in profiling functionality to include testing an individual line, and measuring memory usage

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "spyder-ide/spyder at v1.0.0". GitHub. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "(Python)(ANN) Spyder v1.0.0 released". 18 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Release 6.0.7". 22 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Migrating from MATLAB to Python". Greener Engineering. et.byu.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Spyder review". review.techworld.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "About". spyder-ide.org. 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Spyder license". GitHub.
  8. ^ a b "SpyderPlugins – spyderlib – Plugin development – Spyder is the Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Pylint extension – Spyder 2.2 documentation". packages.python.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  10. ^ a b "Reviews for spyder". apps.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Seznámení s Python IDE Spyder". fedora.cz. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  12. ^ a b "Spyder runtime dependencies". github.com. 21 February 2015.
  13. ^ a b "QtPy: Abstraction layer for PySide/PyQt4/PyQt5". github.com. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Spyder website main page". spyder-ide.org. 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  15. ^ "Spyder Documentation – Features Overview". Spyder Project. Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  16. ^ "Spyder Plugins List". Spyder Project. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
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