IronPython
Announcements
December 6, 2014
IronPython 2.7.5 is now available!
This release includes ensurepip and many other fixes.
See the release announcement for details.
November 21, 2014
IronPython 2.7.5 Release Candidate 1 is now available!
See the release announcement for details.
September 7, 2013
IronPython 2.7.4 is now available!
This includes numerous fixes, including several improvements to the ast module and other compatibility fixes.
See the release announcement for details.
August 17, 2013
IronPython 2.7.4 Release Candidate is now available!
July 6, 2012
IronPython 2.7.3 is now available!
This release includes support for the bz2, winsound, and _bisect modules, major improvements to the _ast module, improvements in Android support, improvements to pyc.py, and a new console that supports history and tab completion on all platforms.
See what's new in 2.7.3 for more information.
March 12, 2012
Important: IronPython 2.7.2.1 was released.
This release fixes a major issue with method lookups. Upgrading is strongly recommended.
March 11, 2012
IronPython 2.7.2 is now available!
This release includes the zipimport and sqlite3 modules, the ability for pyc.py to generate standalone executables, preliminary support for Android and Windows Phone 7, and numerous bug fixes.
Visit the blog for more information.
December 12, 2011
The IronPython team would like to know more about how people are using IronPython and how they would like to see it evolve over the next year.
October 21, 2011
IronPython 2.7.1 was released.
IronPython 2.7.1 includes several new modules (unicode, csv, and ast) and a large number of bug fixes.
March 12, 2011
IronPython 2.7 Final was released.
March 6, 2011
IronPython 2.7 RC2 was released.
February, 21 2011
IronPython 2.7 RC1 was released.
February 6, 2011
IronPython 2.7 Beta 2 was released.
October 21, 2010
IronPython 2.7 Beta 1 was released.
October 21, 2010
IronPython 2.6.2 was released, supporting both .NET 2.0 SP1 and .NET 4. This is a minor update which fixes the most egregious issues discovered since 2.6.1.
July 16, 2010
IronPython 2.7 Alpha 1 was released, supporting Python 2.7 features and now being licensed under the Apache License (Version 2).
April 12, 2010
IronPython 2.6.1 Final was released, support both .NET 2.0 SP1 and .NET 4.0 RTM.
February 10, 2010
IronPython 2.6.1 RC1 containing important fixes to IronPython 2.6, was released, along with a .NET 4.0 RC compatibile release.
December 11, 2009
IronPython 2.6 Final our first stable release of IronPython 2.6, was released.
November 20, 2009
IronPython 2.6 Release Candidate 3, our latest stable release of IronPython 2.6, was released.
November 18, 2009
See Dino Viehland's talk at PDC 2009 on utilizing Python from statically typed .NET languages such as C# here
November 18, 2009
See Dino Viehland's talk at PDC 2009 on utilizing Python from statically typed .NET languages such as C# here
October 27, 2009
IronPython 2.6 Release Candidate 2, our latest stable release of IronPython 2.6, was released.
October 22, 2009
IronPython 2.0.3, our latest stable release of IronPython 2.0, was released.
October 21, 2009
IronPython 2.6 for .NET 4.0 Beta, an IronPython 2.6 offshoot designed to run under the DLR distributed with .NET 4.0 Beta 2, was released.
August 2009
Want to see IronPython support in a future version of Visual Studio? Please submit your valuable feedback.
March 26, 2009
We gave two talks at PyCon 2009:
March 2009
IronPython in Action, a book about utilizing IronPython, was released.
If you're interested in learning IronPython, check out the new book, by Michael Foord and Christian Muirhead.
September 23, 2008
An update to the ASP.NET Dynamic Languages Add-on was released.