Free, open-source general-purpose programming language maintained by the Python Software Foundation; current stable release is Python 3.14.
Python is a general-purpose programming language distributed under an OSI-approved open source license, freely usable and distributable even for commercial use, with licensing administered by the Python Software Foundation. The reference implementation, CPython, is published on python.org as source code and installers for Windows, macOS, and other platforms, and alternative implementations are cataloged alongside it. The current stable series is Python 3.14, with a full standard library documented at docs.python.org.
Python is used across web and internet development, database access, scientific and numeric computing, network programming, desktop GUIs, software and game development, education, and business applications. It was created in the early 1990s by Guido van Rossum at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum in the Netherlands as a successor to the ABC language.
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| Attribute | Python | Go | Node.js | Rust | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider |  |  |  |  | |
| Founded | 2001 | 1998 | 2019 | 2021 | |
| Sells To | Developers | Enterprises, Individuals | Developer | — | |
| Pricing Model | Donations | Advertising, Subscription | Donations, Grants, Licensing, Membership | Donations | |
| Ownership | Nonprofit | Subsidiary | Nonprofit | Nonprofit |
Provider
Founded 2001
Sells To Developers
Pricing Model Donations
Ownership Nonprofit
Provider
Founded 1998
Sells To Enterprises, Individuals
Pricing Model Advertising, Subscription
Ownership Subsidiary
Provider
Founded 2019
Sells To Developer
Pricing Model Donations, Grants, Licensing, Membership
Ownership Nonprofit
Provider
Founded 2021
Sells To —
Pricing Model Donations
Ownership Nonprofit
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