Portable Python¶
Legacy Wiki Page
This page was migrated from the old MoinMoin-based wiki. Information may be outdated or no longer applicable. For current documentation, see python.org.
“Portable Python” is a distribution of the Python programming language that
can be run without installing it.
from a USB drive, for example.
includes many extras such as different IDEs, wxPython, etc.
the exact set of extras available depends on the version of Python.
can be obtained for Python 2.5, 2.6, or Python 3.0.
is only available for Windows.
According to their official website, this distribution is not being developed anymore. However, the website is still worth a visit as they list several alternatives such as Anaconda that largely fulfill the same purpose.
If it interests you, another analogous distribution is MovablePython.