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Platform-Specific¶

Running Python on different operating systems sometimes requires platform-specific knowledge. This section covers macOS, Windows, and Android topics, along with commercial Python distributions. Some of these pages are quite old – Windows compiler compatibility tables for Python 2.x, for instance – but they capture real problems people hit at the time.

macOS¶

MacPython — Python on macOS, including FAQ, AppleScript integration, and Mac-specific software
MacPython — subpages covering Mac-specific Python topics in depth
MacQuigg — Don MacQuigg’s Python pages

Windows¶

WindowsCompilers — which C++ compilers to use for building Python extensions on Windows, version by version
WindowsBooks — books about Python development on Windows
Py2Exe — compiling Python scripts into Windows executables
Win32All — the win32all package for Windows API access from Python

Android¶

Android — comparison of projects for running Python on Android, from Kivy to BeeWare

Commercial Distributions¶

ActivePython — ActiveState’s commercial Python distribution with bundled packages and cross-platform support
ActiveState — ActiveState, the company behind ActivePython and Komodo

Other¶

Admin — administrative subpages
MaciejOlko — Maciej Olko’s contributed pages

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