ipython VS bpython

Compare ipython vs bpython and see what are their differences.

ipython

Official repository for IPython itself. Other repos in the IPython organization contain things like the website, documentation builds, etc. (by ipython)

bpython

bpython - A fancy curses interface to the Python interactive interpreter (by bpython)
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ipython bpython
34 15
16,113 2,533
0.3% 1.1%
9.6 6.4
9 days ago about 2 months ago
Python Python
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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ipython

Posts with mentions or reviews of ipython. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-02.

bpython

Posts with mentions or reviews of bpython. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-12.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ipython and bpython you can also consider the following projects:

ptpython - A better Python REPL

Jupyter Notebook (IPython) - Multi-user server for Jupyter notebooks

CPython - The Python programming language

xonsh - :shell: Python-powered, cross-platform, Unix-gazing shell.

vim-slime - A vim plugin to give you some slime. (Emacs)

spacemacs - A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim!

ipdb - Integration of IPython pdb

jurigged - Hot reloading for Python

evcxr

PyDev.Debugger - Sources for the debugger used in PyDev, PyCharm and VSCode Python

mercury - Convert Jupyter Notebooks to Web Apps