Anaconda (Python distribution)
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Anaconda is a distribution of the Python and R programming languages for scientific computing (data science, machine learning applications, large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, etc.), that aims to simplify package management and deployment. The distribution includes data-science packages suitable for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is developed and maintained by Anaconda, Inc., which was founded by Peter Wang and Travis Oliphant in 2012.[9] As an Anaconda, Inc. product, it is also known as Anaconda Distribution or Anaconda Individual Edition, while other products from the company are Anaconda Team Edition and Anaconda Enterprise Edition, neither of which is free.[6][7]
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Developer(s) | Anaconda, Inc.[1] (previously Continuum Analytics)[2] |
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Initial release | 0.8.0[3] / 17 July 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-17) |
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Written in | Python |
Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Type | Programming language, machine learning, data science |
License | Freemium (The Individual Edition is free software,[5] but the other editions are software as a service)[6][7][8] |
Website | anaconda![]() |
Package versions in Anaconda are managed by the package management system conda.[10] This package manager was spun out as a separate open-source package as it ended up being useful on its own and for things other than Python.[11] There is also a small, bootstrap version of Anaconda called Miniconda, which includes only conda, Python, the packages they depend on, and a small number of other packages.[12]