The purpose of a programming language is to let software developers express their intentions as simply and directly as possible. - JimHugunin


Jython 2.5.1 final has been released!

(Released on Sept 26, 2009)

Download https://sourceforge.net/projects/jython/files/jython/2.5.1/jython_installer-2.5.1.jar/download

This release requires a Java Development Kit for Java 1.5 or a later release (such as JDK 6).

Release Notes

PyDev/Eclipse

You can get this working with PyDev and Eclipse with minimal effort. When you run the installer, choose to install all (including source code). When you try to debug an PyDev application you will get 1 or 2 attribute errors. Click on the attribute error and comment out the line in error. Repeat for each error that needs fixing (takes about 2 minutes). After that everything will work fine.

Previous Versions

Jython 2.5.0

(Released on June 8, 2009.)

(!) Download 2.5.0 from sourceforge (!)

This release requires a Java Development Kit for Java 1.5 or a later release (such as JDK 6).

Jython 2.2.1

(!) Download Jython 2.2.1 from sourceforge (!)

(Released on Aug 22, 2007.)


Welcome to the Jython Wiki!

Jython is a Java implementation of Python that combines expressive power with clarity. Jython is freely available for both commercial and non-commercial use and is distributed with source code. Jython is complementary to Java and is especially suited for the following tasks:

Starting points for users:

Starting points for developers:

Important: To edit pages in this wiki, you must first create a login account. If the word UserPreferences or Login (and not your name) appears at top of this page, click on it and fill it out first. If you see your name instead or near UserPreferences, then you have already done this step. If you see neither go to UserPreferences and create your account.