---
id: ipython
version: "9.16.1"
license: BSD-3-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# ipython — IPython: Productive Interactive Computing

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install ipython
uv add ipython
poetry add ipython

## Description

IPython provides a rich toolkit to help you make the most out of using Python
interactively.  Its main components are:

 * A powerful interactive Python shell
 * A `Jupyter <https://jupyter.org/>`_ kernel to work with Python code in Jupyter
   notebooks and other interactive frontends.

The enhanced interactive Python shells have the following main features:

 * Comprehensive object introspection.

 * Input history, persistent across sessions.

 * Caching of output results during a session with automatically generated
   references.

 * Extensible tab completion, with support by default for completion of python
   variables and keywords, filenames and function keywords.

 * Extensible system of 'magic' commands for controlling the environment and
   performing many tasks related either to IPython or the operating system.

 * A rich configuration system with easy switching between different setups
   (simpler than changing $PYTHONSTARTUP environment variables every time).

 * Session logging and reloading.

 * Extensible syntax processing for special purpose situations.

 * Access to the system shell with user-extensible alias system.

 * Easily embeddable in other Python...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

IPython is an enhanced interactive Python shell and Jupyter kernel that provides object introspection, persistent input history, tab completion, magic commands, and integrated debugging for interactive computing.

Verdict: IPython 9.16.1 is a mature, actively maintained interactive Python environment with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive licensing. It is well-suited for interactive development, Jupyter integration, and embedding in other applications.

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