Portable Python Alternatives

Portable Python is described as 'Minimum bare bones portable python distribution with PyScripter as development environment. Contains no additional packages other than those provided with the official python setup from python.org' and is an app in the development category. There are nine alternatives to Portable Python for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Python, Mac, Linux and Web-based apps. The best Portable Python alternative is Anaconda. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Anaconda or PyPI. Other great apps like Portable Python are Polars, Pyodide, python(x,y) and WinPython.

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  1. Anaconda icon

    Anaconda

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    Completely free enterprise-ready Python distribution for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, and scientific computing. Includes 100+ of the most popular Python packages for science, math, engineering, data analysis. Cross platform on Linux, Windows, Mac.

    23 Anaconda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
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    • Anaconda is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Portable Python.

    • Anaconda is the most popular free alternative to Portable Python.

    • Anaconda is Free Personal and ProprietaryPortable Python is Free and Open Source
    • Anaconda is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPortable Python is not according to our users
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    PyPI

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    The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language. PyPI helps you find and install software developed and shared by the Python community. Package authors use PyPI to distribute their software.

    51 PyPI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • PyPI is the most popular Web-based alternative to Portable Python.

    • PyPI is the most popular Open Source alternative to Portable Python.

    • PyPI is Free and Open SourcePortable Python is also Free and Open Source
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    pandas

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    Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  5. Polars icon

    Polars

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    Polars is a highly performant DataFrame library for manipulating structured data. The core is written in Rust, but the library is also available in Python. Its key features are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
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  6. Pyodide icon

    Pyodide

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    Pyodide is a Python distribution for the browser and Node.js based on WebAssembly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
    • Online
     

    • Pyodide is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Portable Python.

    • Pyodide is Free and Open SourcePortable Python is also Free and Open Source
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    python(x,y)

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    Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language, Qt graphical user interfaces and .

    62 python(x,y) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. WinPython icon

    WinPython

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    The easiest way to run Python, Spyder with SciPy and friends out of the box on any Windows PC, without installing anything!.

    15 WinPython alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Miniconda icon

    Miniconda

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    Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they both depend on, and a small number of other useful packages (like pip, zlib, and a few others).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  11. Crates.io icon

    Crates.io

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    Instantly publish your crates and install them. Use the API to interact and find out more information about available crates. Become a contributor and enhance the site with your work.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Online
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