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 eight 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 PyPI or Polars. Other great apps like Portable Python are pandas, python(x,y), WinPython and Miniconda.

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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.

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Portable Python alternatives page was last updated Sep 12, 2024
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  1. Anaconda icon
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    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.

    22 Anaconda alternatives
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    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  PowerShell Scripting
    3.  Graphical User Interface
    4.  Data visualization
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  Portable
    8.  No registration required
    9.  Supports Python
    10.  Data science
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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 Privacy focused and LightweightPortable 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.

    48 PyPI alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    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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    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:

    18 Polars alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python

    Polars Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Scientific data analysis
    3.  Data science
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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.

    18 pandas alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python

    pandas Features

    1.  Scientific data analysis
    2.  Data science
    3.  Python-based
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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 .

    61 python(x,y) alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    python(x,y) Features

    1.  Data visualization
    Discontinued

    The project seems no longer developed. Last version, 2.7.10.0, released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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    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

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Portable
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Imports Jupyter Notebooks
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    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).

    22 Miniconda alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python

    Miniconda Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Python-based
    5.  Supports Python
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    Pyodide

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

    6 Pyodide alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Python
    • Online

    Pyodide Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Supports Python
    3.  Support for WebAssembly
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    • 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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