Lifecycle guide for Python from Python Software Foundation

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-01-21

What is Python?

Automate product release and end-of-life management

Python is an interpreted high-level general-purpose programming language. Python"s design philosophy emphasizes code readability with its notable use of significant indentation. Its language constructs as well as its object-oriented approach aim to help programmers write clear, logical code for small and large-scale projects.

The entire lifecycle of Python

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of Python. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.