Anaconda (Python distribution)
Anaconda is a distribution of the Python and R programming languages for scientific computing (data science, machine learning applications, large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, etc.), that aims to simplify package management and deployment. The distribution includes data-science packages suitable for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It is developed and maintained by Anaconda, Inc., which was founded by Peter Wang and Travis Oliphant in 2012. As an Anaconda, Inc. product, it is also known as Anaconda Distribution or Anaconda Individual Edition, while other products from the company are Anaconda Team Edition and Anaconda Enterprise Edition, neither of which are free.
| Developer(s) | Anaconda, Inc. (previously Continuum Analytics) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 0.8.0/17 July 2012 |
| Stable release | 2022.10
/ 18 October 2022 |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Type | Programming language, machine learning, data science |
| License | Freemium (The Individual Edition is free software, but the other editions are software as a service) |
| Website | anaconda |
Package versions in Anaconda are managed by the package management system conda. This package manager was spun out as a separate open-source package as it ended up being useful on its own and for things other than Python. There is also a small, bootstrap version of Anaconda called Miniconda, which includes only conda, Python, the packages they depend on, and a small number of other packages.