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PythonAnywhere

Cloud platform for running Python code and hosting Python web applications from the web.

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PythonAnywhere is a cloud-based Python platform that lets users write, run, and host Python code from a browser without installing software or managing a server. It provides pre-installed Python environments with consoles, a web-based IDE, file storage, and web app hosting, addressing the setup and maintenance work typically required to develop and deploy Python applications.

Core capabilities include quickstart installers for Django, Flask, web2py, and Bottle (plus other WSGI frameworks), scheduled tasks for running scripts periodically, IPython/Jupyter notebook support, Git/Mercurial/Subversion integration, and screen-sharing between accounts. It supports Python 2.7 and 3.6–3.10 with preconfigured libraries such as NumPy and SciPy.

PythonAnywhere is aimed at individual developers, students, teachers, and teams. It offers a limited free account, a Developer plan, and configurable Custom plans billed monthly, with annual subscriptions available. Paid plans include custom domains, additional web apps, web workers, and expanded CPU-seconds and disk space.

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