bpython is a fancy interface to the Python interpreter for Linux, BSD, macOS and Windows (with some work). bpython is released under the MIT License. It has the following (special) features:

Nov 24, 2025 · This is where you can find all about using and customizing the bpython interpreter. If you want to find out more about the bpython interpreter you can visit our website: …

As in a lot of modern IDEs, bpython will attempt to display a list of parameters for any function you call. The inspect module is tried first, which works with any Python function, and then pydoc if …

Downloads The easiest way to get bpython is by installing it with pip, preferably in your virtual environment.

bpython was written by Robert Anthony Farrell <robertanthonyfarrel @ gmail. com> and his bunch of loyal followers. This manual page was written by Jørgen Pedersen Tjernø <jorgen @ …

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Nov 24, 2025 · bpython uses .theme files placed in your $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bpython directory [1]. You can set the theme in the color_scheme option in your …

Nov 24, 2025 · Keyboard ¶ This section refers to the [keyboard] section in your $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/bpython/config. You can set various keyboard shortcuts to be used by …

File "/usr/local/bin/bpython", line 7, in <module> from bpython.curtsies import main File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/bpython/curtsies.py", line 14, in <module> from …

To use bpython with multiple version items this trick has been relayed to us by Simon Liedtke. Do a source checkout of bpython and add the following to your .profile equivalent file.