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It only took me 20 minutes on your platform to pull and stand up the site and everything just seems to work. Amazing product. </p> <p class="testimonial-person">Rob Kimball</p> <p class="testimonial-date">9 April 2020</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-5"> <h2>Your website</h2> <p> Want to host your own domain at PythonAnywhere? Our <a href="/pricing/">paid accounts</a> do that for you. And free users don't get left out — <code>http://<i>yourusername</i>.pythonanywhere.com/</code> works for everyone. </p> <h2>Easy scaling</h2> <p> A $5 Hacker account at PythonAnywhere can easily support a 10,000 hit/day website. 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I like that I can do actual work here as well as creative projects from the same UI. </p> <p class="testimonial-person">Erich Pfister</p> <p class="testimonial-date">2 August 2021</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-5"> <h2>Batteries included</h2> <p> With Python versions 2.7, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10, and all the goodies you normally find in a Python installation, PythonAnywhere is also preconfigured with loads of useful libraries, like NumPy, SciPy, Mechanize, BeautifulSoup, pycrypto, and many others. Check out our full list of <a href="/batteries_included/">batteries included</a>. </p> <h2>Powerful servers</h2> <p> PythonAnywhere runs on super-powerful servers hosted by Amazon EC2, and you can take full advantage of that. Without paying a penny, you can run simple Python programs to help you explore your ideas. For heavy-duty processing, you only pay for what you use, so you can get access to teraflops of power without needing to explain yourself to the electricity company. </p> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <h2>Coding on the go</h2> <a href="#" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#id_ipad_image_modal" style="float: right; margin: 10px;" class="thumbnail"> <img width="180" src="/static/anywhere/images/ipad_running_pythonanywhere.png" title="PythonAnywhere running on an iPad" alt="PythonAnywhere running on an iPad" /> </a> <p> It's hard to write programs or play with ideas on the go. Because PythonAnywhere runs on our servers and displays in your web browser, you can write Python applications from your iPad, phone, or smart TV just as easily as you can from your computer. It works on the iPad, and we are in beta for Android devices. </p> <h2>Your files, everywhere</h2> <p> It's easy to get your stuff into and out of PythonAnywhere — you can upload and download files from our web UI, or bring up a command line to work with your git, mercurial or subversion projects from GitHub, Bitbucket, or from any public source code repository. With 512Mb of free disk space, you don't need to worry about running out of space. And <a href="/pricing/">paying users</a> can get more space, and use scp and SFTP. </p> <h2>Simple automation</h2> <p> Use PythonAnywhere's scheduled tasks to run your Python scripts periodically. Scrape websites, archive tweets, connect back to your home automation system to turn the toaster on... the choice is yours! </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="id_education_details" class="details-stripe"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <h1>A Python learning environment with everything ready to go</h1> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-7"> <p> Python is a great language for teaching, but getting it installed and set up on all your students' computers can be less than easy. PythonAnywhere provides an environment that's ready to go — including a syntax-highlighting, error-checking editor, Python 2 and 3 consoles, and a full set of <a href="/batteries_included/">batteries included</a>. Avoid all the hassles of getting Python installed on everyone's laptop, and making sure everyone can pip install all the right packages. </p> <p> <img src="/static/anywhere/images/education_screenshot.png" style="max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; border: solid 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)" /> </p> <h3>Distributing assignments and monitoring progress is easy</h3> <p> Once a student has nominated you as their teacher, you can see their files and Python consoles, so you can help them more easily. You can copy files into their accounts so that you can give them a starting point for their assignments, and you can see their solutions. </p> <p> We can even create student accounts in bulk for you, and pre-populate them with files that you provide — <a href="" class="feedback_link">just let us know!</a> </p> <h3>All your students have the same environment</h3> <p> The same operating system, the same console, the same text editor — save yourself from having to customise your lessons and instructions for Windows/Mac/Linux, and from having to debug issues in different shells and editors. </p> <h3>...and they can work together</h3> <p> Your students can choose to share their consoles with each other, too — so they can work on group projects remotely, or help each other in-class. </p> </div> <div class="col-md-5"> <div class="carousel slide"> <div class="carousel-inner"> <div class="item active"> <p class="testimonial-content"> I teach large worldwide online courses that cover Python, Django, and PostgreSQL ... By using PythonAnywhere beginner accounts in those courses there is nothing to install and everything works in a browser. PythonAnywhere is a great resource that lets me teach these these courses to over 100,000 students around the world for free. </p> <p class="testimonial-person">Chuck Severance</p> <p class="testimonial-date">25 October 2020</p> </div> <div class="item"> <p class="testimonial-content"> I would like to sincerely thank you for your service. I am a university professor in Pakistan and we are unable to host servers for our research. We have been using PA for hosting our programs in the field of biomedical informatics and data science. It has significantly improved our quality of research with a very limited budget. </p> <p class="testimonial-person">Fayyaz</p> <p class="testimonial-date">13 May 2019</p> </div> <div class="item"> <p class="testimonial-content"> Thank you for the wonderful platform! Our students really enjoyed working on the platform this semester. </p> <p class="testimonial-person">Vasundhara</p> <p class="testimonial-date">19 December 2018</p> </div> </div> </div> <p> <a class="btn btn-success btn-large" href="/pricing/"> Sign up and try it out! » </a> </p> <p> <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/wiki/Education">PythonAnywhere education help pages »</a> </p> <h3>Start work at work or at school, and continue at home</h3> <p> Because PythonAnywhere is web-based, it can follow you around on any computer (or iPad, or Chromebook) with a browser, so you or your students can work from wherever you like. </p> <h3>What does it cost?</h3> <p> It's free! Our basic accounts are free, and we only charge for more advanced services (like professional web app hosting, or big number-crunching requirements), none of which are needed for basic "intro to programming" type courses. If you need larger amounts of processing power, then <a href="" class="feedback_link">get in touch</a> — you can also get an idea of our prices on <a href="/pricing/">the pricing page</a>. </p> <h3>Limitations</h3> <p> Our education support is evolving rapidly, and there are a few limitations right now; check out <a href="https://help.pythonanywhere.com/pages/Education#some-limitations">this help page</a> for the current list. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="id_support_details" class="details-stripe"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <h1>Tech support for developers, from developers</h1> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-5"> <p> 7 days a week, <span title="Number of days is an average only, your year length may vary. This number is not a substitute for professional advice. Always consult a licensed horologist, cronologist or other qualified time specialist before taking any decisions based on this number.">365.242</span> days a year, we're there for you. Got a question or a comment about PythonAnywhere? Need some help? Just post in our <a href="/forums/">forums</a>, drop a line to <a href="mailto:PythonAnywhere Support <liveusercare@pythonanywhere.com>">PythonAnywhere Support <liveusercare@pythonanywhere.com></a>, or <a href="" class="feedback_link">send us feedback</a>, and one of our dev team will get back to you right away. </p> </div> <div class="col-md-7"> <div class="carousel slide"> <div class="carousel-inner"> <div class="item active"> <p class="testimonial-content"> PythonAnywhere is the perfect place for hosting projects ... Excellent customer support and prompt issue resolution contribute to a pleasant user experience. 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