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Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• cygdb
• cython
• cythonize

Projektgeschichte

The official Cython README says Cython was originally based on Greg Ewing's Pyrex and started as an early-2000s project. Cython kept the Python-extension-module idea but grew into a long-lived compiler with its own language features, type declarations, C/C++ interop, and CPython-version adaptation.

The official site describes Cython as a superset of Python that supports C/C++ functions and types, allowing generated C code to be compiled with major C/C++ compilers. The project repository was created on GitHub in 2010 and remains the active source for compiler, docs, and tooling.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Cython became common infrastructure in the scientific Python and performance-sensitive Python ecosystem because it lets projects ship fast extension modules while retaining a Python-like development model. The official README states that Cython has more than 70 million PyPI downloads per month, which reflects broad use as a build-time dependency as well as a developer tool.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users install Cython, write .pyx modules or use pure-Python annotation mode, and run cython or cythonize to generate C/C++ code for extension builds. Common uses include wrapping external C libraries, optimizing numerical loops, interacting with NumPy arrays, embedding CPython, and maintaining generated C sources for reproducible builds.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Cython matters to package nerds because it sits at the boundary between source packages and compiled artifacts. A missing or mismatched Cython can decide whether a Python package builds from sdist, ships generated C, or requires wheels; it is one of the quiet tools behind many fast Python libraries.

Zeitleiste

• Early 2000s: Cython starts as a project based on Pyrex.
• 2010: cython/cython repository created on GitHub.
• 2011: Official site links the IEEE article 'Cython: The best of both worlds'.
• 2025: Official site lists Cython 3.1.4 as a stable release.
• 2026: GitHub releases show ongoing 3.2.x and 3.3.0 alpha development.

Related projects

• Pyrex is the predecessor named by the official README.
• CPython is the primary runtime and C API target.
• NumPy, PyPy, Pythran, mypyc, Nuitka, and Numba are related ecosystems or comparison points listed in official Cython materials.

Quellen

• https://cython.org/
• https://docs.cython.org/
• https://docs.cython.org/en/latest/src/quickstart/overview.html
• https://github.com/cython/cython
• https://github.com/cython/cython#readme
• https://api.github.com/repos/cython/cython
• https://api.github.com/repos/cython/cython/releases?per_page=5