Installer cython avec Homebrew, apk, pacman, apt, dnf

Liens du projet

• Page d'accueil
• Dépôt
• Page du gestionnaire de paquets

Commandes et alias

• cygdb
• cython
• cythonize

Historique du projet

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.

Historique d'adoption

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.

Modes d'utilisation

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.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

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.

Chronologie

• 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.

Sources

• 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