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Python on a Stick

Movable Python is a distribution of Python for Windows that doesn't need to be installed. It easily fits onto a USB memory stick or flash drive. Python on a stick.

It includes an IDE and many common Python extensions, to make Movable Python a portable Build, Test, and Run environment. It has a nice GUI to launch programs and control its behaviour.

Movable Python is useful in the following situations:

• Machines where you can't install programs.
• Creating a sandboxed installation of Python for testing programs.
• Where you need a portable 'Build, Test, and Run' Python environment.
• Having several versions of Python on the same machine for forward/backward compatibility testing.
• Easily deploying Python scripts without having to install Python.
• Try before you buy - test Python without having to install it, including new versions.
• 'Python Runtime Environment'. '.py' files can be associated with movpy.

For more examples of how you can use Movable Python, see the Use Cases page.

Movable Python can be used to launch scripts with several different interpreters from a single interface. It can detect an installed version of Python and you can switch between that and any Movpy interpreters you may have, including passing command line arguments and configuring Movpy [1].

As well as launching Python scripts, you can use Movable Python as a graphical front end to any program. You may never need to use the command line again.

For a fuller introduction to Movable Python, read the Introduction or ask on the Mailing List.

For instructions on how to use Movable Python, you might want to visit The Reference Manual.

Oh, and by the way, it's Movable Python, not Moveable Python.