# Does paraview use CPython only?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/does-paraview-use-cpython-only/15107
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 23, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/does-paraview-use-cpython-only/15107 "2024-07-23T15:25:35Z")
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### Author: ![joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/dc4da7/32.png) [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/does-paraview-use-cpython-only/15107/1 "2024-07-23T15:25:36Z")

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Hello dear paraview developers!

Could you please clarify, does paraview use CPython only or other python implementations could be used too?

Best regards,  
Mike

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/does-paraview-use-cpython-only/15107/2 "2024-07-24T12:32:25Z")

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VTK currently only supports the CPython API (which may have some support in other implementations, e.g., PyPy).