Python

Python is the most widely used programming language in the world, the language of artificial intelligence, and the most important entry point into programming in schools and universities. This position did not emerge overnight — it is the result of thirty years of open development, a globally supported community, and a consistent commitment to free software.

This section explains why Python plays this role and what follows from it — for business, science, education and public administration. It is written for everyone who wants to understand why Python matters, without having to write code themselves.

The Python Software Verband (PySV) is the non-profit association of the German-speaking Python community. We represent Python, free software, and the people who carry this infrastructure.

  1. Python is the language of artificial intelligence

    Without Python, AI development over the past ten years would not have been possible in this form. An open programming language and an ecosystem of free libraries built up over decades form the foundation on which practically every major AI model is now created.

  2. Why Python is the most important teaching language today

    Anyone learning to program for the first time today is very likely to learn Python — at universities, at schools, in professional training. What that means, and why it concerns everyone who works with digital tools or decides about them.

  3. The culture of the Python community — and why it holds

    Python is not just a programming language, it is a community with its own, deliberately cultivated culture. That culture is not an accessory; it is one of the conditions under which the ecosystem has held together over decades — economically, technically, socially.

  4. Our position on open source

    Free software is not a technical detail, but the foundation of modern digital value creation. The Python Software Verband sees itself as part of the free-software family — and takes its positions accordingly towards politics, public administration and business.

  5. A short history of the Python Software Verband

    PySV has represented the German-speaking Python community for more than two decades. Its roots reach back into the early open-source scene of the 2000s — and its present runs through the largest Python conferences in Europe.