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Python Tools for Computational Molecular Biology
Biopython version 1.87
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Introduction
Biopython is a set of freely available tools for biological computation
written in
Python
by an international team of
developers.
It is a distributed collaborative effort to develop Python libraries and
applications which address the needs of current and future work in
bioinformatics. The source code is made available under the
Biopython
License
, which is extremely
liberal and compatible with almost every license in the world.
We are a member project of the
Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF)
who take care of our domain name and hosting for our mailing list etc.
The OBF used to host our development repository, issue tracker and
website but these are now on
GitHub
This page will help you download and install Biopython, and start using
the libraries and tools.
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The latest release is
Biopython 1.87
, released on
30 March 2026.