# Python 3.x soon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [September 13, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-3-x-soon/38635 "2020-09-13T17:24:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
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> [@Python version 3 update?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-version-3-update/10106/9): > > I guess I can paraphrase what I said on stage at the dev panel at this year's ICC, for posterity and so I can link to this in the future: So, the question people usually ask is "When is Python 3 coming to Ignition?". But in practice, there's really two broad reasons people are actually asking that question: They've heard that Python 2.7 is deprecated/old/unmaintained/a security risk/whatever. But that doesn't apply to Ignition, for a few reasons: When folks say "Python" out in the world, the… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/python-3-x-soon/38635)._