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Anaconda Distribution
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:emphasis:`Open Data Science Core`

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    install/index
    packages/index
    user-guide/index
    navigator/index
    faq
    help-support
    release-notes
    glossary
    eula


Anaconda\ |reg| is a package manager, an environment manager, a Python
distribution, and a collection of :doc:`over 1,000+ open source packages <packages/pkg-docs>`.
It is free and easy to install, and it offers `free community support
<https://groups.google.com/a/anaconda.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/anaconda>`_.

Get the :download:`Anaconda Cheat Sheet <Anaconda-Starter-Guide-Cheat-Sheet.pdf>`
and then `download Anaconda <https://www.anaconda.com/downloads>`_.

Don't want the huge collection of 1,000+ software packages? Get
`Miniconda <http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html>`_.

Anaconda Navigator or conda?
==============================

After you install Anaconda or Miniconda, if you prefer a desktop graphical
user interface (GUI) then use Navigator. If you prefer to use a terminal
or Anaconda prompt, then use conda. You can also switch between them.

You can install, remove or update any Anaconda package with a few
clicks in Navigator, or with a single conda command in Anaconda Prompt
or a terminal window.

**To try Navigator**, after installing Anaconda, click the Navigator icon on your
operating system's program menu, or in a terminal or Anaconda prompt
run the command ``anaconda-navigator``.

**To try conda**, after installing Anaconda or Miniconda, take the `30-minute
conda test drive <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/test-drive.html>`_, download
a `conda cheat sheet <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/_downloads/conda-cheatsheet.pdf>`_
and see `Using conda <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/using>`_ for fun things to do with conda.


Packages available in Anaconda
==============================

* Over :doc:`150 packages <packages/pkg-docs>` are automatically installed with Anaconda.
* Over 250 additional open source packages can be individually installed from the
  Anaconda repository with the  ``conda install`` command.
* Thousands of other packages are available from `Anaconda Cloud <https://anaconda.org/>`__.
* You can download other packages using the ``pip install`` command that is installed with Anaconda.
* You can also make your own `custom packages
  <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/building/build.html>`_ using
  the ``conda build`` command, and you can share them with
  others by uploading them to `Anaconda Cloud <http://anaconda.org>`__, PyPi or other repositories.


High performance
================

Anaconda provides high performance computing with
:doc:`Anaconda Accelerate </accelerate/index>` and several other components:

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   IOPro </iopro/index>
   MKL Optimizations </mkl-optimizations/index>
   NumbaPro </numbapro/index>

Some of these components require licenses.
See :doc:`Installing licenses <user-guide/tasks/install-licenses>`.


Previous versions
=================

Previous versions of Anaconda are available in the `archive <https://repo.continuum.io/archive/>`_.
For a list of packages included in each previous version, see :doc:`Old package lists <packages/oldpkglists>`.

Anaconda2 includes Python 2.7 and Anaconda3 includes Python 3.6. However, it
does not matter which one you download, because you can create new environments
that include any version of Python packaged with conda. See `Managing Python
with conda <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/py2or3.html>`_.

Product archive
===============

The following Anaconda products have been replaced and are no longer available to new users.
Documentation for these products is available for existing users only:

* :doc:`Anaconda Launcher </anaconda-launcher/index>` (replaced by :doc:`Anaconda Navigator <navigator/index>`).
* :doc:`Anaconda for Cluster Management  </anaconda-cluster/index>` (replaced by :doc:`Anaconda Scale </anaconda-scale/index>`).


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