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Anaconda
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:emphasis:`Open Data Science Core`

Anaconda\ |reg| is a package manager, an environment manager, a Python
distribution, and a collection of :doc:`over 720 open source packages <packages/pkg-docs>`.
It is free and easy to install, and it offers `free community support
<https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/anaconda>`_.

Get the :download:`Anaconda Cheat Sheet <Anaconda_CheatSheet.pdf>`
and then download `Anaconda <https://www.continuum.io/downloads>`_.

Don't want the huge collection of 720 software packages? Get
`Miniconda <http://conda.pydata.org/miniconda.html>`_.

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

After you install Anaconda or Miniconda, you can work with 
Navigator if you prefer a desktop graphical user interface (GUI), or you can work with conda if
you prefer to use a command prompt or terminal program. 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 a command prompt
or terminal window.

:doc:`Navigator <navigator/index>` is a GUI
included in Anaconda that allows you to launch applications and easily manage
conda packages, environments and channels without using a command
prompt or terminal program. Navigator is automatically installed when
you install Anaconda.

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

`Conda <http://conda.pydata.org/docs/index.html>`_ works in the command
prompt program on Windows or in a terminal program on Linux and macOS. Conda
was created for Python programs, but you can use it to package and distribute any software.

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:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   
   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 Continuum 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>`).

.. toctree::
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    :hidden:


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

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