Python viewer
To open a Python file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time
What you see
| Python in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Extensions | .py, .pyw, .pyi |
| Colours | highlight.js, Python |
| Large files | Coloured up to 1 MB; past that, plain text with line numbers (up to 64 MB) |
| Files with no extension | Opened from their #! line |
| Extensions | .py, .pyw, .pyi |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is a Python file?
In short
A .py file is Python source code: a script, a module or a type stub.
The code with line numbers and colours for keywords, strings, comments and numbers, with Wrap lines and Copy. Details lists the text encoding and the number of lines.
How to open a Python file
- Add your Python. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. The code with line numbers and colours for keywords, strings, comments and numbers, with Wrap lines and Copy. Details lists the text encoding and the number of lines.
- Take it further. Download any file from inside an archive, or open another file.
Questions
Drop it here: the code shows with colours and line numbers, read in your browser. Running it needs Python.
No. It is read in your browser and never uploaded.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.