Pyston
(No longer maintained) A faster and highly-compatible implementation of the Python programming language. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2011
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 751
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2493 stars · 96 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pyston v1 was a faster, highly compatible implementation of the Python programming language, focused on improving runtime performance. This repository is the archived home of the old v1 code, which has been superseded by Pyston v2 in a separate repository.
Use cases
- run python code faster without changing source
- speed up cpu-bound python workloads
- drop-in replacement for cpython with better performance
- explore jit techniques for python
- study the old pyston v1 codebase
When to choose
- you specifically need the historical pyston v1 code for research or archaeology
When to avoid
- you want the actively maintained Pyston v2 implementation
- you need a supported Python interpreter for production
- you expect updates or new releases from this repository
Facets
cli-tool · maturity abandoned
interpreter compiler programming-languages performance developer-tools python cpp python-implementation jit superseded pyston-v1 programming-language performance linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/pyston/pyston · fetched 2026-08-28 · d2c4f2e1cbef
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pyston/pyston | main | 23 |
| pyston/pyston_v1 | mirror | 10 |
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