2026 is already popping with new Python goodies: an ultra-fast type checker from the makers of uv, Django 6, and a new way to generate C code with Python for faster-executing apps. Read on for these and other highlights.
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Reader picks: The most popular Python stories of 2025
What a year 2025 was. From free-threaded Python to integrations with Rust and Zig, recap the Python developments in 2025 that broke new ground and point the way towards a bigger and better Python world in 2026.
Python type checker ty now in beta
What Astral’s uv did for Python package management (made it wicked fast and powerful), Astral’s ty promises to do for Python type checking. And now ty is stable enough for everyone to try.
