# About the p5py category

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/about-the-p5py-category/23832>\
**Category:** p5py\
**Created:** [September 13, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/about-the-p5py-category/23832 "2020-09-13T07:33:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 13, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/about-the-p5py-category/23832/1 "2020-09-13T07:33:11Z")

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p5py is a Python package based on the core ideas of Processing. It runs directly on Python 3 (rather than in the Processing PDE) and is installable in Python through `pip install p5`.

> **[p5py/p5](https://github.com/p5py/p5)**
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> p5 is a Python package based on the core ideas of Processing. - p5py/p5

For related discussions of Processing modes and Python, see Processing.py, aka Python mode for Processing.  
[https://discourse.processing.org/c/processing-py/9](https://discourse.processing.org/c/processing-py/9)