# Processing + Python community visibility

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-python-community-visibility/38981>\
**Category:** Processing.py\
**Created:** [September 26, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-python-community-visibility/38981 "2022-09-26T16:43:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![villares](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/villares/32/3166_2.png) [@villares](https://discourse.processing.org/u/villares)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-python-community-visibility/38981/1 "2022-09-26T16:43:34Z")

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Sometimes I feel like we are a bit invisible for the Processing Foundation.

If you are into Twitter, check out this informal quiz here:

> <https://twitter.com/ProcessingOrg/status/1574381762561691648?s=20&t=87qnJoKFMKUUYAjtOHhmIA>

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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-python-community-visibility/38981/2 "2022-09-27T07:44:40Z")

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Is Processing.py fully part of the Processing foundation? It’s not part of the GitHub organization: [Processing Foundation · GitHub](https://github.com/processing/)

Also linking to this previous thread because it contains useful thoughts on the future of Processing.py:

> [@What is the future of Processing Python Mode?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/what-is-the-future-of-processing-python-mode/35009):
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> What are the current plans for the future of Processing Python Mode or, alternatively, for a Python package based on the core ideas of Processing, such as p5py, but that is as easy to install as Python Mode? See: As we know, Python Mode is now available for Processing 4. However, it is still based on [Jython](https://www.jython.org/), which is Python 2. The book [Learn Python Visually (2021)](https://nostarch.com/Learn-Python-Visually) offers many fine examples of sketches designed for Processing Python Mode. At the same time, it is compatible with Python 3. The …

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**Author:** ![villares](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/villares/32/3166_2.png) [@villares](https://discourse.processing.org/u/villares)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-python-community-visibility/38981/3 "2022-10-01T20:11:23Z")

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Thanks for the link @josephh !

Indeed Processing.py is maybe the ugly duckling or the little black sheep of the Processing Foundation 😆

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/9/7/97fb5c6445cd6f5511640c236131531a34dc62c7.png)

And it needs a new maintainer!

> [@Python Mode needs a new project owner](https://discourse.processing.org/t/python-mode-needs-a-new-project-owner/36399):
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> Hello from Jonathan Feinberg, the creator of Python Mode for Processing. Python Mode needs a new owner, someone with the time, energy, and expertise to take the mode into full [Processing 4 compatibility](https://github.com/jdf/processing.py/tree/processing4) and beyond. To understand and modify Python Mode requires expertise in both Java and Python. The good news for any potential hacker is that there’s a fairly thorough test suite for the core functionality. (One possible semester-long project would be to design an end-to-end test framework that w…