ipykernel
PyPIactive
ipykernel last released 7.4.0 on 2026-09-29. Its latest version requires Python >=3.11.
Facts
- Latest release
- 7.4.0, (25 days ago)
- First published
- (11 years ago)
- Releases in the last 12 months
- 9
- Median days between releases
- 22
- Median days between major versions
- 1,157
- Monthly downloads
- 55,498,266
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Repository
- github.com/ipython/ipykernel
- Homepage
- ipython.org
- Source
- pypi.org (checked 2026-10-19)
Major versions
4 major versions have been published.
| Major | First version | First released | Latest version | Latest released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7.0.0a0 | 2024-10-22 | 7.4.0 | 2026-09-29 |
| 6 | 6.0.0a0 | 2021-03-09 | 6.31.0 | 2025-10-20 |
| 5 | 5.0.0b1 | 2018-09-14 | 5.5.6 | 2021-10-06 |
| 4 | 4.0.1 | 2015-07-14 | 4.10.1 | 2019-08-08 |
Runtime requirements
The latest version of ipykernel declares these runtime constraints.
| Runtime | Constraint | Minimum version | Since version | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | >=3.11 | 3.11 | 7.4.0 | 2026-09-29 |
Supported runtimes
The latest version of ipykernel runs on 5 tracked runtime releases.
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