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}}</ref> Its use began to become popular in the Python community from around 2015.<ref name="Waprin, 2015" />

<code>tox</code> acts a wrapper for both [[virtual environment (container)|virtual environment]]s and [[test automation]] tools, to simplify the consistent testing of Python code across a range of environments.<ref name="Zadka, 2019" /> It integrates the use of a virtualisation tool, such as <code>virtualenv</code>, with a test script such as [https://pypi.org/project/imprimatur/ Imprimatur]. This gives a consistent [[container (virtualization)|container]]-based testing environment on both desktops and integration servers. It also allows testing in a range of Python environments, such as Python 2 or Python 3 specific contexts.<ref name="Zadka, 2019" /><ref name="Do Nascimento, 2018" />

{{anchor|tox.ini}}Tox is configured through a simple <code>tox.ini</code> file in [[INI_file | INI]] format.<ref>{{Cite web