'''Python for S60''' also called '''PyS60'''—a term reminiscent of the ([[Unix]] name),naming convention— was [[Nokia]]'s port of the [[Python (programming language)|Python]] programming language to its [[S60 (software platform)|S60 software platform]], originally based on Python 2.2.2 from 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://press.nokia.com/PR/200601/1032017_5.html |title=Nokia - Nokia to Release Python for S60 Source Code to Open-Source Software Developer Community |access-date=17 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518052247/http://press.nokia.com/PR/200601/1032017_5.html |archive-date=18 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The final version, PyS60-2.0.0, released on 11 February 2010 updated the Python core to version 2.5.4.<ref name="google1">{{cite web|url=http://code.google.com/p/ensymble/downloads/detail?name=ensymble-0.29.tar.gz |title=Download:Ensymble v0.29 - Now a distutils package |date=2010-05-17 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>
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After becoming open source, PyS60 had the advantage of a strong and dedicated community that could actively contribute to improving it. The milestone release was version 1.3.11.
The final version tothat support<ref>[http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Python_for_S60#Latest_newssupported Python for S60 version history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831054730/http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/Python_for_S60 |date=31 August 2009 }}</ref>the [[S60 (software platform)#S60 editions|S60 2nd Edition]] platform, 1.4.5, was released on 3 December 2008. On 24 December 2008, a developer version, 1.9.0, was released. It featured several improvements, the main of which was a new core based on Python 2.5.1.
The final version, 2.0.0, was released on 11 February 2010. Its core is based on Python 2.5.4.<ref name="google1" />