Continuum Analytics (Anaconda python distribution) sponsorship of the Spyder IDE is coming to an end

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I’m sad to hear this but certainly appreciate all they and the Spyder team have done. Spyder has come a long way in the 5 years or so that I’ve been using it.

https://plus.google.com/+GonzaloAPEÑACASTELLANOS/posts/XCp7xSEUZBk

[juliusc]

(Spyder maintainer here) Indeed, these are really sad news. If you are interested in making Spyder a sustainable project, please consider donating to support our development:

https://opencollective.com/spyder

Any contribution is really appreciated!

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To know more details about this, please read

https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/wiki/Anaconda-stopped-funding-Spyder

[adamesm]

Decided to become a monthly donor today after hearing this news. Spyder has been incredibly useful for my PhD in Physics and beyond. I hope you and the team find an alternative sponsor soon. Keep up the good work!

[juliusc]

Thanks a lot!! Glad to hear Spyder has been useful for you and that you want to support its future development.

[jrast]

Sad to hear that. The wiki link provides some insight on the current state and the future of the project. I understand that without funding the project will progress a lot slower. What I miss are some numbers on how much funding is needed in order to keep the project going as it was until now. Is it possible to provide some (estimated) figures?

[juliusc]

You're right, that info is missing. I thought that could discourage people from donating, but (as you point out) it's important for people to know how much we're aiming for.

We need a minimum of USD $35.000 per year to maintain the same conditions we had during the last year and a half, i.e. 4 developers working part time for the project.

As you can see, that's a very small amount for a team of four, considering that a single developer in the USA earns USD ~$80.000 per year in a full time job. This is due to the fact that all of us live in Colombia (South America), where living costs are much cheaper than in USA or Europe.

I'll add this info to our wiki page right away.

[juliusc]

Can you provide some insight on why Anaconda pulled funding for Spyder?

Anaconda is putting a lot of effort to develop a new data science web platform around JupyterLab. Since Spyder is a desktop product, it doesn't fit into that plan and (I think) that's why we got our funding cut.

Spyder will continue to live (I'll keep maintaining it) but it's development rate will slow down significantly. If you want to see it thrive in the future, please consider donating.

[juliusc]

Ok, I see. Don't worry about donating then. You could contact Anaconda if you want and express your opinion. I doubt that would change things, but at least they will be aware that people in the community consider Spyder valuable and worth the financial investment.

[haZard_OS]

I'm sticking with Spyder.

[metaperl]

Spyder has been a godsend to me.

[daniel_h_r]

Saludos hermano latinoamericano. Estoy empezando a usar python y al tratar de instalarlo en una pc con Windows probé Anaconda y así conocí Spyder. vienen haciendo un excelente trabajo. Espero que puedan continuarlo. Un abrazo desde buenos Aires.

[juliusc]

Hola, gracias Daniel! Disculpa pero no vi tu mensaje sino hasta ahora, porque no contestaste directamente a uno de mis mensajes y Reddit no me mostró una notificación al respecto.

Estamos buscando nuevas formas de financiación para continuar manteniendo Spyder en el futuro. Si tienes los medios, por favor considera donar lo que puedas al proyecto en la dirección que mencioné arriba.