The IPython API

Release:: 9.13.0
Date:: April 24, 2026

`IPython`	IPython: tools for interactive and parallel computing in Python.
`IPython.core.alias`	System command aliases.
`IPython.core.application`	An application for IPython.
`IPython.core.async_helpers`	Async helper function that are invalid syntax on Python 3.5 and below.
`IPython.core.autocall`	Autocall capabilities for IPython.core.
`IPython.core.builtin_trap`	A context manager for managing things injected into `builtins`.
`IPython.core.compilerop`	Compiler tools with improved interactive support.
`IPython.core.completer`	Completion for IPython.
`IPython.core.completerlib`	Implementations for various useful completers.
`IPython.core.crashhandler`	sys.excepthook for IPython itself, leaves a detailed report on disk.
`IPython.core.debugger`	Pdb debugger class.
`IPython.core.debugger_backport`	The code in this module is a backport of cPython changes in Pdb that were introduced in Python 3.13 by gh-83151: Make closure work on pdb https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/111094.
`IPython.core.doctb`
`IPython.core.error`	Global exception classes for IPython.core.
`IPython.core.events`	Infrastructure for registering and firing callbacks on application events.
`IPython.core.extensions`	A class for managing IPython extensions.
`IPython.core.formatters`	Display formatters.
`IPython.core.getipython`	Simple function to call to get the current InteractiveShell instance
`IPython.core.guarded_eval`
`IPython.core.history`	History related magics and functionality
`IPython.core.historyapp`	An application for managing IPython history.
`IPython.core.hooks`	Hooks for IPython.
`IPython.core.inputtransformer2`	Input transformer machinery to support IPython special syntax.
`IPython.core.interactiveshell`	Main IPython class.
`IPython.core.kitty`
`IPython.core.logger`	Logger class for IPython's logging facilities.
`IPython.core.macro`	Support for interactive macros in IPython
`IPython.core.magic`
`IPython.core.magic_arguments`	A decorator-based method of constructing IPython magics with `argparse` option handling.
`IPython.core.magics`	Implementation of all the magic functions built into IPython.
`IPython.core.magics.ast_mod`	This module contains utility function and classes to inject simple ast transformations based on code strings into IPython.
`IPython.core.magics.auto`	Implementation of magic functions that control various automatic behaviors.
`IPython.core.magics.basic`	Implementation of basic magic functions.
`IPython.core.magics.code`	Implementation of code management magic functions.
`IPython.core.magics.config`	Implementation of configuration-related magic functions.
`IPython.core.magics.display`	Simple magics for display formats
`IPython.core.magics.execution`	Implementation of execution-related magic functions.
`IPython.core.magics.extension`	Implementation of magic functions for the extension machinery.
`IPython.core.magics.history`	Implementation of magic functions related to History.
`IPython.core.magics.logging`	Implementation of magic functions for IPython's own logging.
`IPython.core.magics.namespace`	Implementation of namespace-related magic functions.
`IPython.core.magics.osm`	Implementation of magic functions for interaction with the OS.
`IPython.core.magics.packaging`	Implementation of packaging-related magic functions.
`IPython.core.magics.pylab`	Implementation of magic functions for matplotlib/pylab support.
`IPython.core.magics.script`	Magic functions for running cells in various scripts.
`IPython.core.oinspect`	Tools for inspecting Python objects.
`IPython.core.page`	Paging capabilities for IPython.core
`IPython.core.payload`	Payload system for IPython.
`IPython.core.payloadpage`	A payload based version of page.
`IPython.core.prefilter`	Prefiltering components.
`IPython.core.profileapp`	An application for managing IPython profiles.
`IPython.core.profiledir`	An object for managing IPython profile directories.
`IPython.core.pylabtools`	Pylab (matplotlib) support utilities.
`IPython.core.shellapp`	A mixin for `Application` classes that launch InteractiveShell instances, load extensions, etc.
`IPython.core.splitinput`	Simple utility for splitting user input.
`IPython.core.tbtools`
`IPython.core.tips`
`IPython.core.ultratb`	Verbose and colourful traceback formatting.
`IPython.display`	Public API for display tools in IPython.
`IPython.lib.backgroundjobs`	Manage background (threaded) jobs conveniently from an interactive shell.
`IPython.lib.clipboard`	Utilities for accessing the platform's clipboard.
`IPython.lib.deepreload`	Provides a reload() function that acts recursively.
`IPython.lib.demo`	Module for interactive demos using IPython.
`IPython.lib.editorhooks`	'editor' hooks for common editors that work well with ipython
`IPython.lib.guisupport`	Support for creating GUI apps and starting event loops.
`IPython.lib.latextools`	Tools for handling LaTeX.
`IPython.lib.pretty`	Python advanced pretty printer.
`IPython.paths`	Find files and directories which IPython uses.
`IPython.terminal.debugger`
`IPython.terminal.embed`	An embedded IPython shell.
`IPython.terminal.interactiveshell`	IPython terminal interface using prompt_toolkit
`IPython.terminal.ipapp`	The `Application` object for the command line ipython program.
`IPython.terminal.magics`	Extra magics for terminal use.
`IPython.terminal.prompts`	Terminal input and output prompts.
`IPython.terminal.shortcuts`	Module to define and register Terminal IPython shortcuts with `prompt_toolkit`
`IPython.terminal.shortcuts.auto_match`	Utilities function for keybinding with prompt toolkit.
`IPython.terminal.shortcuts.auto_suggest`
`IPython.terminal.shortcuts.filters`	Filters restricting scope of IPython Terminal shortcuts.
`IPython.testing.decorators`
`IPython.testing.globalipapp`	Global IPython app to support test running.
`IPython.testing.ipunittest`	Experimental code for cleaner support of IPython syntax with unittest.
`IPython.testing.skipdoctest`	Decorators marks that a doctest should be skipped.
`IPython.testing.tools`	Generic testing tools.
`IPython.utils.PyColorize`
`IPython.utils.capture`	IO capturing utilities.
`IPython.utils.coloransi`
`IPython.utils.contexts`	Miscellaneous context managers.
`IPython.utils.data`	Utilities for working with data structures like lists, dicts and tuples.
`IPython.utils.decorators`	Decorators that don't go anywhere else.
`IPython.utils.dir2`	A fancy version of Python's builtin `dir()` function.
`IPython.utils.encoding`	Utilities for dealing with text encodings
`IPython.utils.frame`	Utilities for working with stack frames.
`IPython.utils.generics`	Generic functions for extending IPython.
`IPython.utils.importstring`	A simple utility to import something by its string name.
`IPython.utils.io`	IO related utilities.
`IPython.utils.ipstruct`	A dict subclass that supports attribute style access.
`IPython.utils.module_paths`	Utility functions for finding modules
`IPython.utils.openpy`	Tools to open .py files as Unicode, using the encoding specified within the file, as per PEP 263.
`IPython.utils.path`	Utilities for path handling.
`IPython.utils.process`	Utilities for working with external processes.
`IPython.utils.sentinel`	Sentinel class for constants with useful reprs
`IPython.utils.strdispatch`	String dispatch class to match regexps and dispatch commands.
`IPython.utils.sysinfo`	Utilities for getting information about IPython and the system it's running in.
`IPython.utils.syspathcontext`
`IPython.utils.tempdir`	This module contains classes - NamedFileInTemporaryDirectory, TemporaryWorkingDirectory.
`IPython.utils.terminal`	Utilities for working with terminals.
`IPython.utils.text`	Utilities for working with strings and text.
`IPython.utils.timing`	Utilities for timing code execution.
`IPython.utils.tokenutil`	Token-related utilities
`IPython.utils.wildcard`	Support for wildcard pattern matching in object inspection.