<s>
Spyder	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
for	O
scientific	O
programming	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spyder	B-Application
integrates	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
prominent	O
packages	O
in	O
the	O
scientific	O
Python	B-Language
stack	O
,	O
including	O
NumPy	B-Application
,	O
SciPy	B-Application
,	O
Matplotlib	B-Language
,	O
pandas	B-Application
,	O
IPython	B-Application
,	O
SymPy	B-Application
and	O
Cython	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
created	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Pierre	O
Raybaut	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
since	O
2012	O
Spyder	B-Application
has	O
been	O
maintained	O
and	O
continuously	O
improved	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
scientific	O
Python	B-Language
developers	O
and	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spyder	B-Application
is	O
extensible	O
with	O
first-party	O
and	O
third-party	O
plugins	O
,	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
interactive	O
tools	O
for	O
data	O
inspection	O
and	O
embeds	O
Python-specific	O
code	O
quality	O
assurance	O
and	O
introspection	B-Application
instruments	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Pyflakes	O
,	O
Pylint	B-Language
and	O
Rope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
through	O
Anaconda	B-Application
,	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
through	O
MacPorts	B-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
such	O
as	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Debian	O
,	O
Fedora	O
,	O
Gentoo	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
,	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spyder	B-Application
uses	O
Qt	B-Language
for	O
its	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
use	O
either	O
of	O
the	O
PyQt	B-Language
or	O
PySide	B-Language
Python	B-Language
bindings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QtPy	O
,	O
a	O
thin	O
abstraction	O
layer	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Spyder	B-Application
project	O
and	O
later	O
adopted	O
by	O
multiple	O
other	O
packages	O
,	O
provides	O
the	O
flexibility	O
to	O
use	O
either	O
backend	O
.	O
</s>
