Welcome to Cython, a language for writing Python extension modules. Cython makes creating an extension module is almost as easy as creating a Python module! To find out more, consult one of the edifying documents below.

Documentation

About Cython

Read this to find out what Cython is all about and what it can do for you.

Language Overview

A description of all the features of the Cython language. This is the closest thing to a reference manual in existence yet.

FAQ

Want to know how to do something in Cython? Check here first.

Other Resources

Michael's Quick Guide to Cython

This tutorial-style presentation will take you through the steps of creating some Cython modules to wrap existing C libraries. Contributed by Michael JasonSmith.

Mail to the Author

If you have a question that's not answered by anything here, you're not sure about something, or you have a bug to report or a suggestion to make, or anything at all to say about Cython, feel free to email me: greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz