Twisted
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For information on changes in this release, see the `NEWS <NEWS.rst>`_ file.


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What is this?
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Twisted is a Python event-based framework for internet applications.
It includes modules for many different purposes, including the following:

- ``twisted.web``: HTTP clients and servers, HTML templating, and a WSGI server
- ``twisted.conch``: SSHv2 and Telnet clients and servers and terminal emulators
- ``twisted.words``: Clients and servers for IRC, XMPP, and other IM protocols
- ``twisted.mail``: IMAPv4, POP3, SMTP clients and servers
- ``twisted.positioning``: Tools for communicating with NMEA-compatible GPS receivers
- ``twisted.names``: DNS client and tools for making your own DNS servers
- ``twisted.trial``: A unit testing framework that integrates well with Twisted-based code.

Twisted supports all major system event loops -- ``select`` (all platforms), ``poll`` (most POSIX platforms), ``epoll`` (Linux), ``kqueue`` (FreeBSD, macOS), IOCP (Windows), and various GUI event loops (GTK+2/3, Qt, wxWidgets).
Third-party reactors can plug into Twisted, and provide support for additional event loops.


Installing
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To install the latest version of Twisted using pip::

  $ pip install twisted

Additional instructions for installing this software are in `the installation instructions <https://docs.twisted.org/en/latest/installation.html>`_.


Documentation and Support
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Twisted's documentation is available from the `Twisted Matrix Read The Docs website <https://docs.twisted.org/>`_.
This documentation contains how-tos, code examples, and an API reference.

Help is also available on the `Twisted mailing list <https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/twisted.python.org/>`_.

There is also an IRC channel, ``#twisted``,
on the `Libera.Chat <https://libera.chat/>`_ network.
A web client is available at `web.libera.chat <https://web.libera.chat/>`_.


Unit Tests
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Twisted has a comprehensive test suite, which can be run by ``tox``::

  $ tox -l                       # to view all test environments
  $ tox -e nocov                 # to run all the tests without coverage
  $ tox -e withcov               # to run all the tests with coverage
  $ tox -e alldeps-withcov-posix # install all dependencies, run tests with coverage on POSIX platform


You can test running the test suite under the different reactors with the ``TWISTED_REACTOR`` environment variable::

  $ env TWISTED_REACTOR=epoll tox -e alldeps-withcov-posix

Some of these tests may fail if you:

* don't have the dependencies required for a particular subsystem installed,
* have a firewall blocking some ports (or things like Multicast, which Linux NAT has shown itself to do), or
* run them as root.


Static Code Checkers
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You can ensure that code complies to Twisted `coding standards <https://docs.twisted.org/en/latest/development/coding-standard.html>`_::

  $ tox -e lint   # run pre-commit to check coding stanards
  $ tox -e mypy   # run MyPy static type checker to check for type errors

Or, for speed, use pre-commit directly::

  $ pipx run pre-commit run


Copyright
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All of the code in this distribution is Copyright (c) 2001-2026 Twisted Matrix Laboratories.

Twisted is made available under the MIT license.
The included `LICENSE <LICENSE>`_ file describes this in detail.


Warranty
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  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
  EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
  OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
  TO THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU.

  IN NO EVENT WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY
  AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE LIBRARY, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, EVEN IF
  SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
  DAMAGES.

Again, see the included `LICENSE <LICENSE>`_ file for specific legal details.


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