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{{Short description|Python programming language implementation}}
{{primary sources|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox software
| name = IronPython
| logo = [[File:IronPython 3 logo.svg|64px]]<br />[[File:Ironpython-logo.png|200px]]
| logo alt = 
| logo caption = 
| author = [[Jim Hugunin]], [[Microsoft]]
| developer = Dino Viehland,<br />[[.NET Foundation]]
| released = {{Release date and age|2006|09|05}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/423|title=CodePlex Archive|access-date=2014-05-30|archive-date=2017-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226082609/http://ironpython.codeplex.com/releases/view/423|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| discontinued = <!-- Set to yes if software is discontinued, otherwise omit. -->

| latest release version = 3.4.2
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|2024|12|20}}
| latest preview version = 3.4.0-beta1
| latest preview date = {{start date and age|2022|04|30}}
| programming language = [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]]
| platform = [[.NET Framework]], [[.NET]], [[Mono (software)|Mono]]
| genre = [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]] implementation
| license = [[Apache License 2.0]]
}}
'''IronPython''' is an implementation of the [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]] targeting the [[.NET]] and [[Mono (software)|Mono]] frameworks. The project is currently maintained by a group of [[volunteers]] at [[GitHub]]. It is free and open-source software, and can be implemented with Python Tools for Visual Studio, which is a free and open-source extension for Microsoft's [[Visual Studio]] IDE.<ref>{{cite web|title=IronPython.net|url=http://www.ironpython.net|access-date=2013-07-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Python Tools for Visual Studio- Home|url=http://pytools.codeplex.com/|work=Python Tools for Visual Studio|access-date=2013-07-03|archive-date=2018-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126035502/http://pytools.codeplex.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

IronPython is written entirely in [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], although some of its code is automatically generated by a [[source code generation|code generator]] written in Python.

IronPython is implemented on top of the [[Dynamic Language Runtime]] (DLR), a library running on top of the [[Common Language Infrastructure]] that provides dynamic typing and dynamic method dispatch, among other things, for dynamic languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233052.aspx|title=Dynamic Language Runtime Overview|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=2014-04-01}}</ref> The DLR is part of the .NET Framework 4.0 and is also a part of Mono since version 2.4 from 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/mono/mono/commit/340222ffe8b958cd22d9eb0388488f326845b363|title = 2009-07-02 Marek Safar · mono/Mono@340222f|website = [[GitHub]]}}</ref> The DLR can also be used as a library on older CLI implementations.