[Resource](/blog-category/resource/) April 3, 2022

# Announcing Python Support

To date, Scarf Gateway has natively supported Docker/OCI Containers, and arbitrary file archives via URL templates. Today, we’re excited to release support for our very first language-packaging ecosystem: Python.

By Avi Press Founder & CEO

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To date, Scarf Gateway has natively supported [Docker/OCI Containers](https://docs.scarf.sh/quick-start/), and [arbitrary file archives via URL templates](https://docs.scarf.sh/packages/). Today, we’re excited to release support for our very first language-packaging ecosystem: **Python**. 

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##### Why Python? 

The primary reason is simple: Python was the most requested package type from the Scarf community. Python has a vibrant and growing community of developers across just about every domain, and so it will help us reach a large audience of package authors. We received this feature request from a range of people - machine learning startups, database service providers, web framework maintainers, data science library maintainers.

Like other package types, Python on Scarf Gateway is free to use, and always will be. 

##### How does it work for an end-user?

Instead of:

```
pip install {package}
```

Your users will run:

```
pip install –extra-index-url=${foo.com} ${package}
```

Every time they do, you’ll have rich yet privacy-preserving analytics that help you run your project or business more efficiently.

##### Where can I learn more?

Check out the [docs](https://docs.scarf.sh/gateway).

**_If you’re attending PyCon this year, I’d happily show you more in person._** I’ll also be giving a talk on this at the Maintainer’s Summit, which I’ll link back to here once the recording is available.

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