# Guide for IPython core Developers

This guide documents the development of IPython itself. Alternatively, developers of third party tools and libraries that use IPython should see the Developer’s guide for third party tools and libraries.

For instruction on how to make a developer install see Installing the development version.

- IPython release process

## Old Documentation

Out of date documentation is still available and have been kept for archival purposes.

Note

Developers documentation used to be on the IPython wiki, but are now out of date. The wiki is though still available for historical reasons: Old IPython GitHub Wiki.