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🚀 PYTHON for POWER is HERE!

By Gerrit Huizenga posted 10 hours ago

  

Python on IBM Power is here! 

We’re thrilled to announce the third pillar of our “Developer First” ecosystem: 

This follows the launch of: 

Now, we’re bringing Python into the fold—making it easier than ever to build, scale, and optimize AI and data-driven applications on Power. 

🧠 Why Python on Power? 

If you’ve got Linux on Power and want to: 

  • Explore your data 

  • Apply AI to real-world problems 

  • Leverage massive memory, high I/O throughput, and non-stop production scalability 

Then this is your on-ramp to get started. 

We’ve heard from many of you: Python on Power has been a challenge—until now. We're opening the ecosystem to make it more accessible, powerful, and community-driven. 

📦 What’s Available Today? 

We’re launching with: 

  • ~250 unique Python packages (over 1000 versions!) 

  • Focused on architecture-specific builds 

  • Available now at: https://wheels.developerfirst.ibm.com 

These packages support Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12 (with a preference for 3.12). They were curated from internal workloads across 10+ use cases and aggregated into a PyPI-style devpi repository. 

To help you get started, check out our demo repo: 
👉 https://github.com/ppc64le/pyeco 

We’ve set up maintainers to: 

  • Share demos and test cases 

  • Collect technical issues 

  • Collaborate with the community 

🌱 Just the Beginning 

This isn’t a complete set (yet!) and may not always be the latest version—but it’s a foundation. We’re building a collaboration bazaar to grow the ecosystem around AI and Python on Power. 

Expect: 

  • Regular updates 

  • More architecture-optimized packages 

  • Upstream contributions 

  • Smarter tooling and AI-assisted maintenance 

🤝 We Need You! 

We’re looking for: 

  • Python/AI package optimizers for Power 

  • Data scientists to build, demo, and validate 

  • Community contributors to help us grow 

If you’re interested, reach out and connect—we’d love to collaborate! 

Also, tell us what packages you need! 


Use GitHub Issues in https://github.com/ppc64le/pyeco to: 

  • Request packages 

  • Share rationale for prioritization 

  • Help us navigate Python dependency hell 😅 

And yes—PyPI still works for noarch packages or source builds, so you can go beyond our starter set. 

We’re excited to explore what’s possible with Python on Power—and we hope you’ll join us on this journey! 

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