[4][5] Created by Pierre Raybaut[6] and released in 2009[1][2] under the MIT license,[7] since 2012 Spyder has been maintained and continuously improved by Python developers and the community.

[citation needed] Spyder is extensible with first-party and third-party plugins,[8] and includes support for interactive tools for data inspection and embeds Python-specific code quality assurance and introspection instruments, such as Pyflakes, Pylint[9] and Rope.

[citation needed] As of 2024, the Spyder website lists the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and NumFOCUS as their two major sponsors, also noting donations received from users through Open Collective.

Spyder integrates with a number of prominent packages in the scientific Python stack, including NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, pandas, IPython, SymPy and Cython, as well as other open-source software.

[4][5] Spyder is extensible with first-party and third-party plugins,[8] includes support for interactive tools for data inspection and embeds Python-specific code quality assurance and introspection instruments, such as Pyflakes, Pylint[9] and Rope.