Do I need an Anaconda licence to use the CSD Python API?

Modified on Mon, 23 Jun at 4:26 PM

No, you do not. The conda program and almost all publicly accessible conda channels are free for use by everyone. An Anaconda licence is only required for

  • The Anaconda Distribution - we don't use this, instead we create our own installer for the miniconda distribution, the CSD Python API itself and some dependencies and other useful packages from the conda-forge repository
  • The default channel - we are very careful only to pull packages from our own repository and the free conda-forge repository

If you are installing the CSD Python API into your own Python environment then we recommend using a miniforge installer to ensure that no packages are pulled from the default channel.

For more on Anaconda licensing please see https://www.anaconda.com/blog/is-conda-free.

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