Warning

This repository is no longer maintained. This repository will not be updated and I will not respond to support requests. There are a few reasons for why this is:

• Python 2 was deprecated on January 1, 2020.
• As of this writing, IronPython does not have a stable release for Python 3.
• Updating to newer versions of IronPython for Python 2 does not appear to be straightforward as IronPython links against newer versions of DLLs that Unity uses.
• pip dropped support for Python 2 in January 2021
• I no longer use Unity.

This makes it difficult for me to keep the repository up to date and provide support. If you are interested in taking over, I would recommend putting your energy towards moving to Python 3 using IronPython 3 instead of continuing to use IronPython 2. Let me know if this is what you would like to do; I can provide some limited advice based on my experience making this library and I can redirect users to your library when it's ready.

UnityPython

UnityPython is a plugin for Unity3D that provides support for running Python 2.x code in Unity3D on any platform which supports System.Reflection.Emit.

Special thanks to the developers of IronPython who developed the open-source integration of Python and .NET, which this plugin uses.

Requirements

The build target must support System.Reflection.Emit. In the Unity3D docs, you can find an up-to-date detailed list of which platforms support Emit or not here.

As of Unity3D 2019.4 LTS, here is a chart of platform support for Emit:

Platform (scripting backend)	Is System.Reflection.Emit supported?
Android (IL2CPP)	No
Android (Mono)	Yes
iOS (IL2CPP)	No
PlayStation 4 (IL2CPP)	No
PlayStation Vita (IL2CPP)	No
Standalone (IL2CPP)	No
Standalone (Mono)	Yes
Switch (IL2CPP)	No
Universal Windows Platform (IL2CPP)	No
Universal Windows Platform (.NET)	Maybe*
WebGL (IL2CPP)	No
WiiU (Mono)	Yes
XBox One (IL2CPP)	No

* Unconfirmed, as Unity states that UWP (.NET) uses a ".NET Core class libraries subset" but fails to state what libraries are included in that subset. If you know the answer to this question, please open a PR.

Setup

There are three different ways to use this library in Unity:

• Use the Add package from git URL... option in Unity's package manager and use the git URL of this repository.
• Clone this repository into your Unity project. Or, if your Unity project is already a git repository, add this repository as a submodule.
• Download and install the latest .unitypackage release

Then, go to Edit > Project Settings > Player > Other Settings > Configuration and change Api Compatability Level to ".NET 4.x"

Usage

An example is provided below. More examples can be found in the Examples/ folder.

using UnityEngine;
using IronPython.Hosting;

public class HelloWorld : MonoBehaviour
{
	void Start()
	{
		var engine = Python.CreateEngine();
		var scope = engine.CreateScope();

		string code = "str = 'Hello world!'";

		var source = engine.CreateScriptSourceFromString(code);
		source.Execute(scope);

		Debug.Log(scope.GetVariable<string>("str"));
	}
}