pyenv-virtualenvwrapper, pyenv, pyvenv, rvirtualenv, tox, v, venv, vex, virtual-python, virtualenv-burrito, virtualenv-mv, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper-win, virtualenvwrapper, workingenv Jun 13, 2011 PEP 405 (Python Virtual Environments) is created. Oct 17, 2005 virtual-python.py is added to EasyInstall. May 25, 2012 PEP 405 is accepted for inclusion in Python 3.3. Sep 13, 2015 Python 3.5 is released and venv is recommended tool • Virtualenv is a directory containing a Python interpreter, a special pyvenv.cfg • The “standard tool for creating virtual environments” is venv.