Dear Gretl Community,

It’s been almost exactly 11 months since I started a new gretl-related project: gretl4py. Over this time, I’ve spent countless hours writing and testing the module, learning a lot about the inner workings of libgretl, and rediscovering my long-dormant C++ skills. (After 20 years away from the language, I found myself in a new, much better world! 😄)

Today, I’m happy to announce the release of version 0.2, now available via PyPI for the three major operating systems: Windows, macOS, and Linux. This means you can install it simply by running:

python -m pip install gretl4py

Please note that the official PDF documentation is slightly outdated, as it mostly refers to version 0.1. For a better starting point, see the simplified documentation at:
🔗 https://pypi.org/project/gretl4py/

You can also look at example scripts here:
🔗 https://sourceforge.net/p/gretl/gretl4py/ci/v0.2/tree/demo/
🔗 https://sourceforge.net/p/gretl/gretl4py/ci/v0.2/tree/gretl/examples/

At this point, I’d like to thank everyone who has contributed in some way to the gretl4py project—especially:

• Allin Cottrell, for helping me integrate libgretl functionality into the bindings,

• Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti, for testing and inspiring ideas about what could be added and how,

• and Federico Fiorani, for his contributions to the first version of the package.

Of course, any remaining bugs are my responsibility. If you find any, or have questions about the package, don’t hesitate to speak up!

With best regards,
Marcin