.. _Python Standard Library: http://docs.python.org/library/

Requirements and Dependencies
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- circuits has no **required** dependencies beyond the `Python Standard Library`_.
- Python: >= 2.6


Other Optional Dependencies
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These dependencies are not strictly required and only add additional
features such as the option for a routes dispatcher for circuits.web
and rendering of component graphs for your application.

- `pydot <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pydot/>`_
  -- For rendering component graphs of an application.
