CodeSkulptor was created in 2012 as a tool for teaching Python programming, especially to beginners. A driving goal is to be very easy to use. Some of its main advantages for teaching are

• students do not need to install any software,
• students will all have the same Python version and the same editor, and
• students can access the same programming environment and code files from any computer.

It was initially created for an online course, “An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python”, by Joe Warren, Scott Rixner, John Greiner, and Stephen Wong. It is also used in Computer Science courses at Rice University.

CodeSkulptor was built by Scott Rixner and Marie Chatfield. John Greiner develops CodeSkulptor's documentation.

CodeSkulptor is based upon the following software packages:

• Skulpt
• CodeMirror
• Bootstrap
• jQuery UI
• jQuery Splitter Plugin
• jQuery UI Touch Punch

The icons used in CodeSkulptor are part of the GLYPHICONS Halflings set, provided for free use with Bootstrap.

The title font is Delius, made available by Google Fonts.