What happened to the "Kite" engine being enabled via preferences.

Issue: cannot enable “Kite”.

Spyder version: 5.3 Python version: 3.9.10

Before version 5.3, I was able to use Kite. Now I cannot enable.

In Spyder, you enable Kite by performing the following: Preferences > Completion and Linting > Advanced Tab > Select “Providers”

Source article: https://help.kite.com/article/123-kite-cannot-detect-spyder-installation

BUT in this Spyder 5.3, there is not “Providers” under the “Advanced Tab” and could not enable Kite.

Yes I do have a downloaded version of “Kite” setup that I saved.

Why cannot I use “Kite” which I downloaded.

Thank you, Anthony of Sydney

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[AnthonyTheKoala]

Thank you for the response. I am glad I did save the installation executable file for “Kite” because I noticed that the site at https://www.kite.com/kite-is-temporarily-unavailable/?source=download has been saying for several months that the “Kite is temporarily unavailable”.

No explanation has been given by the “Kite” site.

The “Kite” can still be used in the Visual Studio Code.

Nevertheless, I prefer the Spyder IDE where even without the “Kite”, I still get auto-completion with Spyder.

I let you close this issue.

Thank you Anthony of Sydney

[dalthviz]

Hi @shakedAB , I think Spyder 5.2.2 should be able to still have the Kite provider option. However you need to be sure that also the correct version of spyder-kernels is being installed. I’m not sure which OS and installation method are you using, but maybe you could try to use the standalone installers available at: https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/releases/tag/v5.2.2 (from the Assets section you can find a Spyder_64bit_full.exe file for Windows and a Spyder.dmg file for MacOS )