# How many threads can you run at once Julia?

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**Category:** New to Julia\
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**Created:** [December 13, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-many-threads-can-you-run-at-once-julia/73035 "2021-12-13T17:31:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cong\_Minh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cong_minh/32/28558_2.png) [@Cong\_Minh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Cong_Minh)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-many-threads-can-you-run-at-once-julia/73035/1 "2021-12-13T17:31:38Z")

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hi guys  
i come from python world, i know that python can only execute 1 thread at 1 time, so can Julia execute multiple threads at 1 time?

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-many-threads-can-you-run-at-once-julia/73035/2 "2021-12-13T17:34:02Z")

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Yes, Julia can run multithreaded. See [Multi-Threading · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/multi-threading/)

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**Author:** ![Cong\_Minh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cong_minh/32/28558_2.png) [@Cong\_Minh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Cong_Minh)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-many-threads-can-you-run-at-once-julia/73035/3 "2021-12-13T17:35:49Z")

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thanks  
julia doesn’t have a Global Interpreter Lock right?

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-many-threads-can-you-run-at-once-julia/73035/4 "2021-12-13T17:37:25Z")

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Correct.