ʻO Sudoku kahi pāʻani loiloi Iapana i pahū i ka kaulana i ka makahiki 2005. Ua hoʻolālā mua ʻia ʻo GNOME Sudoku ma Python e Thomas Hinkle, ʻoiai ua kākau hou ʻia. Ua manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa i kahi interface e like me ka maʻalahi a me ka hiki ʻole ke hāʻawi mau i nā hiʻohiʻona e hoʻohauʻoli ai i ka pāʻani ʻana iā Sudoku.