Python User Groups

Here is a listing of Python user groups. If your group isn't listed or if your information is out of date, please write webmaster@python.org. If your group has a special event you'd like to see listed on the Events page, please write events@python.org.

Python User Groups are sometimes called PIGgies, for Python Interest Group meetings. The term PIGgies was coined by the Bay Area PIGgies group.

O'Reilly's ONLamp published an article about user groups.

If there isn't an organized user group for your area listed on this page, check the list of Python Meetups and see if there's a Meetup in your area.

USA (west to east)

• BayPiggies - San Francisco Bay Area Python Interest Group.

• Seattle Python Interest Group.

• PORPIG - Portland, Oregon.

• SANDPYT - San Diego, CA.

• Phoenix, AZ, started by steve@redmonk.net (Steve Ivy)
• Front Range Pythoneers - Broomfield, CO. Contact: Jeffery Collins (jcollins at python.net) Meeting place: Level 3, Broomfield Colorado, USA.

• Omaha Python Users Group. A Python users group in the Omaha, NE area (though others can join). The purpose is a place where people can share ideas, and where newbies can learn to enjoy the wonderful world of Python Programming.

• APUG - Austin (Texas) Python User Group.

• Twin Cities (Minnesota) Zope/Python Users Group.

• Python St. Louis (Missouri) User Group

• Southern Missouri Python Interest Group

• ChiPy - The Chicago Python Users Group

• Mississippi Python Interest Group. To subscribe to the email list, send a message to: mspiggie-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

• Chattanooga, TN user group
• TriZPUG: The Triangle Zope/Python User Group in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, USA.
• ZPUG DC: Zope/Python Users Group - Washington, DC.

• NYZPUG is a Zope/Python users group in New York City.

• boston-pig will be meeting in Boston, MA.

Australia

• Mailing list for Australian Python users.

• SAPIG - The Sydney Australia Python Interest Group. SAPIG is, while not restricted to Python on Linux, a Special Interest Group of the Sydney Linux Users Group (SLUG), and would like to thank SLUG for its support.

Canada

• OPAG - Ottawa Python Authors Group. A group devoted to learning, using and providing resources for Python. OPAG also serves as a general gathering place for Python programmers from the Ottawa region and beyond.
• PyGTA - the Toronto Python/Zope User Group meets regularly to explore the expanding world of Python and Zope.
• VanPyZ - Vancouver Python/Zope.
• Alain Caron is organizing a bilingual group in Montreal.

International

• Python Brasil
• Python Hispano - community portal for Spanish speakers interested in Python.

• PyCZ - Czech and Slovak User Group covers both Python and Zope.

• Deutsch web site contains forums for discussing Python in German.

• Bangalore, India Zope/Python User Group

• PyJUG - Python Japan User's Group. Japanese mailing list: python-ml-jp

• Chinese speaking Python users should consider joining the Python Chinese User Group and mailing list.

• Odavia Palomino is trying to start a group in Mexico. Send e-mail to ODAVIA@aol.com.

• Russian-speaking Python & Zope User Group. See also their mailing list, including archive and search.