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

If there isn't an organized user group for your area listed on this page, check the list of [http://python.meetup.com/ Python Meetups] and see if there's a Meetup in your area.

USA (west to east)

• [http://www.baypiggies.net/ BayPiggies] - San Francisco Bay Area Python Interest Group.

• [http://socal-piggies.org/scp SoCal Piggies] - Southern California Python Interest Group.

• [http://www.sandpyt.org/ SANDPYT - San Diego, CA].

• [http://www.seapig.org Seattle Python Interest Group].

• [http://www.porpig.org/ PORPIG - Portland, Oregon].

• [http://www.utahpython.org/ Utah Python User Group].

• [http://www.fr.co.us.pythoneers.org/ Front Range Pythoneers] - Broomfield, CO. Contact: Jeffery Collins (jcollins at python.net) Meeting place: Level 3, Broomfield Colorado, USA.

• [http://www.fort-collins.co.us.pythoneers.org/ Fort Collins, Colorado Pythoneers]. Meeting the first Thursday of every month in Fort Collins, Colorado.

• [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oma-python 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.

• [http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/pyowa Pyowa] - Iowa Python Interest Group (Mailing List).

• [http://www.python.org/dfw Dallas-Ft. Worth (Texas) Pythoneers] (w/wiki and local mailing lists)

• [mailto:eric@enthought.com APUG] - Austin (Texas) Python User Group.

• [http://www.zope.org/Members/tczpug/ Twin Cities (Minnesota) Zope/Python Users Group].

• [http://www.somopig.org Southern Missouri Python Interest Group]

• [http://www.chipy.org/ ChiPy - The Chicago Python Users Group]

• [http://illipy.tautology.net/ IlliPy - The Champaign-Urbana Python Users Group]

  • Visit the [http://groups.google.com/group/illipy-announce illipy-announce] Google Group site to subscribe for user group announcements.

  • Visit the [http://groups.google.com/group/illipy-discuss illipy-discuss] Google Group site to subscribe for user group discussions.

• [http://uselesspython.com/mspiggie.html Mississippi Python Interest Group]. To subscribe to the email list, send a message to: [mailto:mspiggie-subscribe@yahoogroups.com mspiggie-subscribe@yahoogroups.com]

• [mailto:pig@chatta.us Chattanooga, TN] user group

• [mailto:connorkasaitis@gmail.com Memphis, TN] online user group

• [http://groups.google.com/group/michipug Michipug] - Michigan (Detroit / Ann Arbor) Python group is just starting up

• [http://www.clepy.org Clepy]: The Cleveland Area Python Interest Group. New members welcome!

• [http://python.meetup.com/46/ PyAtl] Atlanta, Georgia Python User Group

• [http://trizpug.org/ TriZPUG]: The Triangle Zope/Python User Group in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, USA.

• [http://www.zope.org/Members/poster/zpug_info Fredericksburg ZPUG]: Meets at the [http://www.zope.com Zope Corporation] building in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

• [http://www.zpugdc.org/ ZPUG DC]: Zope/Python Users Group - Washington, DC.

• [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nycpython/ NYC Python]: Python Users Group In New York City, NY

• [http://www.pigip.org/ PIGIP NJ]: Python Interest Group In Princeton, NJ.

• [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PhillyPug/ Philadelphia Python Users Group]. New user group for the Philadelphia Area.

• [http://www.nyzpug.org/ NYZPUG] is a Zope/Python users group in New York City.

• [http://developer.nervestaple.com/ Springfield/Northampton/Amherst MA Developer's Group] Meets 1-2 times per month.

• [http://wingide.com/mailman/listinfo/boston-pig boston-pig] will be meeting in Boston, MA.

Australia

• [http://starship.python.net/mailman/listinfo/python-au Mailing list for Australian Python users.]

• [http://pig.slug.org.au/ 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.

• [http://www.sypy.org] - A group of Python users who meet for discussions and drinks every couple of months. [mailto:sydneypython@googlegroups.com Our maillist.]

• [:MelbournePUG] - [mailto:anthony.briggs@gmail.com Anthony Briggs] has started a new user group in Melbourne.

Canada

• [http://opag.ca/ 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.

• [http://web.engcorp.com/pygta PyGTA] - the Toronto Python/Zope User Group meets regularly to explore the expanding world of Python and Zope.

• [http://www.kwpug.org KWPUG] - the Kitchener/Waterloo Python User Group - just starting July 17, 2006.

• [http://www.vanpyz.org/ VanPyZ] - Vancouver Python/Zope.

• [mailto:pthibault33@yahoo.ca Pierre Thibault] is organizing a group in Montreal. See [http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/python-montreal Python-Montreal group]

• [wiki:WinniPUG A Winnipeg group] is organizing, join our [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/winnipeg mailing list].

Europe

• [http://www.italianpug.org Italian Python User Group] - Italian Python User Group. The main project is Python Tips & Tricks, a cookbook made by programmers for programmers.

• [http://www.afpy.org Afpy] Association Python Francophone, French Speaking Python & Zope User Group

• [http://www.p3b.org Python Blanc Bleu Belge] French speaking Python and Zope User Group based in Charleroi, Belgium. Initiated the EuroPython Conference in 2002.

• [http://www.pythonhispano.org Python Hispano] - community portal for Spanish speakers interested in Python.

• [http://www.py.cz/ PyCZ] - Czech and Slovak User Group covers both Python and Zope. Its a wiki now.

• [http://www.python-forum.de/ Python-Forum.de] German Python forum

• [http://www.python.de/ German Python Site] contains forums for discussing Python in German. (outdated and being worked on)

• [http://nl.python.org/ PUN] - Python Users Nederland.

• [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/grimpypers/ GrimPypers] - Python User Group - Grimstad, Norway

• [http://www.python-academy.de/LE-Snakes/index.html Leipzig Python User Group] - Leipzig, Germany

• [http://soup.zen.si Slovenski Ortodoksni Uporabniki Pythona ;)]

• [http://plone.org.ru Russian Plone/Zope User Group] - Russian Zope/Plone/Python user group. Most popular community site for russian speaking users.

Caribbean

• [mailto:jamaicanpy@zope.com.jm?Subject=subscribe JamaicanPy]: JamaicanPy, Jamaican Python Community Mailing List, Programming Opportunities etc....

Latinoamerica

• [http://www.python.org/ar PyAr - Python Argentina]: Community portal, job list, monthly meetings, sprints, etc.

• [http://www.pythonbrasil.com.br Python Brasil] - Greatest Python Brazilian Community.

• [http://mx.groups.yahoo.com/group/pythonmexico/ - Python México] Python Community in México.

• Python Peru. Peruvian Python User Comunity. Send e-mail to [mailto:python-pe-subscribe@aqpglug.org.pe python-pe-subscribe@aqpglug.org.pe]

• [http://www.python.org.ve - Python Venezuela] : Website of Python Community in Venezuela - Grupo de usuarios Python en Venezuela - Portal del Grupo.

• [http://www.el-directorio.org/PythonColombia Python Colombia] Grupo de usuarios y desarrolladores de aplicaciones en Python.

Middle East and Africa

• [http://groups.google.com/group/python-eg Python Egypt] - Egypt and Arab World

• [http://www.python.ir Iranian Community] - Python Users' Community in Iran

• [http://www.python.org.za] - Python Users in South Africa.

  • Mailing list [http://groups.google.com/group/ctpug]

Asia

• [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BangPypers BangPypers (Bangalore Python Users Group)] - India

• [http://python.cn/ Python Chinese User Group] - Chinese Python User Group

  • [http://wiki.woodpecker.org.cn/moin/BPUG BPUG] - Beijing Python User Group (subgroup of CPUG)

• [http://www.python.jp PyJUG] - Python Japan User's Group. Japanese mailing list: [http://www.python.jp/mailman/listinfo/python-ml-jp python-ml-jp]

• [http://zope.net.ru/ Russian-speaking Python & Zope User Group]. See also their [http://zope.net.ru/About/mail-list/ mailing list], including archive and search.

• [http://www.python.or.kr PyKUG] - Python Users' Group in Korea

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