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.

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Asia

China

• [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)

India

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

• [http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/chennaipy/ ChennaiPy (Chennai Python User Group)] - India

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

• [http://kpug.zwiki.org KPUG] - Kerala Python User Group

Japan

• [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]

Korea

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

Russia

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

• [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://pydev.ru Russian Python Site] contains forums for discussing Python in Russian, list of Russian python sites and python news aggregator.

Taiwan

• [http://wiki.twpy.org.tw/moin/BPUG BPUG] - Taiwan Python User Group (subgroup of CPUG)

Australia

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

• [:BrisbanePUG] - A monthly meeting of food, drink and Python.

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

• [http://www.sypy.org/ Sydney Python Users Group] - A group of Python users who meet in Sydney for discussions and drinks every couple of months. See also [http://groups.google.com/group/sydneypython/ our maillist].

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.

• [wiki:WinniPUG WinniPUG - Winnipeg Python Users Group] - active since December 2005.

Caribbean

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

• [http://www.ttpug.org TTPUG ] - Trinidad and Tobago Python Users Group

Europe

Belgium

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

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

Czechoslovakia

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

Germany

• [http://wiki.python.de/pyCologne pyCologne], the Python User Group Köln - Cologne, Germany

• [http://python.meetup.com/179/ Hamburg Python Meetup Group] - Hamburg, Germany

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

• [http://wiki.python.de/ wiki.python.de] German Python Wiki

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

• [http://www.python.de/ German Python Site] containing links to the most important German Python sites and mailing lists.

Hungary

• [http://www.python.hu/ Hungarian Python Site] Contains Hungarian translations of Python tutorials and manual and much more. Good starting point for new Hungarian Python users.

Ireland

• [http://python.ie/ Python Ireland] - Irish Python Users Group

Italy

• [http://www.python.it Python.it] - Italian Python Website

The Netherlands

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

Norway

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

Poland

• [http://www.ppcg.eu.org/ Polish Python Coders Group] - PPCG

• [http://python-serbia.org/ Python Interests Group of Serbia] Serbian speaking Python user group.

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

• [http://exception.org.ua Exception] - Python seminar in Kiev - Ukraine

Spain

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

Turkey

• [http://www.turkpython.net TurkPython] - Python User Group - Turkey

United Kingdom

• [http://announce.londonpython.org.uk/ London Python]

• [http://pywm.eu/pug/ Python West Midlands] - UK

Latin America

• [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.pylearn.com 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]

• [http://wiki.python.org.il/Main_Page Python Israel] - Python users community in Israel

USA

California

• [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.snakecharmers.org/ SnakeCharmers] - San Diego Python Users' Group.

Colorado

• FrontRangePythoneers - We meet every third Wednesday, 6-8 PM, in Boulder, Colorado.

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

Georgia

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

Illinois

• [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.

Iowa

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

Kentucky

• [http://lzpug.org/ Louisville, KY] The Louisville Python and Zope User Group [http://lzpug.org lzpug.org] at the University of Louisville - open to everyone

Massachusetts

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

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Missouri

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

Nebraska

• [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha Omaha Python Users Group] -- Meetings on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Check the [http://www.OmahaPython.org wiki] more details.

New Hampshire

• [http://www.pysig.org Python SIG] of the [http://www.gnhlug.org Greater New Hampshire Linux User Group] meets the 4th Thursday in Manchester, NH. [http://www.dlslug.org/mailman/listinfo/python-talk Mailing list] courtesy of the [http://www.dlslug.org Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group].

New Jersey

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

New York

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

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

North Carolina

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

Ohio

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

Tennessee

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

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

Texas

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

• [http://wiki.python.org/moin/AustinPythonUserGroup APUG] - Austin (Texas) Python User Group.

Utah

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

Virginia

• [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.

Washington

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

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