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= Well-known Python Programs =
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* [http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html MailMan] == Web and Internet Applications ==
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* [http://www.bittorrent.com/ BitTorrent] See also the [[WebApplications|Web Applications]] page.
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/moin/ MoinMoin]  * [[http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html|Mailman]]
 * [[http://www.bittorrent.com/|BitTorrent]]
 * [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/moin/|MoinMoin]]
 * [[http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/|SpamBayes]]
 * [[http://www.clamwin.com/|ClamWin]]
 * [[http://www.zope.org|Zope]]
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* yum === Powered by Python ===
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* [http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ SpamBayes] Some high-profile Web sites are implemented in Python, according to various reports:
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* [http://www.clamwin.com/ ClamWin]  * [[http://www.reddit.com/|reddit.com]] - [[http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit|written using web.py]]
 * [[http://www.jot.com/|JotSpot]] - [[http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/#GoogleUsesTwisted2006-10-31|"Google has acquired JotSpot, a company that makes use of Twisted"]]
 * [[http://doggdot.us/|diggdot.us]] - with Turbogears under the hood.
 * [[http://youtube.com|youtube.com]]
 * [[http://www.yelp.com/|Yelp]]
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* [http://www.zope.org Zope] == Version Control ==
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- viewcvs (now viewvc)  * [[http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/|Mercurial]]
 * [[http://bazaar-vcs.org/|Bazaar]]
 * [[http://www.viewvc.org/|ViewVC]] (formerly ViewCVS) - a repository browser for CVS and Subversion
 * [[http://cvs2svn.tigris.org/|cvs2svn]] - the CVS to Subversion repository converter
 * Two bug trackers: [[http://trac.edgewall.org/|Trac]] and [[http://roundup.sourceforge.net/|Roundup]]
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- AFAIK the cvs-to-svn conversion tool == Historical Python Applications ==
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- Two bug trackers: trac and roundup Historically (these have all been rewritten at some point after acquisition):
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- HP Compaq preinstalled Python on a series of computers for some administration tasks  * Yahoo Mail started out as 411 mail which was all Python
 * Yahoo Groups started out as egroups which was all Python
 * Microsoft Commerce Server started out as eShop which was all Python (Yes, Microsoft acquired Python-based software!)
 * Google's first crawler was written in Python
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- Linux distributions: See also lists at [[http://pythonology.org/spotting]], [[http://www.python.org/about/projects/]], [[http://pythonsource.com]]
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  - Many parts of the Ubuntu project (can anyone flesh this out?) Related topics:
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  - Red Hat's up2date tool (the pulsating red dot)  * AppsWithPythonScripting
 * PythonForSystemsAdministration
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  - RedHat's installer, Anaconda (notice the clever python tie-in on the name). [http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/anaconda-installer/]

  - Gentoo Linux RELIES on Python

- Historically (these have all been rewritten at some point after acquisition):

  - Yahoo Mail started out as 411 mail which was all Python

  - Yahoo Groups started out as egroups which was all Python

  - Microsoft Commerce Server started out as eShop which was all Python (Yes, Microsoft acquired Python-based software!)

  - Google's first crawler was written in Python

See also lists at [http://pythonology.org/spotting], [http://www.python.org/about/projects/]

Related topic: ScriptableInPython

Well-known Python Programs

Some well-known programs that are written, partially or completely, in Python:

Web and Internet Applications

See also the Web Applications page.

Powered by Python

Some high-profile Web sites are implemented in Python, according to various reports:

Version Control

Historical Python Applications

Historically (these have all been rewritten at some point after acquisition):

  • Yahoo Mail started out as 411 mail which was all Python
  • Yahoo Groups started out as egroups which was all Python
  • Microsoft Commerce Server started out as eShop which was all Python (Yes, Microsoft acquired Python-based software!)
  • Google's first crawler was written in Python

See also lists at http://pythonology.org/spotting, http://www.python.org/about/projects/, http://pythonsource.com

Related topics:


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