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
Python Meetups and see if there's a Meetup in your area.
USA (west to east)
BayPiggies - San Francisco Bay Area Python Interest Group. Phoenix, AZ, started by Steve Ivy (
steve@redmonk.net).
Front Range Pythoneers - Broomfield, CO. Contact: Jeffery Collins (jcollins at python.net) Meeting place: Level 3, Broomfield Colorado, USA.
Fort Collins, Colorado Pythoneers. Meeting the first Thursday of every month in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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.
Dallas-Ft. Worth (Texas) Pythoneers (w/wiki and local mailing lists)
APUG - Austin (Texas) Python User Group.
Mississippi Python Interest Group. To subscribe to the email list, send a message to:
mspiggie-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Chattanooga, TN user group
Michipug - Michigan (Detroit / Ann Arbor) Python group is just starting up
Clepy: The Cleveland Area Python Interest Group. New members welcome!
PyAtl Atlanta, Georgia Python User Group
TriZPUG: The Triangle Zope/Python User Group in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina, USA.
Fredericksburg ZPUG: Meets at the
Zope Corporation building in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
ZPUG DC: Zope/Python Users Group - Washington, DC.
PIGIP NJ: Python Interest Group In Princeton, NJ.
Philadelphia Python Users Group. New user group for the Philadelphia Area.
NYZPUG is a Zope/Python users group in New York City.
boston-pig will be meeting in Boston, MA.
Australia
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://python.meetup.com/96/ - A group of Python users who meet for discussions and drinks every couple of months. MelbournePUG -
Anthony Briggs has started a new user group in Melbourne.
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.
Brad Bollenbach is organizing a group in Montreal. A Winnipeg group may start soon, contact
Stuart Williams.
India
Europe
Italian Python User Group - Italian Python User Group. The main project is Python Tips & Tricks, a cookbook made by programmers for programmers.
Afpy Association Python Francophone, French Speaking Python & Zope User Group
Python Blanc Bleu Belge French speaking Python and Zope User Group based in Charleroi, Belgium. Initiated the EuroPython Conference in 2002.
Python Hispano - community portal for Spanish speakers interested in Python.
PyCZ - Czech and Slovak User Group covers both Python and Zope. Its a wiki now.
Deutsche web site contains forums for discussing Python in German.
PUN - Python Users Nederland.
GrimPypers - Python User Group - Grimstad, Norway
Latinoamerica
PyAr - Python Argentina: Community portal, job list, monthly meetings, sprints, etc.
Python Brasil - Greatest Python Brazilian Community.
- Python México Python Community in México. Python Peru. Peruvian Python User Comunity. Send e-mail to
python-pe-subscribe@aqpglug.org.pe
- Python Venezuela : Website of Python Community in Venezuela - Grupo de usuarios Python en Venezuela - Portal del Grupo.
China
Chinese speaking Python users should consider joining the
Python Chinese User Group and mailing list.
CPUG - Chinese Python User Group
BPUG - Beijing Python User Group (subgroup of CPUG)
International
PyJUG - Python Japan User's Group. Japanese mailing list:
python-ml-jp
Russian-speaking Python & Zope User Group. See also their
mailing list, including archive and search.
PyKUG - Python Users' Group in Korea

