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<p>Zope is a family of <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source</a> <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">web</a> <a href="/facts/Application_server/wHYtgYK5">application servers</a> written in <a href="/facts/Python_/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, and their associated online community. Zope stands for "Z Object Publishing Environment", and was the first system using the now common <a href="/facts/Object_(computer_science)/eX99dtAw">object</a> publishing methodology for the Web. Zope has been called a Python <a href="/facts/Killer_app/fq6sMeHI">killer app</a>, an application that helped put Python in the spotlight.
</p><p>Over the last few years, the Zope community has spawned several additional <a href="/facts/Web_framework/8f1CVHDX">web frameworks</a> with disparate aims and principles, but sharing philosophy, people, and source code. Zope 2 is still the most widespread of these frameworks, largely thanks to the <a href="/facts/Plone_(software)/GVuT4KTR">Plone content management system</a>, which runs on Zope 2. BlueBream (earlier called Zope 3) is less widespread but underlies several large sites, including <a href="/facts/Launchpad_(website)/gx71wYj5">Launchpad</a>. Grok was started as a more programmer-friendly framework, "Zope 3 for cavemen", and in 2009 <a href="/facts/Pylons_project/cWdJxCwa">Pyramid</a> gained popularity in the Zope community as a minimalistic framework based on Zope principles.
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