Full-stack enterprise framework for agile development of secure database-driven web-based applications, written and programmable in Python

web2py is an Open Source framework for agile development of secure web based database driven web applications, programmable in Python.

The package includes web server, sqlite database, python interpreter and a web based interface. Development, deployment and maintenance of web application, as well as database administration, is done via the provided web interface.

Follows Model-View-Controller software engineering pattern, similar to Ruby on Rails.

Can handle HTML, RSS, CSV, AJAX, JSON, WIKI markup and can talk to MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle databases.

Provides a ticketing system for reporting and logging errors.

Applications developed with web2py can be packaged and distributed in python byte-code compiled closed source form.