Buildout

Buildout

Developer(s)	Jim Fulton (programmer)
Stable release	2.5.0 / November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)
Written in	Python
Operating system	Windows, POSIX
Type	Software development tools
License	Zope Public License
Website	www.buildout.org, PyPI page

This article is about the open source software build tool. For the North American word meaning "The growth, development, or expansion of something", see wikt:Buildout.

Buildout is an open source software build tool. Buildout is created using the Python programming language. It implements a principle of separation of configuration from the scripts that do the setting up. Buildout is primarily used to download and set up dependencies in Python eggs format of the software being developed or deployed. Recipes for build tasks in any environment can be created, and many are already available.

Major features

• Configuration files are INI format
• Support for setuptools and eggs
• Plugin support through Buildout recipes

Sample configuration

  [buildout]
  develop = .
  parts = test

  [test]
  recipe = zc.recipe.testrunner
  eggs = theegg

Notable applications

• Grok
• Plone
• Zope

See also

• List of build automation software

External links

• Buildout Home Page
• Python Package Index page
• Developing Django apps with zc.buildout by Jacob Kaplan-Moss