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.