# Buildout

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Buildout Developer Jim Fulton (programmer) Stable release 5.2.0[1] / 29 April 2026; 59 days ago (29 April 2026) Written in Python Operating system Windows, POSIX Type Software development tools License Zope Public License Website www.buildout.org , PyPI page Repository github.com/buildout/buildout

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](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/buildout).

**Buildout** is a software [build automation](/source/Build_automation) [tool](/source/Software_development_tool) for building a [codebase](/source/Codebase). It is primarily used to download and setup [dependencies](/source/Coupling_(computer_programming)) 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. The tool is [open-source](/source/Open-source_software) and written in [Python](/source/Python_(programming_language)).

## Features

- Segregates configuration from scripts

- Configuration files are formatted as [INI](/source/INI_file)

- Support for *setuptools* and *eggs*[2]

- Plugin support through Buildout recipes[3]

## Examples

Example configuration file:

  [buildout]
  develop = .
  parts = test

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

## Notable applications

- [Grok](/source/Grok_(web_framework))

- [Plone](/source/Plone_(software))[4]

- [Zope](/source/Zope)

## See also

- [List of build automation software](/source/List_of_build_automation_software)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-0f3b6ec6b47fb35f0601aeb17818980a0f953f02-v20_1-0)** ["Release 5.2.0"](https://github.com/buildout/buildout/releases/tag/5.2.0). 29 April 2026. Retrieved 30 April 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Zc.buildout: System for managing development buildouts"](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/zc.buildout#id57).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Buildout Recipes — Buildout v1.2.1 documentation"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090505154155/http://www.buildout.org/docs/recipelist.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.buildout.org/docs/recipelist.html) on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Managing projects with Buildout — Plone CMS: Open Source Content Management"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090906181315/http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/buildout/). Archived from [the original](http://plone.org/documentation/tutorial/buildout) on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-05-09.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.buildout.org)

[Portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals):
- [Free and open-source software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_and_open-source_software)

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