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tg2

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Python web framework with full-stack layer implemented on top of a microframework core with support for SQL DBMS, MongoDB and Pluggable Applications

Last updated Jun 18, 2026

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TurboGears ==========

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TurboGears is a hybrid web framework able to act both as a Full Stack framework or as a Microframework. TurboGears helps you get going fast and gets out of your way when you want it!

TurboGears can be used both as a full stack framework or as a microframework in single file mode.

The following content covers examples in minimal mode, to see an example for full stack capabilities take a look at tg.devtools <https://github.com/turboGears/tg2devtools>_

Get Started

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To try TurboGears just get `pip if you don't already have it::


$ curl -O 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py'     $ python get-pip.py
And install Turbogears::
$ pip install TurboGears2

Then serving a TurboGears web application is as simple as making a webapp.py file with your application::


from wsgiref.simpleserver import makeserver     from tg import MinimalApplicationConfigurator     from tg import expose, TGController
# RootController of our web app, in charge of serving content for /     class RootController(TGController):         @expose(c)         def index(self):             return 'Hello World'
# Configure a new minimal application with our root controller.     config = MinimalApplicationConfigurator()     config.update_blueprint({         'root_controller': RootController()     })
# Serve the newly configured web application.     print("Serving on port 8080...")     httpd = makeserver('', 8080, config.makewsgi_app())     httpd.serve_forever()

Start it with python webapp.py and open your browser at http://localhost:8080/


Want to play further with TurboGears? Try the TurboGears Tutorials:

Getting Started with Turbogears _

Building a Wiki in 20 minutes _


Support and Documentation

Visit TurboGears Documentation _ for complete documentation and tutorials.

See the TurboGears website `_ to get a quick overview of the framework and look for support.

License

TurboGears is licensed under an MIT-style license (see LICENSE.txt). Other incorporated projects may be licensed under different licenses. All licenses allow for non-commercial and commercial use.

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