---
id: zope-event
version: "6.2"
license: ZPL-2.1
license_treatment: unclear
maintenance: active
---

# zope.event — Very basic event publishing system

License: unclear · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install zope-event
uv add zope-event
poetry add zope-event

## Description

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zope.event
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The ``zope.event`` package provides a simple event system, including:

- An event publishing API, intended for use by applications which are
  unaware of any subscribers to their events.

- A very simple synchronous event-dispatching system, on which more sophisticated
  event dispatching systems can be built. For example, a type-based
  event dispatching system that builds on ``zope.event`` can be found in
  ``zope.component``.

Please see http://zopeevent.readthedocs.io/ for the documentation.

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 ``zope.event`` Changelog
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6.2 (2026-04-28)
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- Move package metadata from setup.py to...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

zope.event provides a lightweight event publishing and dispatching system for Python applications, allowing decoupled communication between components through synchronous event notification.

Verdict: zope.event is a stable, well-maintained event system with no security vulnerabilities, zero runtime dependencies, and broad Python version support. It is suitable for applications needing simple synchronous event dispatch, though the unclear license treatment warrants verification before use in proprietary contexts.

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