# Zope

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Zope and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Python web framework people used widely in its day and found educational; critics say it did not scale.

## Why people recommend it

- Was widely used back then (2 comments): "I used the Python equivalent, Zope, extensively back in the day." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50253740)) "There was a lot of Zope around me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50254500))

## What people warn about

- Poor design choices and failure (2 comments): "It tried to be cool, made ALL the wrong choices, and died silently with people just moving on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905752)) "which was a total disaster" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48255369))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ruby on Rails](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ruby-on-rails.md): 337 recommend
- [Django](https://hackerapproved.com/p/django.md): 277 recommend
- [Next.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/next-js.md): 127 recommend
- [Phoenix Framework](https://hackerapproved.com/p/phoenix.md): 85 recommend
- [Laravel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/laravel.md): 71 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Zope", https://hackerapproved.com/p/zope/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).