The MessageKit Project Summary:  MessageKit [msgkit.py] is a framework that simplifies the development of distributed applications written in Python. Leveraging an existing peer-to- peer messaging framework, the msgkit API allows the python programmer to easily create simple distributed applications of arbitrary achitecture, including the client-server model. Msgkit runs on Python 2.7, and has been tested on Debian-based x86 GNU/Linux systems such as Linux Mint LMDE, Ubuntu, Debian Server, and the Raspbian distribution running on the ARM- based Raspberry Pi SBC.   Included in the MessageKit release are demo distributed applications that illustrate how the msgkit API is intended to be used. They may also serve as templates for new applications.