everything is object in python, including Class

a Class itself a also a "object", whose type/__class__ is usually type which constructed the Class object.

since type is a class

# builtins.pyi  
class type:  
    ...  

so following two statements create identical type object instances, which is a class called X

class X:  
    a = 1  
X = type('X', (), dict(a=1))  

u can treat type as a class builder.
normal class build objects; type build classes
so class is also a object