# Overview

> The Metapool Factory, which was the first Curve Factory, allows the permissionless deployment of regular [stableswap](../../stableswap/overview.md) plain and metapools, LP tokens, and liquidity gauges. **Liquidity pool and LP token DO NOT share the same contract.**:::deploy[Contract Source & Deployment]

The Metapool Factory, which was the first Curve Factory, allows the permissionless deployment of regular [stableswap](../../stableswap/overview.md) plain and metapools, LP tokens, and liquidity gauges. **Liquidity pool and LP token DO NOT share the same contract.**:::deploy[Contract Source & Deployment]

The **Metapool Factory**contract is deployed to the Ethereum mainnet at: [0xb9fc157394af804a3578134a6585c0dc9cc990d4](https://etherscan.io/address/0xb9fc157394af804a3578134a6585c0dc9cc990d4#code).  
A list of all deployed contracts can be found [here](../../../../deployments.md).

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## Implementations

More on [implementations](./implementations.md).