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Packages which serve up django applications as additions or alternatives to the standard mod_wsgi + apache, leaving out pure connectors like fastcgi/flup.
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Description
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An ASGI web server, for
Python. 🦄 |
gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX, fast clients and sleepy |
A Rust HTTP server for Python
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uWSGI application server
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Waitress - A WSGI server for
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Python 3?
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Dev Status
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Beta | Production/Stable | Production/Stable | Unknown | Mature |
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Version (PyPI)
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0.46.0 | 26.0.0 | 2.7.4 | 2.0.31 | 3.0.2 |
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Stars
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10,643 | 10,566 | 5,327 | 3,547 | 1,578 |
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Forks
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941 | 1,836 | 151 | 696 | 181 |
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Updated
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30 Apr 2026 | 5 May 2026 | 23 Apr 2026 | 11 Oct 2025 | 20 Mar 2026 |
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License
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BSD-3-Clause | MIT | BSD-3-Clause | GPL2 | ZPL 2.1 |
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Feature Comparison
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standalone
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Not usually recommended. Use behind another webserver to avoid problem with slow clients.
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No. Acts as a connector like fastcgi to a webserver like nginx (which has support built-in on the 0.8.x branch). Integrates with nginx, apache, cherokee, lighthttp. For fast development, it does have a standalone webserver.
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integrates with virtualenv
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Super robust. Can use mode that automatically restarts hung application code
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An ASGI web server, for Python. 🦄
gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX, fast clients and sleepy applications.
A Rust HTTP server for Python applications
uWSGI application server container
Use -H option to assign virtualenv directory.
Waitress - A WSGI server for Python 3
Features Being Compared
standalone
Acts as a standalone webserver for production use or requires use behind another webserver such as Apache or Nginx
integrates with django manage.py commands
is it possible to run the server as a management cmd---like the builtin runserver cmd. Just add as an installed app to your project
pip or easy_install enabled
is it a one step install with easy_install or pip? pip install <package_name>
integrates with virtualenv
C10K proof
Performance measure can it handle a large number of simulatenous connections
robustness
How does it handle memory leaks in the application code, hung operations, etc.
https
Can serve https protocol by itself