Gunicorn

Gunicorn
Original author(s)	Benoit Chesneau
Developer(s)	Gunicorn Developers
Initial release	20 February 2010;15 years ago (2010-02-20)
Stable release	23.0.0 [1]   / 10 August 2024;11 months ago (10 August 2024)
Repository	github.com/benoitc/gunicorn
Written in	Python
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Web server
License	MIT License
Website	www.gunicorn.org

Benoit Chesneau, author of Gunicorn

The Gunicorn "Green Unicorn" (pronounced jee-unicorn or gun-i-corn) ^[2] is a Python Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) HTTP server. It is a pre-fork worker model,^{[ clarification needed ]} ported from Ruby's Unicorn project. The Gunicorn server is broadly compatible with a number of web frameworks, simply implemented, light on server resources and fairly fast. ^[3] It is often paired with Nginx, as the two have complementary features. ^[4]

Architecture

Server model ^[5]

• Central master process to manage the workers
• Requests are handled by worker processes
• Components:
  • Master
  • Sync workers
  • Async workers
  • Tornado workers
  • AsyncIO workers

Features

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• Natively supports WSGI, web2py, Django and Paster
• Automatic worker process management
• Simple Python configuration
• Multiple worker configurations
• Various server hooks for extensibility
• Compatible with Python 2.6+ and Python 3.2+ ^[6]

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• Comparison of web server software
• Comparison of application servers

References

1. "Release 23.0.0". 10 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
2. "Ambiguous Pronunciation · Issue #139 · benoitc/gunicorn". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
3. Gunicorn-Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX
4. Gunicorn and Nginx in a Nutshell
5. "Design — Gunicorn 20.1.0 documentation".
6. "Gunicorn 19.3 Documentation: Requirements". Archived from the original on 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-07-29.

External links

• Official website
• PyPI listings

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