A Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX, designed for fast clients and sleepy applications.
Gunicorn is a Python WSGI HTTP server designed for UNIX-like systems, enabling the deployment of Python web applications in production. It solves the problem of efficiently serving web requests by using a pre-fork worker model, balancing performance with simplicity. It supports both traditional WSGI frameworks like Django and Flask, as well as modern ASGI frameworks like FastAPI and Starlette.
Python developers and DevOps engineers who need a reliable, production-ready HTTP server to deploy WSGI or ASGI web applications on UNIX-based systems.
Developers choose Gunicorn for its broad framework compatibility, efficient resource usage, and straightforward configuration, making it a trusted and lightweight alternative to more complex application servers.
gunicorn 'Green Unicorn' is a WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX, fast clients and sleepy applications.
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Supports both WSGI frameworks like Django and Flask, and ASGI frameworks like FastAPI and Starlette, as shown in the quick start examples for ASGI applications.
Offers multiple worker types including sync, gevent, eventlet, and asgi, allowing fine-tuning for different concurrency needs, as listed in the features.
Uses a pre-fork worker model that minimizes resource overhead, making it lightweight for production, as emphasized in the philosophy of simplicity and efficiency.
Integrates with nginx via the uWSGI protocol for optimized serving, a key feature highlighted for deployment scalability.
HTTP/2 support and dirty arbiters are labeled as beta in the README, meaning they may not be fully reliable for critical production use and could introduce instability.
Designed for UNIX-like environments, so deployment on Windows requires workarounds or alternative servers, which can be a significant barrier for cross-platform teams.
Gunicorn does not support HTTPS natively; it relies on reverse proxies like nginx for SSL termination, adding complexity to security setups.