Gunicorn
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| Original author(s) | Benoit Chesneau |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Gunicorn Developers |
| Initial release | 20 February 2010 |
| Stable release | 21.2.0[1] 
/ 19 July 2023 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | Cross-platform |
| Type | Web server |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | www |
The Gunicorn "Green Unicorn" (pronounced jee-unicorn or gun-i-corn)
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]
- 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
- Comparison of web server software
- Comparison of application servers
References
- ^ "Gunicorn 21.2.0 has been released". 19 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Ambiguous Pronunciation · Issue #139 · benoitc/gunicorn". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ Gunicorn-Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX
- ^ Gunicorn and Nginx in a Nutshell
- ^ "Design — Gunicorn 20.1.0 documentation".
- ^ "Gunicorn 19.3 Documentation: Requirements". Archived from the original on 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
External links
Comparison of application servers
- ^ "Gunicorn 21.2.0 has been released". 19 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Ambiguous Pronunciation · Issue #139 · benoitc/gunicorn". GitHub. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ Gunicorn-Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX
- ^ Gunicorn and Nginx in a Nutshell
- ^ "Design — Gunicorn 20.1.0 documentation".
- ^ "Gunicorn 19.3 Documentation: Requirements". Archived from the original on 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
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