Gunicorn vs uWSGI
Gunicorn
gunicorn.orguWSGI
uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | Gunicorn | uWSGI |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 0 |
| Spec score · Web Server Software | 8.1 (#7) | 7.1 (#30) |
| Monitoring | Optional statsD instrumentation over UDP reports request rates, request duration, worker counts, and log event rates. | The core includes monitoring and logging, and the docs recommend monitoring application health through uwsgitop and the Stats Server or similar tools. |
| Purpose | Gunicorn is a Python WSGI HTTP server for running Python web applications. | uWSGI aims to provide a full stack for building hosting services, including application servers, proxies, process managers and monitors. |
| Security guidance | The deployment guide warns that default synchronous workers can be vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks unless the proxy buffers slow clients. | The documentation warns against exposing a uWSGI protocol socket to the public network because it allows dynamic application loading, and recommends a proxy or a loopback-bound socket. |
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uWSGI
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