Gunicorn Alternatives

Gunicorn is described as ''Green Unicorn' is a Python WSGI HTTP Server for UNIX. It's a pre-fork worker model ported from Ruby's Unicorn project. The Gunicorn server is broadly compatible with various web frameworks, simply implemented, light on server resource usage, and fairly' and is a Web Server in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Gunicorn for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and BSD apps. The best Gunicorn alternative is nginx, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Gunicorn are Apache HTTP Server, Caddy, Ferron and lighttpd.

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  1. http-file-server

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    Tiny portable HTTP file server. single binary, no dependencies. linux, osx, windows. #golang

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    http-file-server screenshot 1
     
  2. Algernon icon

    Algernon

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    Small self-contained pure-Go web server with built-in support for Lua scripting, Markdown pages, Sass/GCSS, HTTP/2, QUIC, and accessing Redis and PostgreSQL.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Running Algernon (screenshot from an earlier version).
     
  4. thttpd icon

    thttpd

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    thttpd is a simple, small, portable, fast, and secure HTTP server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Reproxy icon

    Reproxy

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    Reproxy is a simple edge HTTP(s) server / reverse proxy supporting various providers (docker, static, file). One or more providers supply information about the requested server, requested url, destination URL, and health check url.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Osgood icon

    Osgood

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    Osgood is a secure, fast, and simple platform for running JavaScript HTTP servers. It is written using Rust and V8 as an attempt to build a platform from the ground up, one which applies the Principle of Least Privilege at its very core.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Osgood screenshot 1
     

  7. Go HTTP File Server

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    Simple command line based HTTP file server to share local file system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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