uWSGI
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The facts
Each one read from uWSGI's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Architecture
- Its pluggable architecture uses a common API and configuration style, and plugins can be written in C, C++, or Objective-C.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Build requirements
- The docs say building uWSGI requires a Python interpreter, a C compiler and linker, and libraries or headers for the chosen language.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Concurrency
- The loop engines support preforking, threaded, asynchronous or evented, and green thread or coroutine modes.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Core features
- The core provides configuration, process management, sockets, monitoring, logging, shared memory, IPC, cluster membership, and a subscription server.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The project publishes a stable source release and says uWSGI is also available as packages for several operating systems and distributions; it cautions that distro packages may not be current.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Download
- The download page lists stable release 2.0.31 dated 2025-10-11 and says uWSGI is also available through several operating-system distributions, whose packages may not be up to date.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Included components
- The documented components include a core, request plugins, gateways and the Emperor for managing and monitoring multiple instances.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Language support
- Documented request plugins include WSGI, PSGI, Rack, Lua WSAPI, CGI, PHP, and Go.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Maintenance status
- The project is in maintenance mode, with bug fixes and updates for new language APIs; the docs say not to expect quick answers on GitHub issues or pull requests.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- The core includes monitoring and logging, and the docs recommend monitoring application health through uwsgitop and the Stats Server or similar tools.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Nginx and Apache support
- The docs describe the Nginx handler as stable and commercially supported by Unbit, and say Apache's mod_uwsgi is stable and commercially supported.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Nginx integration
- The uWSGI module has been included in the official Nginx distribution since version 0.8.40, and the documentation calls the handler stable and commercially supported by Unbit.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The supported systems page lists Linux, BSD variants, Windows Cygwin, Mac OSX, Solaris and several other Unix-like systems.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Project status
- The project is in maintenance mode, with bug fixes and updates for new language APIs; the project says not to expect quick responses to GitHub issues or pull requests.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- uWSGI aims to provide a full stack for building hosting services, including application servers, proxies, process managers and monitors.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Resource controls
- Linux cgroups can constrain CPU, memory, scheduling priority, and I/O, and the documentation says uWSGI must run as root to use cgroups.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The documentation describes security options including POSIX capabilities, Linux cgroups, Linux namespaces, and FreeBSD jails.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security guidance
- 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.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Subscription security
- Subscription requests can be signed with public/private keys and the server rejects packets whose signatures do not verify; the docs describe this subsystem as intended for trusted networks.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support limitation
- The documentation says Lighttpd integration is unmaintained and experimental, with no commercial support for that handler.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Web server integration
- uWSGI can serve HTTP requests itself and documents integrations with Nginx, Apache, Lighttpd, Tomcat, and other web servers.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Multi-app management
- The Emperor monitors application configurations and can start, reload, or stop managed instances when their configuration files are added, changed, or removed.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- The documented supported systems include Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, macOS, and Windows Cygwin, among others.checked 8 Oct 2026
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