🆚 mod_fastcgi vs. mod_python

Type

Web server module
Web server module

About

mod_fastcgi is a third-party module for the Apache web server that enables the FastCGI protocol for communicating with applications that generate dynamic content for web pages.

mod_python is an Apache web server module that embeds the Python interpreter within the server, allowing Python code to run many times faster than traditional CGI by executing inside persistent Apache processes.

It provides a Python API for direct access to Apache internals, keeps interpreter state between requests, supports request handlers and URL mapping, offers session handling with memory or dbm storage, and enables authentication and authorization logic within Python code.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Web Server Modules › Rank #12
Web Server Modules › Rank #11

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The mod_python web server module is 1.3 times more popular than mod_fastcgi.
Total websites

Market share

Web Server Modules

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

mod_python is more popular in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium, while mod_fastcgi is more popular in the United States, Spain, and Russia.
Netherlands
United States
Germany
Spain
Belgium
Russia
Austria
Finland
Italy
Czech Republic

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

mod_python is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and religion and ideology, while mod_fastcgi is more commonly used on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and Internet services sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Travel
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Entertainment
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Blogs/Wiki

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#21,235
#39,711
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