🆚 mod_python vs. mod_wsgi

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 mod_wsgi is twice as popular as mod_python.
🌎 mod_wsgi is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Canada.
🌍 mod_python is more popular in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

mod_python

mod_wsgi

Type

Web server module

About

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.

mod_wsgi is an Apache module that implements a WSGI compliant interface for hosting Python based web applications on top of the Apache web server.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

modpython.org

pypi.org #2,264

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The mod_wsgi web server module is 1.6 times more popular than mod_python.

Total websites

Market share

Web Server Modules

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

mod_wsgi is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Canada, while mod_python is more popular in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium.

Netherlands

United States

Japan

Germany

Canada

Italy

Czech Republic

Ukraine

Belgium

United Kingdom

Awards

⭐ 4th most popular in Belgium in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 5th most popular in the Netherlands in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 8th most popular in Germany in the Web Server Modules category.

⭐ 5th most popular in Canada in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Ukraine in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Korea in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 8th most popular in Japan in the Web Server Modules category.
⭐ 8th most popular in the Czech Republic in the Web Server Modules category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

mod_wsgi is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, Internet services, and business, while mod_python is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, religion and ideology, and blogs and wiki sites.

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Business

Software/Hardware

Marketing/Merchandising

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Entertainment

Public Information

Travel

Government/Military