Gunicorn

Creil, France

Gunicorn ("Green Unicorn") is a Python WSGI HTTP server for UNIX, a pre-fork worker model ported from Ruby's Unicorn project.

According to our data, Gunicorn ranks 15th among the web servers we track.
It has 0.07% of the web server market share and is detected on 0.05% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Gunicorn is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Gunicorn Awards

⚡ Sites Using Gunicorn

We have data on 1,567 websites that use the Gunicorn web server. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Gunicorn is sketchfab.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 sketchfab.com #1,263 United States English
2 elsevier.com #2,002 Netherlands American English
3 pypi.org #2,264 English
4 fictionexpress.com #2,825 United Kingdom British English
5 ableton.com #6,658 Germany English
6 gov.ie #6,708 Ireland English
7 anandtech.com #7,317 United Kingdom English
8 idexx.com #7,458 English
9 uni-stuttgart.de #8,416 Germany German
10 prizegrab.com #10,769 English
11 pbslearningmedia.org #11,512 English
12 blogto.com #11,594 English
13 launchpad.net #14,151 United Kingdom English
14 oxfam.org.uk #16,247 United Kingdom British English
15 books2read.com #16,859 English
16 e2ma.net #16,936 United States English
17 chicoryapp.com #16,992
18 monashfodmap.com #18,268 United States English
19 ifrn.edu.br #20,232 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
20 acer.org #21,617 Australia Australian English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Gunicorn:

Most of the sites using Gunicorn are from the United States, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 20.4%
  • Switzerland 16.3%
  • United Kingdom 13.2%
  • France 7.1%
  • Germany 5.3%
  • Netherlands 2.7%
  • Spain 2.7%
  • Australia 2.6%
  • Brazil 2.5%
  • Other 27.2%

Most Gunicorn users speak English, French, or German.

  • English 68.3%
  • French 11.9%
  • German 3.8%
  • Portuguese 2.1%
  • Spanish 2%
  • Italian 1.5%
  • Russian 1.4%
  • Czech 1.1%
  • Catalan 1%
  • Other 6.9%

The Gunicorn web server is especially popular on .com, .ch, and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 47.4%
  • .ch 8.7%
  • .org 7.7%
  • .fr 2.9%
  • .net 2.7%
  • .co.uk 2.6%
  • .cz 1.5%
  • .com.br 1.3%
  • .de 1.2%
  • Other 24%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Gunicorn include business, marketing and merchandising, and art, culture and heritage.

  • Business 18.2%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 10.2%
  • Art/Culture/Heritage 9.9%
  • Education/Reference 8.8%
  • Entertainment 5.5%
  • Software/Hardware 5.2%
  • Internet Services 4.7%
  • Online Shopping 4.1%
  • Blogs/Wiki 3.6%
  • Other 29.8%

🔢 Gunicorn Versions

The most widespread version of Gunicorn is 19.10, used by 60.3% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 17.8% of sites use Gunicorn 20.0, and 11.5% use Gunicorn 19.9.

  • 19.10 60.3%
  • 20.0 17.8%
  • 19.9 11.5%
  • 19.7 3%
  • 19.6 2.3%
  • 19.1 1%
  • 19.3 1%
  • 19.8 0.7%
  • 19.4 0.5%
  • Other 1.9%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Gunicorn alternatives.

RankName
1
Nginx
Seattle, Washington, United States

A lightweight, high-performance open-source HTTP server and reverse proxy.

FreeOpen source$3,500+/year
13
Phusion Passenger
Apeldoorn, Netherlands

A fast and robust web server and application server for Ruby, Python and Node.js.

FreeOpen source$43.32+/month
20
Zope
Fishers, Indiana, United States

An open-source web application server and web framework written in Python.

FreeOpen source
32
Tornado

A scalable, non-blocking web server and web application framework written in Python.
39
Hypercorn
London, United Kingdom

An ASGI and WSGI web server based on the sans-io hyper, h11, h2, and wsproto libraries and inspired by Gunicorn.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Gunicorn's headquarters?

Gunicorn is located in Creil, France.

Is Gunicorn free?

Yes, it is a free web server.
It is also open source and its code can be found on GitHub.

Which country uses Gunicorn the most?

The majority of Gunicorn users are from the United States.

Who uses Gunicorn?

According to our data, Gunicorn is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as sketchfab.com, elsevier.com, and pypi.org.

Do academic institutions use Gunicorn?

Yes. The most prominent of these is ifrn.edu.br.

How does Gunicorn stack up against the competition?

Gunicorn is a moderately popular web server, ranking ahead of 26 other web servers we track.

What are the alternatives to Gunicorn?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Gunicorn may include Zope, Phusion Passenger, and Tornado.

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