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 14th among the web servers we track.
It has 0.08% of the web server market share and is detected on 0.05% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ 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 1,974 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 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 idexx.com #7,458 English
8 uni-stuttgart.de #8,416 Germany German
9 prizegrab.com #10,769 English
10 data.gov.uk #11,555 United Kingdom English
11 blogto.com #11,594 English
12 bbk.ac.uk #13,767 United Kingdom 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 English
17 chicoryapp.com #16,992
18 monashfodmap.com #18,268 United States English
19 acer.org #21,617 Australia Australian English
20 countrylife.co.uk #22,148 United Kingdom English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Gunicorn:

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

  • Switzerland 20.6%
  • United States 16.8%
  • United Kingdom 12.5%
  • France 8.6%
  • Germany 5.2%
  • Belgium 2.6%
  • Australia 2.4%
  • Brazil 2.2%
  • Czech Republic 2.2%
  • Other 26.9%

Most Gunicorn users speak English, French, or German.

  • English 65.7%
  • French 14.4%
  • German 5%
  • Portuguese 2%
  • Russian 1.9%
  • Spanish 1.9%
  • Italian 1.6%
  • Czech 1.3%
  • Dutch 0.7%
  • Other 5.5%

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

  • .com 43.3%
  • .ch 12.4%
  • .org 7.4%
  • .fr 3.5%
  • .co.uk 2.7%
  • .net 2.2%
  • .de 1.8%
  • .cz 1.5%
  • .be 1.5%
  • Other 23.7%

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

  • Business 18.2%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 10%
  • Art/Culture/Heritage 9.7%
  • Education/Reference 9.5%
  • Entertainment 5.3%
  • Online Shopping 5.1%
  • Internet Services 4.1%
  • Software/Hardware 3.9%
  • Blogs/Wiki 3.2%
  • Other 31%

🔢 Gunicorn Versions

The most widespread version of Gunicorn is 19.10, used by 70.2% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 11.6% of sites use Gunicorn 20.0, and 9.3% use Gunicorn 19.9.

  • 19.10 70.2%
  • 20.0 11.6%
  • 19.9 9.3%
  • 19.7 2.9%
  • 19.6 2.1%
  • 19.3 0.8%
  • 19.1 0.7%
  • 19.8 0.7%
  • 0.17 0.3%
  • Other 1.4%

🕵️ 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 designed for handling large volumes of concurrent connections with low memory usage.

FreeOpen source$3,500+/year
12
Phusion Passenger
Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Phusion Passenger a fast and robust web server and application server for Ruby, Python and Node.js.

FreeOpen source$44.56+/month
16
Zope
Fishers, Indiana, United States

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

FreeOpen source
30
Tornado

A scalable, non-blocking web server and web application framework written in Python.
36
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 from?

Gunicorn is from 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 Switzerland.

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.

Is Gunicorn used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by data.gov.uk.

Do academic institutions use Gunicorn?

Yes. The most prominent of these is bbk.ac.uk. Overall, we know of 2 academic websites in the United States that use Gunicorn.

How does Gunicorn stack up against its competitors?

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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