Gunicorn
WSGI HTTP server for running Python web applications in production on Unix systems.
Used in agent projects
92
0.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#12 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
24.7M
PyPI, last 7 days, gunicorn
GitHub stars
10.7K
last push Sep 6, 2026
How Gunicorn is used
Gunicorn is a dependency in 92 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.7%), #12 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (76.1%), Requests (62.0%), Flask (54.3%).
Often used with Gunicorn
| python-dotenv | 76.1% of Gunicorn projects · 11.7× more than average |
|---|---|
| Requests | 62.0% of Gunicorn projects · 11.7× more than average |
| Flask | 54.3% of Gunicorn projects · 39.7× more than average |
| Pydantic | 35.9% of Gunicorn projects · 7.0× more than average |
| solders | 35.9% of Gunicorn projects · 10.8× more than average |
| Pillow | 33.7% of Gunicorn projects · 14.7× more than average |
| NumPy | 30.4% of Gunicorn projects · 7.9× more than average |
| solana-py | 30.4% of Gunicorn projects · 11.3× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Gunicorn as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install gunicorn |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (89), React Native / Expo (2), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | dramaclaw/dramaclaw, pavelzbornik/whisperX-FastAPI, FeatureFactory-io/mimir, t0msh/mxroute-manager, breatheco-de/apiv2 |
Alternatives to Gunicorn
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express npm Fast, unopinionated minimalist web framework for Node.js. |
822 (6.5%) | 142M | 69.6K | MIT |
| Uvicorn pypi Lightning-fast ASGI server for running async Python web applications. |
544 (4.3%) | 13M | 11K | — |
| FastAPI pypi High-performance Python web framework with automatic API docs and async support. |
537 (4.2%) | 107M | 103K | — |
| cors npm Express/Node.js middleware for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. |
422 (3.3%) | 86.8M | 6,195 | MIT |
| python-multipart pypi Streaming multipart parser for handling file uploads in Python web frameworks. |
217 (1.7%) | 92.8M | 536 | — |
| Flask pypi Lightweight Python web framework for building web applications and APIs. |
174 (1.4%) | 40.9M | 75K | — |
| Hono npm Ultrafast web framework for edge runtimes built on Web Standards. |
136 (1.1%) | 73.9M | 32.5K | MIT |
| express-rate-limit npm Express middleware for rate limiting API requests by IP address. |
105 (0.8%) | 57.6M | 3,311 | MIT |