Tornado
High-performance Python web framework and async networking library for building servers.
HTTP servers and APIs PyPI Apache-2.0
Used in agent projects
30
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#27 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
24.8M
PyPI, last 7 days, tornado
GitHub stars
22.2K
last push Oct 7, 2026
How Tornado is used
Tornado is a dependency in 30 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #27 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use Requests (100.0%), urllib3 (96.7%), charset-normalizer (93.3%).
Often used with Tornado
| Requests | 100.0% of Tornado projects · 18.8× more than average |
|---|---|
| urllib3 | 96.7% of Tornado projects · 63.6× more than average |
| charset-normalizer | 93.3% of Tornado projects · 75.0× more than average |
| python-dateutil | 93.3% of Tornado projects · 71.8× more than average |
| packaging | 90.0% of Tornado projects · 79.4× more than average |
| Jinja2 | 86.7% of Tornado projects · 62.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.2% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Tornado as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install tornado |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (29), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | AndreAugusto11/XChainDataGen, ManojINaik/manimAnimationAgent, nihilistau/CosySim, brandoz2255/Harvis, gabrielfior/solana-analytics-101 |
Alternatives to Tornado
| 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 |