Pylons/waitress
Waitress - A WSGI server for Python 3 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 5373
- days_rel: 655
- days_push: 31
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1598 stars · 186 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Waitress is a production-quality pure-Python WSGI HTTP server for Python 3 with no dependencies beyond the standard library. It supports HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 and runs on CPython (Unix and Windows) and PyPy.
Use cases
- serve a WSGI app in production
- run Flask or Pyramid behind a pure-Python server
- deploy Python web apps on Windows
- replace gunicorn where C extensions are unavailable
- test WSGI applications locally over HTTP
When to choose
- you need a dependency-free, pure-Python WSGI server
- you deploy on Windows or PyPy
- you want a stable, production-proven server for WSGI apps
When to avoid
- you need ASGI/WebSocket support for async apps
- you need maximum throughput from a C-based server like gunicorn or uvicorn
Facets
library · maturity stable
http-server web-framework web-development backend python windows cross-platform wsgi pure-python production-server linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Pylons/waitress · fetched 2026-08-28 · c64ffd3c33b6
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/waitress/json · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5e6d9a1e467a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Pylons/waitress | main | 77 |
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