evansd/whitenoise

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

Adoption not part of the score

2760 stars · 155 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

WhiteNoise is a Python library that lets WSGI-compatible web apps serve their own static files without needing nginx, S3, or other external services. It handles best practices like gzip/Brotli compression and far-future cache headers, with special auto-configuration for Django.

Use cases

• serve static files from a Django app without nginx
• deploy a Python web app as a self-contained unit on Heroku
• replace S3 static file hosting for a small WSGI app
• add gzip and Brotli compression to static asset serving
• set far-future cache headers for hashed static assets
• simplify static file deployment on PaaS providers

When to choose

• you want a Python web app to be self-contained and deployable anywhere
• you're on Heroku or another PaaS and want to avoid extra static file infrastructure
• you want correct compression and caching headers handled automatically
• you use Django and want zero-config static file serving

When to avoid

• you have very high traffic and prefer a dedicated CDN or nginx setup as the primary server
• your static assets are already served by a CDN or object storage pipeline
• you're not using a WSGI-compatible Python framework

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-server middleware caching compression web-development backend developer-tools python cross-platform wsgi django static-files static-file-serving heroku paas web-server

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="evansd/whitenoise")