Tornado (web server)

Tornado
Original author(s)FriendFeed
Developer(s)Ben Darnell, Meta, Bret Taylor
Initial release2009 (2009)
Stable release
6.4.1[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 6 June 2024 (6 June 2024)
RepositoryTornado Repository
Written inPython
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inEnglish
TypeWeb server
LicenseApache licence 2.0
Websitewww.tornadoweb.org Edit this on Wikidata

Tornado is a scalable, non-blocking web server and web application framework written in Python.[2] It was developed for use by FriendFeed; the company was acquired by Facebook in 2009 and Tornado was open-sourced soon after.[3]

  1. ^ "Release 6.4.1". 6 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Home - tornado - GitHub". GitHub. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  3. ^ "Facebook open-sources real-time FriendFeed facet". CNet. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2009-09-10.

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