Tornado (web server)

Tornado
Original author(s)FriendFeed
Developer(s)Ben Darnell, Meta, Bret Taylor
Initial release2009 (2009)
Stable release
6.5.1  / 22 May 2025 (22 May 2025)
Repositorygithub.com/tornadoweb/tornado
Written inPython
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inEnglish
TypeWeb server
LicenseApache licence 2.0
Websitewww.tornadoweb.org 

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

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