mod_wsgi

mod_wsgi is an Apache HTTP Server module for hosting Python web applications that implement the WSGI specification (PEP 3333). It has been used in production deployments for over 15 years and continues to be actively maintained.

mod_wsgi requires Python 3.10 or later and Apache 2.4. The 6.x release line is the current focus of development; see the documentation for the full version support policy.

Documentation

Full documentation for mod_wsgi is published at:

• https://www.modwsgi.org

That site covers installation on the various supported platforms, the complete reference for WSGI configuration directives, the error code reference for WSGI#### log messages, deployment and hardening guides, and troubleshooting.

The documentation sources live under docs in this repository and are built with Sphinx.

Releases

mod_wsgi is published on the Python Package Index in two forms:

• mod_wsgi on PyPI builds the mod_wsgi Apache module against an existing Apache and Python installation on your host, and installs the mod_wsgi-express command-line wrapper for running Apache with a generated configuration tuned for hosting a single WSGI application.
• mod_wsgi-standalone on PyPI additionally installs a private build of Apache into your Python environment, for use on UNIX-like systems where no system Apache is available.

Reporting bugs

File bug reports and feature requests on the GitHub issue tracker:

• https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/issues

Before filing a bug report, work through the troubleshooting guide in the documentation. A substantial share of reports against mod_wsgi turn out to be configuration, application, or third-party package issues rather than mod_wsgi bugs.

For suspected security issues, do not open a public issue. Submit a private security advisory via GitHub:

• https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/security/advisories/new

See the security issues page in the documentation for the full disclosure process and the list of past CVEs.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. Small fixes and self-contained features can be sent straight through. For larger changes it is worth opening an issue first to discuss the approach, since mod_wsgi sits across both the Apache and CPython C APIs and the relevant context is not always obvious from the code alone.

If you have hit a problem or have an idea but writing the code yourself would be more friction than help, describing it in an issue is just as useful. The maintainer is usually quicker at producing a fix or a small feature in this code base than a first-time contributor would be.

Sponsorship is set up through GitHub Sponsors:

• https://github.com/sponsors/GrahamDumpleton

Building from source

The repository contains:

• src/server for the Apache module sources (C).
• src/express and the rest of src for the Python-side package that includes mod_wsgi-express and the diagnostics WSGI applications.
• docs for the Sphinx documentation published to https://www.modwsgi.org.
• tests for the test suite and sample WSGI applications used by it.
• scripts for helper scripts, including the test runner.

Building from source requires a complete Apache installation including its development headers (apache2-dev or httpd-devel depending on distribution), and the Python development headers. See the documentation's installation page for the full prerequisites.

For an editable development build into a virtual environment:

uv pip install -e . --no-cache

To run the test suite:

./scripts/run-tests.sh

License

mod_wsgi is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file in this repository for the full text.