# CherryPy

Pythonic, object-oriented HTTP framework with a built-in WSGI web server.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/cherrypy/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- home: https://cherrypy.dev
- repository: https://github.com/cherrypy/cherrypy
- docs: https://docs.cherrypy.dev/en/latest/
- forum: https://groups.google.com/group/cherrypy-users

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: CherryPy Team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2005
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.9
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pip install cherrypy

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause, BSD

### Releases

- currentMajor: 18
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-06-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1946
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 122
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 539450
- httpArchiveSites: 72
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2898
- dependentPackages: 94

### Sources

- urls: https://cherrypy.dev/ (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/cherrypy/cherrypy (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://docs.cherrypy.dev/en/latest/install.html (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cherrypy/cherrypy/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-24)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/cherrypy/cherrypy (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://docs.cherrypy.dev/en/latest/install.html (read 2026-10-24)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.cherrypy.dev/en/latest/install.html (read 2026-10-24)
- runtimeMin: https://pypi.org/pypi/cherrypy/json (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cherrypy/cherrypy/main/README.rst (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://docs.cherrypy.dev/en/latest/install.html (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://docs.cherrypy.dev/en/latest/install.html (read 2026-10-24)
- runsAs: https://docs.cherrypy.dev/en/latest/deploy.html (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/cherrypy/cherrypy (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cherrypy/cherrypy/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-24)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cherrypy/cherrypy/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/cherrypy/json (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://pypi.org/pypi/cherrypy/json (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/cherrypy/json (read 2026-10-24)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/cherrypy/cherrypy (read 2026-10-24)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/cherrypy/cherrypy/contributors (read 2026-10-24)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/cherrypy (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/cherrypy (read 2026-10-25)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/cherrypy (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

CherryPy is a Python framework that its README calls an object-oriented HTTP framework. It is installed with pip or from a source checkout, and the [deployment guide](https://docs.cherrypy.dev/en/latest/deploy.html) says it stands on its own as an application server. The CherryPy Team maintains it, and it is distributed under a BSD license.

## Worth knowing

The homepage still says it runs on Python 2.7 and 3.5, while the install page lists Python 3.9 through 3.13 and PyPI declares 3.6 or later.

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