Pitchfork
Preforking HTTP server for Rack applications, designed to share memory between worker processes through copy-on-write.
Pitchfork is an HTTP server that preforks worker processes for Rack applications. Its workers share memory through copy-on-write, and the server runs as a long-lived process.
Applications install it with Bundler through the Gemfile, or with gem install. Shopify Inc. maintains it, and the source is hosted in the Shopify GitHub organization.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-30: links, Written in, GitHub stars, Contributors
github.com/Shopify/pitchfork - 2026-10-30: links, Maintainer, Maintained by, Categories, Runtime, Runs as, Install with, Built on
github.com/Shopify/pitchfork/blob/master/README.md - 2026-10-30: Minimum runtime, License
github.com/Shopify/pitchfork/blob/v0.18.2/pitchfork.gemspec - 2026-10-30: License model
github.com/Shopify/pitchfork/blob/master/LICENSE - 2026-10-30: Current major version, Last release, First release
rubygems.org/api/v1/versions/pitchfork.json