waitress-serve

Waitress-serve is a command-line tool used to serve WSGI web applications.

It is a part of the Waitress library, which is a pure-Python WSGI server that aims to be reasonably fast and easy to use.

Waitress-serve is specifically designed for serving WSGI applications, which are web applications written using the Web Server Gateway Interface.

One key feature of Waitress-serve is its simplicity; it aims to provide a straightforward way to start serving a WSGI application without complex configuration.

It can be used to serve any WSGI-compliant web application, including those written in Python using frameworks like Flask, Django, Pyramid, and more.

Waitress-serve supports HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 protocols, as well as chunked encoding for streaming responses.

It is also capable of handling multiple simultaneous connections efficiently, making it suitable for production use.

Waitress-serve allows you to specify various settings, such as the hostname and port to listen on, the number of worker threads to use, and the maximum request header size allowed.

It logs detailed information about each request processed, including the request method, URL, status code, and response time.

Overall, Waitress-serve is a reliable and convenient tool for serving WSGI web applications, providing a hassle-free way to make your application accessible over HTTP.