vela
C17 ASGI server for Python, Django & FastAPI
What it does
Vela is a native C17 HTTP/ASGI server for Python applications. It embeds CPython and uses a native epoll-based event loop and prefork worker architecture to run Django, FastAPI, and other ASGI applications. Built for developers who want a lightweight, native server layer without changing the Python application they already know. C17 • ASGI 3 • CPython • Django • FastAPI • Linux Open source and built for performance, simplicity, and control. Contribute to kehem/Vela is welcome
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╭──────────────╮ ─────│ the sail │───── ╰──────────────╯ native C · ASGI 3 · Linux Vela (Latin velum , a sail) is a production-minded HTTP application server written in C17 . It embeds CPython and speaks ASGI 3 , so Django and FastAPI run behind a native event loop instead of a pure-Python server. vela myproject.asgi:application --workers 4 --bind 0.0.0.0:8000 One binary. One process tree. Your app stays Python. The sockets, parser, and workers are C. Vela sits behind nginx (or another proxy) the way gunicorn or uWSGI would. It is not a static file CDN and not a replacement for nginx itself. TLS / HTTP │ ▼ ┌─────────────┐ │ nginx │ └──────┬──────┘ │ TCP or unix:/run/vela.sock ▼…from github.com
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