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Cheroot is the high-performance, pure-Python HTTP server used by CherryPy.

Status
======

The test suite currently relies on pytest. It's being run via GitHub
Actions CI/CD workflows.

For Enterprise
==============

Professional support for Cheroot is available as part of the
`Tidelift Subscription`_.  The CherryPy maintainers and the
maintainers of thousands of other packages are working with
Tidelift to deliver one enterprise subscription that covers all
of the open source you use.

Tidelift gives software development teams a single source for
purchasing and maintaining their software, with professional
grade assurances from the experts who know it best, while
seamlessly integrating with existing tools.

`Learn more <Tidelift Subscription_>`_.

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Contribute Cheroot
==================
**Want to add something to upstream?** Feel free to submit a PR or file an issue
if unsure. Please follow `CherryPy's common contribution guidelines
<https://github.com/cherrypy/cherrypy/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst>`_.
Note that PR is more likely to be accepted if it includes tests and detailed
description helping maintainers to understand it better 🎉

Oh, and be pythonic, please 🐍

**Don't know how?** Check out `How to Contribute to Open Source
<https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/>`_ article by GitHub 🚀


License
=======
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cherrypy
cross-platform
http
https
http-server
http-streaming
idiomatic-python
pure-python
pypy3
python
python-3
ssl
wsgi
wsgi-framework
wsgi-server

cherrypy/cheroot

Cheroot is the high-performance, pure-Python HTTP server used by CherryPy. Docs -->

Python

203

7,717 commits

updated Oct 12, 2026

See the code

README

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Cheroot is the high-performance, pure-Python HTTP server used by CherryPy.

Status
======

The test suite currently relies on pytest. It's being run via GitHub
Actions CI/CD workflows.

For Enterprise
==============

Professional support for Cheroot is available as part of the
`Tidelift Subscription`_.  The CherryPy maintainers and the
maintainers of thousands of other packages are working with
Tidelift to deliver one enterprise subscription that covers all
of the open source you use.

Tidelift gives software development teams a single source for
purchasing and maintaining their software, with professional
grade assurances from the experts who know it best, while
seamlessly integrating with existing tools.

`Learn more <Tidelift Subscription_>`_.

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Contribute Cheroot
==================
**Want to add something to upstream?** Feel free to submit a PR or file an issue
if unsure. Please follow `CherryPy's common contribution guidelines
<https://github.com/cherrypy/cherrypy/blob/main/.github/CONTRIBUTING.rst>`_.
Note that PR is more likely to be accepted if it includes tests and detailed
description helping maintainers to understand it better 🎉

Oh, and be pythonic, please 🐍

**Don't know how?** Check out `How to Contribute to Open Source
<https://opensource.guide/how-to-contribute/>`_ article by GitHub 🚀


License
=======
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cherrypy
cross-platform
http
https
http-server
http-streaming
idiomatic-python
pure-python
pypy3
python
python-3
ssl
wsgi
wsgi-framework
wsgi-server

Project health

Overall

7.1/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

10/10
OpenSSF Scorecard

Latest release

11.1.2 · Nov 7, 2025

Releases this year

3

Significant stargazers

Nir Soffer

172 followers · starred Jun 2018

Stephen Rosen

84 followers · starred Jul 2025

Ben Hoyt

1,070 followers · starred Aug 2017

Kaloyan Tenchov

26 followers · starred Oct 2019