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Cheroot

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

From cherrypy·Updated June 23, 2026·View on GitHub·

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Latest release: v11.1.2
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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

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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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Contributors

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