| Original author(s) | FriendFeed |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Facebook, Bret Taylor |
| Initial release | 2009 |
| Stable release |
4.5.1 / April 2017
|
| Repository | github |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Web server |
| License | Apache licence 2.0 |
| Website | www |
Tornado is a scalable, non-blocking web server and web application framework written in Python. It was developed for use by FriendFeed; the company was acquired by Facebook in 2009 and Tornado was open-sourced soon after.
Tornado is noted for its high performance. It tries to solve the C10k problem affecting other servers.