Welcome to the Django Server Benchmark Playground — a simple setup and benchmarking project where I put Django’s default development server, Gunicorn, and Granian through their paces.
Tested on my own curiosity and just for fun!
- A bash script that creates a minimal Django project with a tiny app and a test view returning "OK".
- A benchmarking script that runs load tests with
wrkon the three servers:- Django’s default runserver
- Gunicorn (the popular WSGI server)
- Granian (a fast Rust HTTP server for Python apps)
- Nice charts generated using
gnuplotto compare requests per second (RPS).
Because I was curious how these servers stack up in speed and performance for a simple Django app.
Also, it’s a fun way to practice some bash scripting, benchmarking, and data visualization.
- Clone this repo:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/django-benchmark-playground.git
cd django-benchmark-playground-
Python 3.12+
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pip installed
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wrk benchmarking tool installed (sudo apt install wrk on Ubuntu)
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gnuplot installed (optional, for charts)
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Rust toolchain (for installing Granian) or install Granian via pip:
pip install granian./setup.sh./benchmark.shIf you have gnuplot, a PNG chart named benchmark_results.png will be generated.
This is not a scientific benchmark — just a quick and dirty comparison for fun and learning.
Granian is super interesting but may need extra config or debugging depending on your environment.
Feel free to tweak connection counts, threads, duration in the benchmark script to match your hardware!
Granian is a Rust HTTP server designed for Python web apps. It aims to deliver great speed by leveraging Rust’s performance while keeping Python compatibility. This benchmark helped me get a feel for how it compares with Django’s default server and Gunicorn.