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`!mod_python`! is an `F33f`_`[Apache HTTP Server`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Apache_HTTP_Server]`_`f module that integrates the `F33f`_`[Python programming language`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Python_(programming_language)]`_`f with the server. It is intended to provide a Python language binding for the Apache HTTP Server.

When mod_python released it was one of the more efficient options for Python scripts compared to `F33f`_`[CGI`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Common_Gateway_Interface]`_`f as CGI requests require starting a new Python process to respond to each individual web request.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[History`#history]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>History

The initial implementation of mod_python was a port to Apache HTTP server of a project called NSAPy. NSAPy was written by Aaron Watters for the `F33f`_`[Netscape Enterprise Server`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Netscape_Enterprise_Server]`_`f and was used as an example in a chapter of the book `*Internet Programming with Python`* written by Aaron Watters, `F33f`_`[Guido van Rossum`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Guido_van_Rossum]`_`f, and James Ahlstrom.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f] The first version of mod_python was released by Gregory Trubetskoy in 2000. In September 2002, mod_python was donated to the `F33f`_`[Apache Software Foundation`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Apache_Software_Foundation]`_`f and became part of the `F33f`_`[Apache HTTP Server`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Apache_HTTP_Server]`_`f project.

Since the development of Python's `F33f`_`[Web Server Gateway Interface`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Web_Server_Gateway_Interface]`_`f from PEP 3333 in December 2003, interest in mod_python has largely moved to WSGI-compliant alternatives such as `F33f`_`[mod_wsgi`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Mod_wsgi]`_`f.`:cite-ref-grisha-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-grisha-2]`_`f]

Development on the project eventually ceased due to inactivity of the primary contributors and in The Apache Software Foundation June 16, 2010 Board meeting, the Board unanimously passed a resolution terminating Apache Quetzalcoatl Project (umbrella project for mod_python).`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f]

In September 2013, development of mod_python briefly resumed independent of the Apache Software Foundation`:cite-ref-grisha-2-1[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-grisha-2]`_`f] however it has been largely inactive since and no new releases were created.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "History". 29 January 2007. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013.

`:cite-note-grisha-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-grisha-2-0]`_`f `:citereftrubetskoy2013`aTrubetskoy, Gregory (2013-08-02). "Hacking on mod_python (again)". `*Gregory Trubetskoy`*. Retrieved 2021-03-30.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f "Meeting minutes". `*www.apache.org`*. June 16, 2010. Retrieved 2021-03-30.

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f "grisha/mod_python". `*GitHub`*. Retrieved 2021-03-30.

>>External links

• Official website

• NSAPy

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