<s>
uWSGI	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
"	O
aims	O
at	O
developing	O
a	O
full	O
stack	O
for	O
building	O
hosting	O
services	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
Web	B-Language
Server	I-Language
Gateway	I-Language
Interface	I-Language
(	O
WSGI	B-Language
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
plugin	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
uWSGI	B-Application
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
Italian	O
based	O
software	O
company	O
unbit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
uwsgi	B-Application
(	O
all	O
lowercase	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
native	O
binary	O
protocol	O
that	O
uWSGI	B-Application
uses	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
other	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
uWSGI	B-Application
is	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
web	B-Application
servers	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Cherokee	B-Language
and	O
Nginx	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
offer	O
direct	O
support	O
for	O
uWSGI	B-Application
's	O
native	O
uwsgi	B-Application
protocol	O
,	O
to	O
serve	O
Python	B-Language
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Django	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
data	O
may	O
flow	O
like	O
this	O
:	O
HTTP	O
client	O
↔	O
Nginx	B-Operating_System
↔	O
uWSGI	B-Application
↔	O
Python	B-Language
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
alternative	O
to	O
uWSGI	B-Application
is	O
Gunicorn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
