What is Passenger^®?

Phusion Passenger^® is an open source web application server. It handles HTTP requests, manages processes and resources, and enables administration, monitoring and problem diagnosis.

Phusion Passenger - the smart app server

Passenger is very easy to use, makes deploying in production much easier and is scalable. If you aren't already familiar with the benefits, you can learn more about them.

Passenger supports multiple programming languages, of which is one. Passenger can also serve multiple applications at the same time (it is multitenant).

Supported languages:

Ruby

Python

Node

Meteor

Since the release of Passenger 6, it now supports all languages. Want to use Passenger with your favorite language? Take a look at the Generic Language Support guides.

Supported integrations:

Nginx

Apache

Standalone

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