Learn TORNADO with Real Code Examples

Backend for SaaS real-time platforms

Live streaming and dashboards

IoT notification services

API-as-a-service solutions

Microservices for small-to-medium businesses

Enhanced asyncio integration

Better WebSocket and streaming support

Expanded async library compatibility

Improved documentation and examples

Focus on high-concurrency performance

CPU-bound applications

Simple websites without concurrency needs

Projects needing a large ecosystem of pre-built modules

Teams unfamiliar with async programming

Applications requiring complex ORMs or admin panels

Tornado is an asynchronous Python web framework and networking library.

Designed for high-concurrency, real-time web services.

Supports HTTP, WebSockets, and streaming responses.

Flexible, lightweight, and event-loop-based architecture.

Ideal for APIs, chat servers, live dashboards, and IoT backends.

Is Tornado free?

Yes - open-source under the Apache 2.0 license.

Does Tornado support async/await?

Yes - supports Python's async/await syntax.

Is Tornado suitable for production?

Yes - especially for real-time and high-concurrency apps.

Does Tornado include WebSocket support?

Yes - built-in WebSocketHandler class.

Can Tornado scale horizontally?

Yes - with multiple processes and load balancers.