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Description:
Server for Ruby, Python, and Node.js apps via Apache/NGINX

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 6.1.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 23, 2025

Links: Homepage | @phusion_nl | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: web-server ruby python nodejs deployment devops

Install: brew install passenger

About:
Phusion Passenger is a high-performance application server that integrates directly with Apache or NGINX. It simplifies the deployment of web applications by managing application processes, handling load balancing, and providing robust process supervision. It supports multiple programming languages including Ruby, Python, and Node.js.

Key Features:

Multi-language support (Ruby, Python, Node.js)
Integrated Apache/NGINX module
Automatic process management and scaling
Built-in status and monitoring dashboard

Use Cases:

Deploying production-grade Ruby on Rails or Django applications
Scaling web services with automatic process spawning
Consolidating multiple web technologies behind a single web server

Alternatives:

uWSGI – uWSGI is a highly configurable application server, often used with Nginx, but requires more manual configuration than Passenger's integrated approach.
Gunicorn – Gunicorn is a popular WSGI server for Python, but lacks the multi-language support and tight Apache integration of Passenger.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 24, 2025 9:55pm	6.1.1	0	VERSION_BUMP	1ae878b6
Dec 23, 2025 8:19pm	6.1.0	3	VERSION_BUMP	054761ce
Oct 28, 2025 3:36pm		2	VERSION_BUMP	0e237531
Sep 17, 2025 5:27pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	b5b342c8
Dec 26, 2024 5:42pm		1	VERSION_BUMP	61a689e0