servestatic

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Production-grade static file server for Python WSGI & ASGI applications, with support for Django, compression, and content hashing. Current version: 4.3.0, released April 2025. Active development.

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INSTALL

IMPORT

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servestatic

web-frameworkpythonv4.3.0

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Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

ServeStatic

✓ from servestatic.wsgi import ServeStatic

✗ from servestatic import ServeStatic

WSGI class is in servestatic.wsgi, not top-level.

ServeStaticASGI

✓ from servestatic.asgi import ServeStaticASGI

✗ from servestatic import ServeStaticASGI

ASGI class is in servestatic.asgi.

Wrap any WSGI app with ServeStatic to serve static files.

from servestatic.wsgi import ServeStatic from flask import Flask, send_from_directory import os app = Flask(__name__) app.wsgi_app = ServeStatic(app.wsgi_app, root='/path/to/static') @app.route('/') def index(): return send_from_directory('/path/to/static', 'index.html') if __name__ == '__main__': app.run()

Debug

Known issues

breakingIn version 4.0.0, default immutable_file_test regex changed to match files hashed by servestatic --hash. Custom file patterns may no longer be treated as immutable.

fix

Set immutable_file_test explicitly if you rely on old behavior, e.g., ServeStatic(app, immutable_file_test=r'').

affects: >=4.0.0

breakingIn version 4.1.0, symlink following is now disabled by default for security. If your static directory uses symlinks, you must set allow_unsafe_symlinks=True.

fix

Pass allow_unsafe_symlinks=True to ServeStatic or set SERVESTATIC_ALLOW_UNSAFE_SYMLINKS=True in Django settings.

affects: >=4.1.0

deprecatedThe compression API via python -m servestatic.compress is deprecated as of 4.0.0. Use servestatic --compress CLI instead.

fix

Run `servestatic --compress` after installing with [cli] extras.

affects: >=4.0.0

gotchaWhen using Django, SERVESTATIC_USE_STATIC_ROOT (added in 4.2.0) is off by default. If you rely on collectstatic to populate STATIC_ROOT, serve from STATIC_ROOT directly only if you enable this setting.

fix

Set SERVESTATIC_USE_STATIC_ROOT = True in settings.py if you want ServeStatic to scan STATIC_ROOT at startup.

affects: >=4.2.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'servestatic'

Library not installed or installed in wrong environment.

fix

Run `pip install servestatic` in the correct Python environment.

ImportError: cannot import name 'ServeStatic' from 'servestatic'

Importing from wrong module; ServeStatic class is in servestatic.wsgi.

fix

Use `from servestatic.wsgi import ServeStatic` or `from servestatic.asgi import ServeStaticASGI` for ASGI.

TypeError: ServeStatic() missing 1 required positional argument: 'application'

First argument to ServeStatic must be a WSGI app.

fix

Wrap your existing WSGI app: `app.wsgi_app = ServeStatic(app.wsgi_app, root='...')`.

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SERVESTATIC setting is not configured

Django integration requires adding 'servestatic' to INSTALLED_APPS.

fix

Add 'servestatic' to INSTALLED_APPS in Django settings.

Upgrade

Version history

4.3.0latest on PyPI · released Apr 10, 2026

Audit

Dependencies

asgirefrequiredRequired for ASGI support and import correctness.

DjangooptionalOptional integration for Django settings and collectstatic.

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/Archmonger/ServeStatic ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/servestatic/ ↗

docshttps://archmonger.github.io/ServeStatic/ ↗

changeloghttps://archmonger.github.io/ServeStatic/latest/changelog/ ↗