# Quickstart

URL: /docs/get-started/quickstart/
Section: get-started
Tags: quickstart, tutorial

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Create an ASGI App Create a file called app.py: async def app(scope, receive, send): """Minimal ASGI application.""" assert scope["type"] == "http" await send({ "type": "http.response.start", "status": 200, "headers": [ [b"content-type", b"text/plain"], ], }) await send({ "type": "http.response.body", "body": b"Hello from Pounce!", }) Serve It Command Line Programmatic pounce app:app import pounce pounce.run("app:app") Open http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser. You should see "Hello from Pounce!". Configure Workers On Python 3.14t (free-threading), workers are threads. On GIL builds, workers are processes. The API is the same: # Auto-detect worker count (based on CPU cores) pounce app:app --workers 0 # Explicit 4 workers pounce app:app --workers 4 Enable Development Reload pounce app:app --reload Pounce watches your source files and restarts workers automatically when changes are detected. Add Protocol Extras # HTTP/2 + WebSocket pounce app:app # after: pip install bengal-pounce[h2,ws] # TLS termination pounce app:app --ssl-certfile cert.pem --ssl-keyfile key.pem App Factory Pattern Pounce supports the app factory pattern with callable syntax: pounce myapp:create_app() This calls create_app() in the myapp module and uses the returned ASGI application. Next Steps ServerConfig — All configuration options Protocols — HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and WebSocket details Deployment — Production configuration and scaling

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