---
name: "public-inbox.cgi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "public-inbox"
version: "1.9.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/public-inbox.cgi"
---

# public-inbox.cgi(1)

CGI wrapper for PublicInbox::WWW

## NAME

public-inbox.cgi - CGI wrapper for PublicInbox::WWW

## SYNOPSIS

You generally want to run public-inbox-httpd, instead

## DESCRIPTION

public-inbox.cgi provides a CGI interface wrapper on top of the PSGI/Plack PublicInbox::WWW module.  It is only provided for compatibility reasons and NOT recommended.

CGI with Perl is slow due to code loading overhead and web servers lack the scheduling fairness of [**public-inbox-httpd**(1)](/public-inbox-httpd/1.md) for handling git clones and streaming large mbox downloads.

## CONTACT

Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to \<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org\>

The mail archives are hosted at \<https://public-inbox.org/meta/\> and \<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019-2021 all contributors \<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org\>

License: AGPL-3.0+ \<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt\>

## SEE ALSO

[**public-inbox-httpd**(1)](/public-inbox-httpd/1.md), PublicInbox::WWW, [**public-inbox-daemon**(8)](/public-inbox-daemon/8.md),