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ToolStarsLicenceTermsSelf-hostedLanguageLatestLast push
FastAPI105kMITOpen sourceNoPython0.162.52026-11-11
Django92kBSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceNoPython6.1.32026-11-11
Flask75kBSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceNoPython3.1.32026-10-30
Django REST framework30kOtherOpen sourceNoPython3.18.32026-11-11
Reflex29kApache-2.0Open sourceNoPythonv0.11.02026-11-12
Tornado22kApache-2.0Open sourceNoPythonv6.6.12026-11-09
Sanic19kMITOpen sourceNoPythonv25.12.12026-07-29
Starlette13kBSD-3-ClauseOpen sourceNoPython1.10.02026-11-06
Falcon9.8kApache-2.0Open sourceNoPython4.4.02026-11-11
Bottle8.8kMITOpen sourceNoPython0.13.42026-10-25
Litestar8.5kMITOpen sourceNoPythonv2.25.02026-11-11

11 tools

FastAPI

FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production

Language
Python
Licence
MIT
Stars
105k
Latest
0.162.5
Last push
2026-11-11
Tornado

Tornado is a Python web framework and asynchronous networking library, originally developed at FriendFeed.

Language
Python
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
22k
Latest
v6.6.1
Last push
2026-11-09
Sanic

Accelerate your web app development | Build fast. Run fast.

Language
Python
Licence
MIT
Stars
19k
Latest
v25.12.1
Last push
2026-07-29
Falcon

The no-magic web API and microservices framework for Python developers, with a focus on reliability and performance at scale.

Language
Python
Licence
Apache-2.0
Stars
9.8k
Latest
4.4.0
Last push
2026-11-11
Bottle

bottle.py is a fast and simple micro-framework for python web-applications.

Language
Python
Licence
MIT
Stars
8.8k
Latest
0.13.4
Last push
2026-10-25
Litestar

Light, flexible and extensible ASGI framework | Built to scale

Language
Python
Licence
MIT
Stars
8.5k
Latest
v2.25.0
Last push
2026-11-11

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