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Lightweight ASGI toolkit for async web services; the foundation FastAPI is built on.

Async, type-hint-driven API framework with automatic OpenAPI docs; the default choice for new Python APIs.

Batteries-included web framework with ORM, admin, auth and migrations; powers many large Python sites.

Lightweight WSGI micro-framework with a huge extension ecosystem; a go-to for small services.

Head to head

Metric	Starlette	FastAPI	Django	Flask
Stars	12.7k	104k	91.7k	75.1k
Weekly downloads	166M	128M	12M	48.1M
Download growth	+41%	+42%	+23%	+57%
Popularity score	89/100	96/100	88/100	92/100
Forks	1.4k	10.2k	35.2k	17.3k
Open issues	32	61	534	5
Last commit	5d ago	6d ago	1d ago	1w ago
Latest version	1.10.0Oct 24, 2026	0.162.5Nov 11, 2026	6.1.3Nov 3, 2026	3.1.3Feb 19, 2026
License	BSD-3-Clause	MIT	BSD-3-Clause	BSD-3-Clause
First released	2018	2018	2012	2010
Signals	None	TrendingPopular	Popular	Popular
Listed in	Backend › Python Frameworks & Servers	Backend › Python Frameworks & Servers	Backend › Python Frameworks & Servers	Backend › Python Frameworks & Servers

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