8,400 stars · MIT · 2.24.0 on PyPI (2026-06-11), confirmed with the year from the PyPI RSS release feed · Track this in Scout
A Python web framework that makes the database, settings, dependency-injection and background-task decisions in the box instead of leaving them to you.
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- fastapi/fastapi
The field's first choice and the direct comparison: the same validation style and automatic documentation, far more widely known, but it leaves the database, settings and background-work decisions to you.
Track this in Scout - Kludex/starlette
The small layer both of the above are built on, so choosing it means writing more yourself and carrying much less; renamed today from encode/starlette.
Track this in Scout - Neoteroi/BlackSheep
A third option with the same shape and a similar batteries-included view, smaller again and with a correspondingly smaller community.
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