Python web frameworks

The full Python web spectrum in 2026. Django for batteries-included monoliths, FastAPI for typed async APIs, Flask for the classic micro-framework, Litestar for the FastAPI-alternative crowd, Starlette underneath both. Picks reflect actual maintenance and ecosystem depth, not benchmark theatre.

1. 1
   django/django

   Healthy signals · 88,400★ · scorecard 6.7
2. 2
   fastapi/fastapi

   Mixed signals · 100,963★ · scorecard 2.8
3. 3
   pallets/flask

   Healthy signals · 72,020★ · scorecard 7.1
4. 4
   litestar-org/litestar

   Healthy signals · 8,444★ · scorecard 5.4
5. 5
   encode/starlette

   Healthy signals · 12,597★ · scorecard 7.2
6. 6
   tornadoweb/tornado

   Healthy signals · 22,190★ · scorecard 6.8
7. 7
   sanic-org/sanic

   Mixed signals · 18,640★ · scorecard 4.0
8. 8
   bottlepy/bottle

   Mixed signals · 8,771★ · scorecard 2.9

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