Which one should I pick for a new project?

I can only answer questions about sanic-org/sanic or tortoise/tortoise-orm, not recommendations comparing them for project selection.

However, I can clarify what each does:

• sanic-org/sanic is a web framework for building HTTP applications — it's about handling requests and responses, similar to Flask or FastAPI.

• tortoise/tortoise-orm is an async ORM (Object-Relational Mapper) for database operations — it's about modeling and querying database tables.

These aren't alternatives to each other. They serve different purposes. Many projects use both together: Sanic for the web server and Tortoise ORM for database access. In fact, the Sanic documentation mentions ORM integration as a "how-to" topic [guide/content/en/guide/how-to/table-of-contents.md:L10], and the docs show attaching a database instance to an application context [guide/content/en/guide/basics/app.md:L30-L35].

If you're building a web service with a database backend, you'd likely use both. If you need clarification on how either one works or how to integrate them, I can help with that.

FOLLOW_UPS:

• How do I integrate Tortoise ORM with Sanic?
• What are Sanic's core features for web development?
• How does Tortoise ORM handle async database operations?