Open Source Python Web Development Frameworks

Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework designed to help developers get started with their web applications quickly and easily with the ability to scale up to complex applications. Being a “micro” framework does not mean that your whole web application must fit into a single Python file (although it can) or that it be limited; rather it means that Flask aims to keep the core simple but extensible. Flask offers suggestions, but it won’t make any decisions for you such as what database to use or what dependencies or project layout to choose. You get to choose the tools and libraries you want to use, so Flask can be everything you need and nothing you don’t. Flask has become one of the most popular Python web application frameworks, and has amassed a great number of extensions provided by the community that make adding new functionality easy.

FastAPI is a modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints. Great editor support. Completion everywhere. Less time debugging. Designed to be easy to use and learn. Less time reading docs. Minimize code duplication. Multiple features from each parameter declaration. Fewer bugs. Get production-ready code. With automatic interactive documentation. Based on (and fully compatible with) the open standards for APIs: OpenAPI (previously known as Swagger) and JSON Schema. If you are building a CLI app to be used in the terminal instead of a web API, check out Typer. Typer is FastAPI's little sibling. And it's intended to be the FastAPI of CLIs. In summary, you declare once the types of parameters, body, etc. as function parameters. You do that with standard modern Python types. You don't have to learn a new syntax, the methods or classes of a specific library, etc.

Falcon is a minimalist WSGI library for building speedy web APIs and app backends. We like to think of Falcon as the Dieter Rams of web frameworks. When it comes to building HTTP APIs, other frameworks weigh you down with tons of dependencies and unnecessary abstractions. Falcon cuts to the chase with a clean design that embraces HTTP and the REST architectural style. Highly optimized, extensible code base. Easy access to headers and bodies through request and response objects. DRY request processing via middleware components and hooks. Strict adherence to RFCs. Idiomatic HTTP error responses. Straightforward exception handling. Snappy testing with WSGI/ASGI helpers and mocks. CPython 3.5+ and PyPy 3.5+ support. No reliance on magic globals for routing and state management. Stable interfaces with an emphasis on backward compatibility. Simple API modeling through centralized RESTful routing. Highly-optimized, extensible code base.

ZK is an open-source Java framework for building modern web and mobile applications. It enables developers to create rich, interactive UIs using only Java — no JavaScript required. With 200+ Ajax-powered components, event-driven architecture, and support for popular technologies like Spring, Java EE, and JSP/JSF, ZK makes it simple to deliver powerful and user-friendly web applications.

"Project EROS" is a collection of software which includes a web application framework for developing intranet and extranet applications (bbsengine), as well as example applications to demonstrate the available functionality.

Workshops is an open source, simple, dead-lightweight LMS (Learning Management System) application programmed in Python (version 3.8.x) with Django (version 2.2.x) web framework which main purpose is to make a standarized way to share knowledge via courses in a slide-based view in browser powered by remark javascript library, easy to create, edit, delete and show your courses using simple markdown and html if necessary. Inspired on an old project in my social labours to help share knowledge in an easy way.

The Virtual Commons (http://commons.asu.edu) is an open software initiative devoted to computational experiments on collective action and resource governance and funded by Arizona State University's Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment (http://cbie.asu.edu). NOTE: we've moved our development to GitHub at https://github.com/virtualcommons - please look for the latest versions there.

Code samples from the Django tutorial series. I’m starting a new tutorial series about Django fundamentals. It’s a complete beginner’s guide to start learning Django. The material is divided into seven parts. We’re going to explore all the basic concepts in great detail, from installation, and preparation of the development environment, models, views, templates, URLs to more advanced topics such as migrations, testing, and deployment. I wanted to do something different. A tutorial that would be easy to follow, informative and fun to read. That was when I came up with the idea to create some comics along the text to illustrate some concepts and scenarios. I hope you enjoy the reading! Django is a Web framework written in Python. A Web framework is a software that supports the development of dynamic Web sites, applications, and services. It provides a set of tools and functionalities that solves many common problems associated with Web development.

Aquarium is a framework for creating highly-dynamic, custom Web application in Python. It offers convenient libraries, tight integration with Cheetah, adaptors for various Web environments, and a convenient approach to Web development.

Atma Web Framework is based on TwistedMatrix Network Framework and provides a high-quality environment for the development of rich and robust web applications.

Biz is a WSGI-compatible web application framework written in Python. It aims to be a platform for easily developing secure and internationalized web applications.

BlackSheep is an asynchronous web framework to build event-based web applications with Python. A rich code API, based on dependency injection and inspired by Flask and ASP.NET Core. A typing-friendly codebase, which enables a comfortable development experience thanks to hints when coding with IDEs. Built-in generation of OpenAPI Documentation, supporting version 3, YAML, and JSON. A cross-platform framework, using the most modern versions of Python. BlackSheep supports automatic binding of values for request handlers, by type annotation or by conventions.

CodeWP Local is a desktop application that allows you to run WordPress, Laravel 13, and PHP-based websites locally on your Windows machine — no technical expertise required. It comes bundled with everything you need: Nginx, PHP 8.3/8.4, MariaDB, and phpMyAdmin — all managed through a clean, modern interface.

Django Ninja is a web framework for building APIs with Django and Python 3.6+ type hints. Designed to be easy to use and intuitive. Very high performance thanks to Pydantic and async support. Type hints and automatic docs lets you focus only on business logic. Based on the open standards for APIs: OpenAPI (previously known as Swagger) and JSON Schema. Django friendly (obviously) has good integration with the Django core and ORM. Used by multiple companies on live projects.

Django OAuth Toolkit can help you by providing, out of the box, all the endpoints, data, and logic needed to add OAuth2 capabilities to your Django projects. Django OAuth Toolkit makes extensive use of the excellent OAuthLib, so that everything is rfc-compliant. OAuth is an open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for Internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords. Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development, so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the wheel. Your Django app exposes a web API you want to protect with OAuth2 authentication. You need to implement an OAuth2 authorization server to provide tokens management for your infrastructure.

Django-dataplot enables developers using the Django web framework to seamlessly integrate data-driven graphical plots into their web pages.

Eurasia is a low-level Python Web framework which follows the Tao

A classic Forum Software in Python with a Modern and Fresh look. FlaskBB is open source and the whole source code is available on GitHub. It is being developed under the BSD 3-Clause license. Due to the plugin system, it is possible to extend FlaskBB without touching a single line of code. You just drop the plugin into the plugin's directory and activate it in the management panel. Are you sick of the standard theme or you simply want to create a customized style for your site? No problem! You can customize every template in FlaskBB. Besides that, you can also install community-made themes. Our goal is to develop a forum system with modern technologies and sticking to already well-tested and approved layouts. FlaskBB is a simple and extensible forum software that should be seen as the foundation for building communities. It is written in Python using the web framework Flask. FlaskBB is being distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License.

Green Machine is a dynamic web content management system written in Python using Django web framework.

A web development framework; includes an application server which provides a persistent object cache and transaction support, an intelligent HTML parser, multi-threaded scripting, multiple scripting language support within a single OO framework.

A high level Python Web framework. The project is under active development and is not ready for production use.

Joe SDK is an easy to learn and adapt python software development kit for excellent GUI desktop applications. You can create a desktop application using python, html, css, javascript or jquery in minutes! The SDK allows you to: - Run python code, on any javascript event. - Render result of python function dynamically - Create HTML User Interfaces, using standard HTML. The SDK is powered by: - Google Chrome apps - Python anywhere - Cherrypy Web Framework Though it is a desktop application sdk, it is purely web hosted locally. This makes it extremely easy to deploy these applications to web.

A simple Python-based web framework for viewing and editing genealogy data. Allows users to browse your family tree and make changes, such as adding new people, adding or deleting images, or notes and stories. Works with GEDCOM v5.5 and Spyce.

Karrigell is a flexible Python web framework, with a clear and intuitive syntax. It is independant from any database, ORM or templating engine, and lets the programmer choose between a variety of coding styles

Python web development framework with a focus on efficiency/speed and extensibility, with a large library of functions to aid in the development of modern web applications.