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24 alternatives to Anvil

A better way to build Python web apps

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Anvil launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   bolt.new▲1,230

   Build and scale high-performing websites & apps using your words. Join millions and start building today.

   2024 · bolt.new · its alternatives →

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   Reflex▲856

   Build web apps in pure Python

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Anvil▲3

   Build web apps with drag-and-drop and Python

   2016 · anvil.works · its alternatives →

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   Dropbase – Build internal web apps with just Python▲207

   Hey HN, I’m Jimmy, co-founder of Dropbase (https://www.dropbase.io). We are an internal tools builder for Python developers. All you have to do is import any Python scripts/libraries, declare UI components, and layer app permissions so you can share them with others. We’re a middle ground between Airplane and Retool—simpler UI creation than Airplane, more code-centered than Retool. UI building is declarative and you can bind Python scripts/functions to UI components. You can write Python scripts/functions using our App Studio with support from a Python Language…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Anvil▲6

   Full stack web apps with nothing but Python.

   2021 · anvil.works · its alternatives →

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   Anvil, Visual Basic reimagined for the web▲7

   Anvil is a free Python-based drag-and-drop web app builder

   2016 · anvil.works · its alternatives →

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   I built a Python web framework▲173

   been working on this for nearly a year

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Anvil – From repo to live demo in seconds: simple web app sharing▲11

   2014 · demo.anvilapp.io · its alternatives →

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   Anything API▲656

   Hey HN! We built Notte, a browser infrastructure and agents platform. Many of our users automate UI workflows or extract data from sites that don’t have APIs. In practice, we noticed that once an agent understands how a site works, parts of the task can often run without a browser by interacting with the same network requests the site uses. So we built Anything API: describe a browser task, and our agent explores the site, builds a function, tests it against your description, and deploys a callable REST endpoint. No infra to manage. How the build works: - Describe the task (best results come…

   Mar 2026 · anything.notte.cc · its alternatives →

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    fastht.ml▲123

    Modern web applications in pure Python

    2024 · fastht.ml · its alternatives →

11. 11MF
    My first python web app - What do you want to do this year?▲70

    2013 · thisyr.com · its alternatives →

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    Hackerforms▲134

    Transform your Python scripts into beautiful form-like apps

    2022 · abstra.io · its alternatives →

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    Eel – a simple Python library for making little HTML GUI applications▲201

    A little Python library for making simple Electron-like HTML/JS GUI apps - python-eel/Eel

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple Scraper▲556

    Turn any website into an API in just a few seconds.

    2019 · simplescraper.io · its alternatives →

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    Quarkly▲184

    Design tool to create sites & web apps on React

    2020 · quarkly.io · its alternatives →

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    Anvil▲175

    Run a fleet of parallel Claude Codes

    Mar 2026 · anvil.fm · its alternatives →

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    Hello Web App▲156

    Learn Python & Django by building a web app (pre-order)

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Anvil – Desktop App for Spec Driven Development▲10

    Very excited to share Anvil. I built Anvil to take back control when working with parallel coding agents. It comes with one click worktree isolation, and first class spec support. Claude Code and similar coding TUIs are very eager to get into writing code, even before their human baby sitter fully understands the implication of what they are about to build. The core insight with Anvil is that it is much easier to write high quality code which matches the author's intent after iterating on an external plan with your agent. Align on the architecture, implementation, and verification strategy…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tangle.io▲121

    Build enterprise apps fast - low code, no limits

    2023 · tangle.io · its alternatives →

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    Crawlee▲229

    Build reliable web scrapers and robots, fast!

    2022 · crawlee.dev · its alternatives →

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    Webiny▲126

    Build modern web apps, stay sane and deliver on time. 🚀

    2017 · webiny.com · its alternatives →

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    Build Apps in Python with Dara▲5

    We would like to introduce Dara - an app framework that allows you to build web-apps in Python. You can explore our open-source GitHub repo here: https://github.com/causalens/dara 2 years ago, our Data Scientists at causaLens were solving real world problems with our tech - causalAI. They found themselves impeded to turn their work into interactive visuals that allow informed decision-making. To overcome this, we built a framework designed to empower our Data Scientists to work effectively with the language they know, and get great looking apps powered by their work. The…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Skaffolder 2.0▲162

    Create web applications in a few clicks 💻

    2019 · skaffolder.com · its alternatives →

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    plsrefresh▲78

    Share python apps with non-technical users

    2021 · its alternatives →

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