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24 alternatives to Build Apps in Python with Dara

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…

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

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    been working on this for nearly a year

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Reflex▲856

    Build web apps in pure Python

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Anvil▲80

    A better way to build Python web apps

    2023 · anvil.works · its alternatives →

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    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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    Hey HN, I’m Pierce. Today I’m open sourcing a beta of Mountaineer, an integrated framework for building webapps in React and Python. I’ve written a good 25+ webapps over the last few years in almost every major framework under the sun. Python and React remain my favorite. They let you get started quickly and grow to scale. But the developer experience of linking these two worlds remains less than optimal: — Sharing typehints and schemas across frontend and backend code — Scattered fetch() calls to template data and modify server objects — Server side rendering / gateway support — Error…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Davia▲56

    Hi HN, We’re Afnan, Theo and Ruben. We’re all ML engineers or data scientists, and we kept running into the same thing: we’d write useful Python functions, either for ourselves or internal tools, and then hit a wall when we wanted to share them as actual apps. We tried Streamlit and Gradio. They’re great to get something up quickly. But as soon as we needed more flexibility or something more polished, there wasn’t really a path forward. Rebuilding the frontend properly in React isn’t where we bring the most value. So we started building Davia. You keep your code in Python, decorate the…

    2025 · davia.ai · its alternatives →

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    Taipy 3.0▲299

    Build powerful data and AI apps in pure Python

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello, we just launched the alpha release of Pynecone - a way to build full-stack web apps in pure Python. The framework is easy to get started with even without previous web dev experience and is completely open source / free to use. We made Pynecone for Python devs who want to make web apps, but don’t want the overhead of having to learn or use Javascript. We wanted more flexibility than existing Python frameworks like Streamlit/Dash that don't allow the user to make real, customizable web apps. With Pynecone, you can make anything from a small data science/python project to…

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, we’re Sam, Shane, and Abhi, and we’re building Mastra (https://mastra.ai), an open-source JavaScript SDK for building agents on top of Vercel’s AI SDK. You can start a Mastra project with `npm create mastra` and create workflow graphs that can suspend/resume, build a RAG pipeline and write evals, give agents memory, create multi-agent workflows, and view it all in a local playground. Previously, we built Gatsby, the open-source React web framework. Later, we worked on an AI-powered CRM but it felt like we were having to roll all the AI bits (agentic workflows, evals,…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I started building a couple of years ago because I found no easy existing solution to build Slack bots that can be composed from/organized into plugins. Existing libraries like Bolt make it pretty easy to develop Slack bots, but hard to organize and scale the code base of your bot. I was also missing some crucial features such as scheduling actions for your bot. So I wrote my own framework! I recently rewrote the complete framework to make use of asyncio and the newest Slack SDK Let me know what you think!

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn how to build a web app with Python and Django

    2018 · hellowebbooks.com · its alternatives →

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    Robyn is a high-performance async Python web framework powered by a Rust runtime. Build fast, scalable web applications with Python's simplicity and Rust's speed.

    2025 · robyn.tech · its alternatives →

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    Learn to build Django apps in just one month.

    2015 · onemonth.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN! We’re Leo and Mandeep, founders of Datapane (https://datapane.com). We're building a way to create reports, dashboards, and web apps from your existing data using Python. Think of it as a combination of React and htmx, specifically designed for the Python data stack. Our GitHub is https://github.com/datapane/datapane and you can try building a report or app in ~2 minutes on Codespaces: https://try.datapane.com We started building Datapane at our previous start-up, where we struggled to deliver ML model results to clients. Much to our…

    2023 · its alternatives →

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

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Lenra▲136

    Optimize your app creation

    2023 · lenra.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, Recently, I’ve noticed there’s a decently high barrier to entry in developing competitive, full-stack SaaS applications. Beside the standard, boring features that take months to implement, you typically have to know several languages and frameworks, and be familiar with fancy frontend styling classes. I’m working hard right now to solve this problem by building PySaaS- The 100% pure Python SaaS starter kit. PySaaS is a boilerplate Python codebase that takes care of the fundamental components standard to all SaaS applications. The codebase uses the Pynecone web framework to compile…

    2023 · pysaas.io · its alternatives →

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    Reuse Python code in native iOS applications. Contribute to joaoventura/pybridge-ios development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    Today I'm open sourcing "Grid studio", a web-based spreadsheet application with full integration of the Python programming language.

    2019 · hackernoon.com · 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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    I am happy to announce the next major version of pywebview, a lightweight Python framework for building modern desktop applications with web technologies. The new version introduces powerful state management, network event handling, and significant improvements to Android support. See https://pywebview.flowrl.com/blog/pywebview6.html for details.

    2024 · pywebview.flowrl.com · its alternatives →

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