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24 alternatives to I built a Python web framework

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This is a Python web framework developed over nearly a year of work. It's designed for developers building web applications with Python. The framework is open source and available on GitHub, offering an alternative… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I built a Python web framework launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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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    Reflex▲856

    Build web apps in pure Python

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    a lightweight web framework in c. Contribute to ashtonjamesd/lavandula development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Python web framework for building apps. Contribute to dropseed/plain development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Apr 2026 · github.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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    Full Stack Python explains programming concepts in plain language and provides links to the best tutorials for those topics.

    2014 · fullstackpython.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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    Hi HN! This is my pet project, written from scratch because there is so much to discover and learn in the process. The focus is on simplicity and incremental updates. Progress is slow because I do not have much spare time to work on this, but I would love to hear some feedback. Regards

    2022 · github.com · 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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    A Pythonic wraparound of HTML/CSS/JS. Contribute to BrainStormYourWayIn/sierra development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I’m excited to share about Mesop - a new, open-source Python UI framework that enables Python developers to quickly build delightful web apps in a scalable way. A small team of us at Google have been developing Mesop as an unofficial 20% project for the past few months. A wide range of research and product teams at Google have been using it to rapidly build internal apps and we’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback internally so now we’re looking to get feedback from the open-source community. We think that Mesop provides a unique approach to building web UIs in Python - making it both easy…

    2024 · google.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Taipy 3.0▲304

    Build powerful data and AI apps in pure Python

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    100% free and interactive Python course for beginners - alexmojaki/futurecoder

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production

    2019 · fastapi.tiangolo.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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    Hello HN, I'm releasing Hyperdiv (https://hyperdiv.io), a framework for rapidly developing reactive browser UIs in Python, with immediate-mode syntax and using Shoelace (https://shoelace.style) as its built-in component system. This short coding video will give you a good idea of what it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJKfxaqvGE I wrote a brief article about the motivation and approach: https://hyperdiv.io/intro.html Hyperdiv doesn't aim to compete with serious full-stack frameworks. The core aim was to make it easy and fast to…

    2024 · 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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    Anvil▲80

    A better way to build Python web apps

    2023 · anvil.works · its alternatives →

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