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Dev tools · December 6, 2021

Anvil

Full stack web apps with nothing but Python.

Anvil launched on December 6, 2021 with 6 votes, #1,266 of 2,733 launches that month.

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What it does

Was looking for the fastest way to deploy a Python script and API with a fairly simple UI and came across Anvil. No JS needed) - Web-based IDE - Create your UI with drag and drop - Run Python on the server - Inbuilt postgres db

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