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Dev tools · February 8, 2016

Zappa – Serverless Python/Django on AWS Lambda

Have you been looking for an easier way to build serverless microservices? Zappa and Flask can help you with that.

Zappa – Serverless Python/Django on AWS Lambda launched on February 8, 2016 with 87 votes, #550 of 4,386 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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In plain words

Zappa is a tool that deploys serverless Python web applications to AWS Lambda. It works with Flask, Django, Pyramid, Bottle, and other WSGI-compatible frameworks, allowing developers to build microservices without managing servers or infrastructure. Applications run only during HTTP requests, eliminating configuration overhead, server maintenance, and costs associated with always-on hosting.

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From the sources

Today, I’m going to show you how to write and deploy serverless microservices using Flask and Zappa . If you’re new to Flask, you’ll see just how easy is. However, if you prefer Pyramid, Bottle, or even Django, you’re in luck, because Zappa works with any WSGI-compatible framework! With serverless deployments, the web application only exists during the span of a single HTTP request. The benefit of this is that there’s no configuration required, no server maintenance, no need for load balancers, and no cost of keeping a server online 24/7. Plus, it’s incredibly easy and fun! This demonstration will start with the most trivial example, and build to an…from gun.io

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