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Top 23 Python Backend Projects
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Hello-Python
Curso para aprender el lenguaje de programación Python desde cero y para principiantes. 100 clases, 44 horas en vídeo, código, proyectos y grupo de chat. Fundamentos, frontend, backend, testing, IA...
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Robyn – Super Fast Async Python Web Framework with a Rust runtime
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fastcrud
FastCRUD is a Python package for FastAPI, offering robust async CRUD operations and flexible endpoint creation utilities.
fastcrud - CRUD operations for FastAPI
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crudadmin
Modern admin interface for FastAPI with built-in authentication, event tracking, and security features
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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mentorship-backend
Mentorship System is an application that matches women in tech to mentor each other, on career development, through 1:1 relations during a certain period of time. This is the backend of this system.
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So I use UtilMeta framework to implemented all the features in realworld spec, and found out it used just 600 lines of Python code, which is more concise and efficient than most backend implementations
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flexmeasures
The intelligent & developer-friendly EMS to support real-time energy flexibility apps, rapidly and scalable.
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nexios
A high-performance Python web framework designed for speed, flexibility, and simplicity, built on top of ASGI for asynchronous capabilities, featuring modular routing, automatic API documentation, and secure authentication.
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django-forestadmin
🐍 Django agent for Forest Admin to integrate directly to your existing Django backend application.
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drf-api-action
drf-api-action elevates Django Rest Framework testing with the action_api fixture, simplifying REST endpoint testing to a seamless, function-like experience.
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fastapi-distributed-websocket
A library to implement websocket for distibuted system based on FastAPI.
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redis-pydict
A python dictionary that uses Redis as in-memory storage backend to facilitate distributed computing applications development.
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Backend projects in Python? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | Hello-Python | 32,913 |
| 2 | Robyn | 6,665 |
| 3 | fastcrud | 1,384 |
| 4 | authx | 1,021 |
| 5 | PythonJS | 883 |
| 6 | crudadmin | 411 |
| 7 | dipdup | 281 |
| 8 | mentorship-backend | 200 |
| 9 | UtilMeta Python Framework | 195 |
| 10 | xpresso | 181 |
| 11 | flexmeasures | 171 |
| 12 | nexios | 150 |
| 13 | momentum-core | 150 |
| 14 | django-forestadmin | 121 |
| 15 | aquarius | 102 |
| 16 | drf-api-action | 101 |
| 17 | fastapi-distributed-websocket | 59 |
| 18 | cli | 34 |
| 19 | social | 26 |
| 20 | redis-pydict | 23 |
| 21 | publsp | 22 |
| 22 | Opsi | 20 |
| 23 | fastapi-responseschema | 18 |
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