# ml-tooling/best-of-web-python

🏆  A ranked list of awesome python libraries for web development. Updated weekly.

Repository: https://github.com/ml-tooling/best-of-web-python
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/best-of-web-python
Homepage: https://web-python.best-of.org
License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: best-of, awesome, best-of-list, python, web-development, fastapi, flask, django, django-rest-framework, flask-restful, pyramid, openapi, graphql, serverless, rest-api, api, framework, html, http, library
Last push: 2026-08-20T21:41:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2066, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 45}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2752, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:17.931492+00:00)

## What it is
A curated, ranked list of 590 open-source Python libraries for web development, organized into 26 categories such as web frameworks, HTTP clients, authentication, and GraphQL. Projects are scored automatically from GitHub and package manager metrics and the list is regenerated weekly.

## Use cases
- find the best python web framework
- discover popular python libraries for building REST APIs
- compare fastapi flask and django ecosystem tools
- find python libraries for authentication or graphql
- browse a curated list of python web development tools
- find well-maintained python http client libraries

## When to choose
- you want a quality-ranked overview of the Python web ecosystem before picking libraries
- you need to discover lesser-known but well-maintained Python web tools
- you want an up-to-date reference that is regenerated weekly from live metrics

## When to avoid
- you need in-depth tutorials or documentation rather than a catalog of links
- you want libraries for non-web Python domains like data science or machine learning
- you need an exhaustive directory rather than a curated selection

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: web-development, awesome-lists
- platform: python
- tags: awesome-list, curated-list, python-libraries, web-frameworks, ranked-list, best-of, python, web-server

## Member repositories
- ml-tooling/best-of-web-python (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:17.931492+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:18:55.557761+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ml-tooling/best-of-web-python (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:17.931492+00:00, sha 639c41470654)
  - homepage: https://web-python.best-of.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:57:10.381485+00:00, sha f485277caf39)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.