dj-bolt/django-bolt

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1657 stars · 86 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Django-Bolt is a Python web framework that layers a Rust (Actix Web + Tokio) HTTP server and msgspec-based typed async handlers on top of Django, while keeping the full Django ORM, Admin, middleware, auth, and signals working unchanged. It claims 300k+ requests/second with no gunicorn or uvicorn needed, and auto-generates OpenAPI documentation with multiple built-in docs UIs.

Use cases

• build a fast REST API on top of an existing Django project
• find a faster alternative to django rest framework or django ninja
• serve django APIs without gunicorn or uvicorn
• write fastapi-style typed async endpoints in django
• high throughput python web api framework
• auto-generate openapi docs for a django api
• add websockets and file uploads to a django api

When to choose

• You already know Django and want dramatically faster APIs without abandoning the ORM, Admin, auth, or middleware
• You want typed async request handlers with automatic validation, in the FastAPI/Django Ninja style
• You want a single self-contained server (Rust HTTP layer, worker recycling, SO_REUSEPORT scaling) instead of managing gunicorn/uvicorn
• You need built-in OpenAPI docs, JWT/API-key auth, and WebSocket support alongside Django features

When to avoid

• Your project is not Django-based — a standalone framework like FastAPI or Litestar is a better fit
• You require a mature 1.0+ release; the project is still pre-1.0 (v0.10.x) with a rapidly evolving API
• You depend on deep WSGI/ASGI ecosystem integrations or custom server behaviors that the Rust engine does not cover
• License provenance matters for compliance — PyPI declares MIT but the repository currently shows no license file

Facets

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web-framework api-framework http-server routing serialization middleware auth websocket api-documentation web-development backend apis performance developer-tools python cross-platform django rust actix-web pyo3 msgspec fastapi-alternative django-ninja django-rest-framework async openapi high-performance rest-api no-gunicorn web-server

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