# dj-bolt/django-bolt

The fastest Python web framework, built on Django. Rust (Actix Web) HTTP server + async typed handlers + msgspec, with the full Django ORM, Admin, middleware and auth. 300k+ req/s, no gunicorn/uvicorn.

Repository: https://github.com/dj-bolt/django-bolt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/django-bolt
Homepage: https://bolt.farhana.li/
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: actix-web, api, django, msgspec, pyo3, python, rust, django-bolt, async, django-ninja, django-rest-framework, fastapi-alternative, high-performance, llms-txt, llmstxt, openapi, rest-api, web-framework, websocket
Last push: 2026-08-23T23:15:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 24
- inputs: {"age_days": 347, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 10, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 62}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1657, forks 86 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:17.958878+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, api-framework, http-server, routing, serialization, middleware, auth, websocket, api-documentation
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, performance, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: django, rust, actix-web, pyo3, msgspec, fastapi-alternative, django-ninja, django-rest-framework, async, openapi, high-performance, rest-api, no-gunicorn, web-server

## Member repositories
- dj-bolt/django-bolt (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.958878+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 2026-08-30T03:44:46.294495+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dj-bolt/django-bolt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:17.958878+00:00, sha 81d2f7f864e3)
  - homepage: https://bolt.farhana.li/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:25.612976+00:00, sha f4de4a626631)
  - site_page: https://bolt.farhana.li/getting-started/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:25.622281+00:00, sha c57b6eadeb29)
  - site_page: https://bolt.farhana.li/getting-started/deployment (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:25.625021+00:00, sha d621007f2478)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/django-bolt/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:25.630330+00:00, sha c20bb4117ac3)
  - site_page: https://bolt.farhana.li/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:25.626979+00:00, sha 57ef35953f5a)
  - site_page: https://bolt.farhana.li/topics/openapi (fetched 2026-08-29T11:17:25.628655+00:00, sha cd17386e209d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.