pallets/flask
The Python micro framework for building web applications. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 47
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 180
- age_days: 5993
- days_rel: 195
- days_push: 17
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
72138 stars · 16948 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework for Python, built on Werkzeug and Jinja. It provides routing, templating, and request handling with minimal enforced structure, scaling from simple scripts to complex applications via extensions.
Use cases
- build a rest api in python
- create a small web application with routing and templates
- serve html pages with jinja templates
- prototype a web backend quickly
- build a webhook receiver endpoint
- add a web interface to a python script
- develop a blog or crud app with a database
When to choose
- you want a minimal, unopinionated python web framework
- you need fine-grained control over project structure and dependencies
- you're building small-to-medium web apps or apis
- you want a huge ecosystem of community extensions
When to avoid
- you need async-first request handling or websockets out of the box (consider FastAPI or Starlette)
- you want batteries-included admin, ORM, and auth (consider Django)
- you're building a frontend-heavy SPA without a backend
Facets
framework · maturity stable
web-framework http-server routing templating middleware cli web-development backend apis python cross-platform wsgi microframework jinja2 werkzeug rest-api web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/pallets/flask · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1f2de14735b1
- homepage: https://flask.palletsprojects.com · fetched 2026-08-28 · d06521cfa3cb
- site_page: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/installation/ · fetched 2026-08-28 · 95e46a9e362c
- site_page: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/quickstart/ · fetched 2026-08-28 · 56db479be627
- site_page: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/tutorial/install/ · fetched 2026-08-28 · dfd0550e88ac
- registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/flask/json · fetched 2026-08-28 · 362177c07e23
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| pallets/flask | main | 81 |
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