# jfinkels/flask-restless

NO LONGER MAINTAINED - A Flask extension for creating simple ReSTful JSON APIs from SQLAlchemy models.

Repository: https://github.com/jfinkels/flask-restless
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flask-restless
Homepage: https://flask-restless.readthedocs.io
Language: Python
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2020-05-16T01:49:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5299, "days_push": 2301, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1004, forks 294 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:13.134909+00:00)

## What it is
A Flask extension that automatically generates RESTful JSON APIs from SQLAlchemy models. It is no longer maintained, with the last release in May 2020.

## Use cases
- create rest api from sqlalchemy models
- generate crud endpoints for flask app
- expose database models as json api
- build restful api with flask quickly
- auto-generate api from orm models

## When to choose
- you have a legacy Flask + SQLAlchemy app already using it
- you need a quick prototype API from existing models and maintenance is not a concern

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the project is unmaintained
- you need security patches or Python/Flask version compatibility updates
- you use non-SQLAlchemy data sources

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: api-framework, http-server, serialization, orm
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: python
- tags: flask, sqlalchemy, rest-api, unmaintained, web-server

## Member repositories
- jfinkels/flask-restless (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:13.134909+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 2026-08-30T07:13:45.023318+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jfinkels/flask-restless (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:13.134909+00:00, sha 2b7814d3fca2)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/flask-restless/json (fetched 2026-08-29T13:13:58.802042+00:00, sha e34a81719bcf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.