# mattupstate/overholt

Example Flask application illustrating some of my common practices

Repository: https://github.com/mattupstate/overholt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/overholt
Homepage: http://mattupstate.com/blog/how-i-structure-my-flask-applications/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-03-28T03:18:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4816, "days_push": 2349, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1595, forks 230 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:09.045291+00:00)

## What it is
Overholt is an example Flask application demonstrating common practices for structuring larger Flask projects, including blueprints, SQLAlchemy models, Alembic migrations, and Celery tasks. It accompanies a blog post on organizing Flask applications as platforms with JSON APIs.

## Use cases
- learn how to structure a large flask application
- example flask rest api project
- flask blueprint project layout reference
- see how to organize sqlalchemy models and alembic migrations in flask
- example of celery background tasks in flask
- starting point for building a flask  api

## When to choose
- you want a reference example of a well-structured Flask codebase
- you are following the accompanying blog post on Flask application structure
- you need a sample showing Flask with SQLAlchemy, Alembic, and Celery together

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained production-ready starter template
- you want up-to-date Flask 2.x/3.x practices
- you need a library or framework to install as a dependency

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: web-framework, api-framework, orm, auth, testing
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: python
- tags: flask, example-app, boilerplate, rest-api, sqlalchemy, celery, alembic, vagrant, web-server, docker

## Member repositories
- mattupstate/overholt (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.045291+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 2026-08-30T03:54:07.656836+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mattupstate/overholt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.045291+00:00, sha a18598284f90)
  - homepage: http://mattupstate.com/blog/how-i-structure-my-flask-applications/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:24:52.924971+00:00, sha dfacd9935e76)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.