# APIFlask

Python web API framework built on Flask, with marshmallow or Pydantic schemas and automatic OpenAPI documentation.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/apiflask/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- home: https://apiflask.com
- repository: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask
- docs: https://apiflask.com/docs
- x: https://twitter.com/apiflask
- forum: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Grey Li
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2021
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.9
- basedOn: flask

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pip

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-12

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1139
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 51
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: 181952
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 19
- dependentPackages: 3

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/apiflask/apiflask (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://apiflask.com (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://apiflask.com (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/blob/main/docs/authors.md (read 2026-10-24)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/apiflask/apiflask (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- basedOn: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runsAs: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/blob/main/docs/tips.md (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/apiflask/apiflask (read 2026-10-24)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/apiflask/apiflask/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/apiflask/json (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://pypi.org/pypi/apiflask/json (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/apiflask/json (read 2026-10-24)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/apiflask/apiflask (read 2026-10-24)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/apiflask/apiflask/contributors (read 2026-10-24)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/apiflask (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/apiflask (read 2026-10-25)
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/apiflask (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

APIFlask is a Python web API framework built on Flask. It started as a fork of APIFairy, and its documentation includes migration guides for projects that use Flask or Flask-RESTPlus/Flask-RESTX. The package installs with pip. Its API documentation and OpenAPI generation are features of the framework. The project's tips page describes running an application behind a reverse proxy such as Nginx, which forwards requests to the process that serves the application.

## Worth knowing

APIFlask is a library on top of Flask, so a project that uses it also depends on Flask and its requirements.

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