# Flask-RESTX

Python extension for Flask that adds support for building REST APIs and documenting them with Swagger.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/flask-restx/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://flask-restx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- repository: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx
- docs: https://flask-restx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: python-restx Authors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.10
- basedOn: flask

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pip install flask-restx

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause, BSD 3-Clause License

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2025-09-23

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2230
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 117
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://flask-restx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/python-restx/flask-restx (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/python-restx/flask-restx (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/1.3.2/setup.py (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/doc/installation.rst (read 2026-10-26)
- basedOn: https://flask-restx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-26)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://pypi.org/pypi/flask-restx/json (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/python-restx/flask-restx/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/python-restx/flask-restx/releases?per_page=100 (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/python-restx/flask-restx/releases?per_page=100 (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/python-restx/flask-restx/releases/latest (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/python-restx/flask-restx (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/python-restx/flask-restx/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Flask-RESTX is an extension for Flask that adds support for building REST APIs and documenting them with Swagger. It is a community-driven fork of Flask-RESTPlus, and projects add it to a Flask application with pip.

## Worth knowing

The documentation index gives the reason for the fork: the original author did not respond to the maintainers, and only that author had rights to publish releases on PyPI. The README and the installation page state a higher minimum Python version than the metadata of the latest release does.

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