# Starlette

Lightweight ASGI framework and toolkit for building async web services in Python.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://starlette.dev
- repository: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette
- docs: https://starlette.dev
- discord: https://discord.gg/RxKUF5JuHs

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Encode OSS Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.11
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: jinja2
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pip install starlette, plus an ASGI server such as uvicorn

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 12686
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 350
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/Kludex/starlette (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://starlette.dev (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://starlette.dev (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/Kludex/starlette (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://pypi.org/pypi/starlette/json (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://pypi.org/pypi/starlette/json (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/starlette/json (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/releases/tag/1.10.0 (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/Kludex/starlette/releases/tag/1.10.0 (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/Kludex/starlette (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/Kludex/starlette/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://starlette.dev (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Starlette is a lightweight framework and toolkit for building async web services in Python. It is an ASGI application: after the pip install, it is run by an ASGI server such as [uvicorn](https://uvicorn.dev), which the project README gives as an example. Jinja2 templates are an optional dependency, needed only where an application renders them.

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