Starlette
Lightweight ASGI web framework for building Python APIs and web applications.
Used in agent projects
104
0.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#10 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
134M
PyPI, last 7 days, starlette
GitHub stars
12.7K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Starlette is used
Starlette is a dependency in 104 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.8%), #10 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use Uvicorn (98.1%), Pydantic (89.4%), FastAPI (80.8%).
Often used with Starlette
| Uvicorn | 98.1% of Starlette projects · 22.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 89.4% of Starlette projects · 17.5× more than average |
| FastAPI | 80.8% of Starlette projects · 19.1× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 74.0% of Starlette projects · 11.4× more than average |
| AnyIO | 71.2% of Starlette projects · 48.6× more than average |
| Requests | 68.3% of Starlette projects · 12.8× more than average |
| Click | 66.3% of Starlette projects · 37.8× more than average |
| python-multipart | 65.4% of Starlette projects · 38.3× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 1.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 1.3% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 1.0% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Starlette as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install starlette |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (99), Next.js (4), Other (1) |
| Example projects | learntocloud/learn-to-cloud-app, twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, sweetcornna/free-search-mcp, pipedude/evi-run, assafkip/kipi |
Alternatives to Starlette
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express npm Fast, unopinionated minimalist web framework for Node.js. |
822 (6.5%) | 142M | 69.6K | MIT |
| Uvicorn pypi Lightning-fast ASGI server for running async Python web applications. |
544 (4.3%) | 13M | 11K | — |
| FastAPI pypi High-performance Python web framework with automatic API docs and async support. |
537 (4.2%) | 107M | 103K | — |
| cors npm Express/Node.js middleware for handling Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. |
422 (3.3%) | 86.8M | 6,195 | MIT |
| python-multipart pypi Streaming multipart parser for handling file uploads in Python web frameworks. |
217 (1.7%) | 92.8M | 536 | — |
| Flask pypi Lightweight Python web framework for building web applications and APIs. |
174 (1.4%) | 40.9M | 75K | — |
| Hono npm Ultrafast web framework for edge runtimes built on Web Standards. |
136 (1.1%) | 73.9M | 32.5K | MIT |
| express-rate-limit npm Express middleware for rate limiting API requests by IP address. |
105 (0.8%) | 57.6M | 3,311 | MIT |