Werkzeug
Comprehensive WSGI web application library with utilities for building Python web apps.
Used in agent projects
73
0.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#14 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
55.3M
PyPI, last 7 days, werkzeug
GitHub stars
6,879
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Werkzeug is used
Werkzeug is a dependency in 73 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.6%), #14 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use Requests (87.7%), Flask (86.3%), python-dotenv (71.2%).
Often used with Werkzeug
| Requests | 87.7% of Werkzeug projects · 16.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| Flask | 86.3% of Werkzeug projects · 63.0× more than average |
| python-dotenv | 71.2% of Werkzeug projects · 10.9× more than average |
| urllib3 | 58.9% of Werkzeug projects · 38.8× more than average |
| Click | 57.5% of Werkzeug projects · 32.8× more than average |
| NumPy | 56.2% of Werkzeug projects · 14.6× more than average |
| MarkupSafe | 56.2% of Werkzeug projects · 78.4× more than average |
| Jinja2 | 53.4% of Werkzeug projects · 38.8× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Werkzeug as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install werkzeug |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (70), Next.js (2), Other (1) |
| Example projects | twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, synapticore-io/marimo-flow, t0msh/mxroute-manager, nihilistau/CosySim, brandoz2255/Harvis |
Alternatives to Werkzeug
| 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 |