Robyn is a Python web framework designed for high performance, combining an async Python API with a Rust runtime. It’s aimed at building APIs and web applications with support for both synchronous and asynchronous handlers, and the project also provides its own documentation site, CLI options, and a growing set of framework features for modern web development.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Supports both synchronous and asynchronous request handlers.
- Offers dynamic URL routing for web applications and APIs.
- Includes WebSocket support for real-time communication.
- Provides middleware hooks that run before and after requests.
- Supports multi-core scaling and a multithreaded runtime.
- Includes automatic OpenAPI generation.
- Offers dependency injection.
- Supports hot reloading during development.
- Provides direct Rust integration for extending applications.
Website: github.com/sparckles/robyn
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Developer: Sanskar Jethi
License: BSD 2-Clause License
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