Litestar
Type-first async framework with built-in OpenAPI.
web-frameworks
60
Hero Score
Popularity
52
Performance
85
Ecosystem
25
Maturity
69
Dev Experience
68
⭐ 8,330 stars⬇ 434.3K downloads/wkFirst release: Jan 2023Last release: Jun 2026
Async Support: YesPlugin Extensions: GrowingSpeed: FastDoc Quality: HighLearning Curve: Easy
Pros
- • Type-driven route handlers & validation
- • Strong ASGI performance
- • Rich first-party plugins (SQLAlchemy, DTOs, OpenAPI)
Cons
- • Smaller community
- • Fewer tutorials/examples than FastAPI/Flask
- • Hosting and deployment ecosystem leans toward FastAPI patterns