Falcon

The minimal, fast, and secure web framework for Python

The minimal, fast, and secure web framework for Python. Designed for large-scale microservices and responsive app backends with ASGI and WSGI support.

9K

GitHub Stars

none

TypeScript

easy

Learning Curve

4.1

DX Score

Visit Website → Documentation GitHub

Pricing

Model

free

Free Tier

Apache 2.0 licensed, fully open source

Features

✓ ASGI and WSGI support
✓ Native asyncio
✓ WebSocket support
✓ RESTful routing
✓ Middleware and hooks
✓ Idiomatic HTTP errors
✓ Testing helpers
✓ PyPy compatible
✓ No magic globals

Pros

+ Blazing fast performance
+ Minimal overhead
+ Excellent for APIs
+ Both sync and async
+ RFC compliant

Cons

- API-focused only
- No template engine
- Smaller ecosystem
- More boilerplate

Best For

startup enterprise

Alternatives

FastAPI

Flask

backend api microservices asgi performance