Awesome Flask 
A curated list of awesome things related to Flask.
Flask is a
lightweight WSGI web application framework written in Python.
Contents
Third-Party Extensions
Admin
- Flask-Admin
- Functional admin panel that provides a user interface for managing
data based on your models.
APIs
RESTful API Support
RESTful API +
Swagger/OpenAPI Documentation Support
- APIFlask -
Integrates marshmallow for validation and serialization, and for OpenAPI
generation with Swagger UI.
- Connexion - Open
source, OpenAPI-based, REST framework built on top of Flask.
- Flasgger -
OpenAPI and Swagger UI. Builds the API from Flasgger models, marshmallow
models, dicts, or YAML files.
- Flask-Rebar -
Combines Flask, marshmallow, and OpenAPI for robust REST
services.
- Flask-RESTX -
Community-driven fork of Flask-RESTPlus that
makes it easy to build and document RESTful APIs with Flask.
- flask-smorest
- Marshmallow’s official Flask REST integration. Uses marshmallow models
for request/response validation and serialization, and generates OpenAPI
with Swagger UI.
Swagger/OpenAPI
Documentation Support
- SAFRS: Python OpenAPI
& JSON:API Framework - SAFRS, which is an acronym for
SqlAlchemy Flask-Restful
Swagger, is meant to help developers create self-documenting
JSON APIs for SQLAlchemy database objects and relationships.
Auth
Basic Auth and
Session-based (for HTML Endpoints)
Curious about the differences differences between Flask-User and
Flask-Security? Review the Flask-User FAQ.
JWT-based (for JSON
Endpoints)
OAuth
- Authlib - Library for building
OAuth and OpenID clients and servers.
- Authomatic -
Framework agnostic library for Python web applications that simplifies
authentication and authorization of users via OAuth and OpenID.
- Flask-Dance -
OAuth support via OAuthLib.
Cache
Data Validation and
Serialization
- Flask-Marshmallow -
Thin integration layer for Flask and marshmallow (an object
serialization /deserialization library) that adds additional features to
marshmallow.
- Flask-Pydantic - Pydantic support.
Databases
ORMs
ODMs
Migrations
- Flask-Alembic -
Configurable Alembic
migration environment around a Flask-SQLAlchemy database for handling
database migrations.
- Flask-DB - Flask
CLI extension that helps you migrate, drop, create and seed your SQL
database.
- Flask-Migrate -
Handles SQLAlchemy database migrations via Alembic.
Curious about the differences between Alembic, Flask-Alembic,
Flask-Migrate, and Flask-DB? Review this
item from Flask-DB’s FAQ.
- Flask-Excel -
Uses pyexcel to read,
manipulate, and write data in different Excel formats: csv, ods, xls,
xlsx and xlsm.
Debugging
Fixtures
Logging
- Rollbar -
Flask error logging with Rollbar.
Monitoring
Tracing
Testing
Email
- Flask-WTF -
Integrates Flask with WTForms (provides CSRF protection as well).
Full-text Search
Security
Task Queues
- Celery - The most
commonly used Python library for handling asynchronous tasks and
scheduling.
- Dramatiq - Fast and
reliable alternative to Celery.
- Flask-RQ - RQ (Redis Queue) integration.
- Huey - Redis-based task queue that aims to provide
a simple, yet flexible framework for executing tasks.
Utils
Resources
Official Resources
External Resources
- Discord - Pallets
Projects community on Discord (use the
#get-help channel
for Flask support).
- IRC Channel - Chat with other Flask users on IRC channel
#pocoo on FreeNode.
- Mailing
List - General discussion of Flask and the Pallets projects
(
flask@python.org).
- Reddit - Flask
subreddit.
- Stack
Overflow - Questions tagged
flask.
- Twitter - For official
announcements on updates, security fixes, etc.
Conferences
- FlaskCon - Community
driven Flask event intended for speakers and attendees all over the
world to participate in technical and evangelical sessions related to
Flask.
- PyConWeb - Covers Django,
Tornado, Flask, API frameworks. AsyncIO, networking, Frontend,
JavaScript, and web security.
- Flask Conf Brazil -
Conference for the developers and users of Flask.
- PyCon US - The largest annual
gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python
programming language.
- PyCon Australia - National
conference organized for the Python Programming Community.
- Euro Python - The largest
Python conference in Europe.
- PyCon - Complete listing of all
PyCons globally.
Meetups
Podcasts
Tutorials
Courses
- Developing Web
Applications with Python and Flask - This course focuses on teaching
the fundamentals of Flask by building and testing a web application
using Test-Driven Development (TDD).
- Test-Driven
Development with Python, Flask, and Docker - Learn how to build,
test, and deploy a production-grade microservice powered by Python,
Flask, and Docker.
- Authentication
with Flask, React, and Docker - Learn how to add authentication to a
Flask and React microservice!.
- Deploying a
Flask and React Microservice to AWS ECS - Learn how to deploy
microservices to Amazon ECS powered by Flask, React, and Docker.
- Build a SAAS App with
Flask - Learn to build web applications with Flask and Docker.
- Full
Stack Foundations - Build a data-driven web app with Python.
- Designing
RESTful APIs - Build and Secure a backend API server.
Books
- Flask
Web Development - Learn the framework from the ground up by
developing, step-by-step, a real-world project.
- Real Python - Learn Python
programming, by example.
- Explore Flask -
Best practices and patterns for developing web applications with
Flask.
Videos
Hosting
PaaS
(Platforms-as-a-Service)
IaaS
(Infrastructure-as-a-Service)
Serverless
Frameworks:
Compute:
Projects
Boilerplates
- cookiecutter-flask
- With Bootstrap 4, asset bundling annd minification with webpack,
starter templates, and registration/authentication.
- Cookiecutter
Flask Skeleton - Flask starter project for Cookiecutter.
- Flask-AppBuilder
- Simple and rapid application development framework that includes
detailed security, auto CRUD generation for your models, Google charts,
and much more.
- flask-base -
Includes SQLAlchemy, Redis, User Authentication, and more.
- Flask-Bootstrap
- Integrated SQLAlchemy, authentication, and Bootstrap frontend.
- flask-htmx-boilerplate
- Boilerplate template for a Python Flask application with HTMX and
Tailwind CSS.
- uwsgi-nginx-flask-docker
- Docker image with uWSGI and Nginx for Flask applications in Python
running in a single container.
- React-Redux-Flask
- Boilerplate application for a Flask JWT Backend and a React/Redux
Front-End with Material UI.
- MVC Flask - You
can use the mvc pattern in your flask application using this
extension.
Open Source Projects
- ActorCloud -
Open-source IoT Platform.
- Airflow
- Busy
Beaver - Chicago Python’s Community Engagement Slack bot.
- FlaskBB - Classic
forum software.
- Indico - Feature-rich
event management system, made at CERN.
- Quokka CMS - The
happiest CMS in the world.
- PythonBuddy
- Online Python Editor with live syntax checking and execution.
- Redash - Designed
to enable anyone, regardless of the level of technical sophistication,
to harness the power of data big and small.
- SkyLines
- Live tracking, flight database, and competition framework.
- Security
Monkey - Monitors AWS, GCP, OpenStack, and GitHub orgs for assets
and their changes over time.
- SecureDrop -
Open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can
use to securely accept documents from, and communicate with anonymous
sources.
- SimpleLogin -
Protect your online identity with email alias.
- sr.ht -
Git hosting service (check out Why
I chose Flask to build sr.ht’s mini-services as well).
- Timesketch -
Collaborative forensic timeline analysis.
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