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Top 23 Python api-rest Projects
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public-api-lists
A curated list of free public APIs — searchable, community-maintained, with a free JSON API.
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AppSignal
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falcon
The no-magic web API and microservices framework for Python developers, with a focus on reliability and performance at scale.
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connexion
Connexion is a modern Python web framework that makes spec-first and api-first development easy.
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django-bolt
The fastest Python web framework, built on Django. Rust (Actix Web) HTTP server + async typed handlers + msgspec, with the full Django ORM, Admin, middleware and auth. 300k+ req/s, no gunicorn/uvicorn.
Django-Bolt is one of the interesting projects I found recently that helps boost RPS for Django by handling HTTP requests via Rust.
https://github.com/dj-bolt/django-bolt
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dataset-viewer
Backend that powers the dataset viewer on Hugging Face dataset pages through a public API.
Project mention: Hugging Face Breached Through a Malicious Dataset: What the Patches Reveal | dev.to | 2026-07-20On July 13, developers updated fsspec and introduced an allowlist. Workers now accept only hf, s3, zip, file, and local; reference, simplecache, data, and every other implementation are removed from the registry. The previously available fsspec.ReferenceFileSystem processed configuration values through unsandboxed jinja2.Template(...).render(...). This is technically consistent with the disclosed template-injection path and a possible SSTI-to-RCE chain, but Hugging Face has not officially tied this code to the intrusion.
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Kargo
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OFFAT
The OWASP OFFAT tool autonomously assesses your API for prevalent vulnerabilities, though full compatibility with OAS v3 is pending. The project remains a work in progress, continuously evolving towards completion.
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jentic-public-apis
Directory of OpenAPI specifications for thousands of public APIs. Every API is machine-readable and scored for AI agents. CC0.
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Project mention: Show HN: Build Python API clients as easily as you build API servers | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-04
Hey HN. I've been building my dream API client for Python. It's a project I've been working on for a few years now, but only recently had the "moment" when it all clicked about what I was trying to solve.
The newest version introduces a high-level abstraction around HTTP that lets you write an API client as quickly as you can write an API server, and still gives you hooks into configuration if you need it.
Someone told me it feels like "FastAPI but for API clients", which I'll take as a compliment (I'm also aware of how tired we are of "FastAPI for X" comparisons!).
Check out the beta release announcement here: https://github.com/phalt/clientele/discussions/130
The project documentation can be read here: https://phalt.github.io/clientele/
And if you could the project on GitHub it would mean a lot to me: https://github.com/phalt/clientele
For more insight into why I am building this and the frustrations I am trying to overcome, I have written a blog post: https://paulwrites.software/articles/python-api-clients
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Tutorials
Tutorials and FAQs to learn how to use the APIs provided by The Space Devs to create new projects. (by TheSpaceDevs)
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locationator
A simple macOS menubar app that provides access to the macOS Location Services reverse geocoding API via a local web server as well as a command line tool.
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examples-api-access-and-token-introspection
Python examples for securing an API and invoking it as a service user
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SaaSHub
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source api-rest projects in Python? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | public-api-lists | 15,784 |
| 2 | falcon | 9,799 |
| 3 | connexion | 4,612 |
| 4 | django-bolt | 1,680 |
| 5 | VAmPI | 1,315 |
| 6 | Mastodon.py | 957 |
| 7 | dataset-viewer | 900 |
| 8 | OFFAT | 672 |
| 9 | jentic-public-apis | 253 |
| 10 | clientele | 216 |
| 11 | appkernel | 163 |
| 12 | outline-vpn-api | 148 |
| 13 | escambo | 145 |
| 14 | JackrabbitRelay | 119 |
| 15 | api | 74 |
| 16 | Tutorials | 54 |
| 17 | locationator | 34 |
| 18 | http-rider | 31 |
| 19 | cleanbay | 28 |
| 20 | yclients-api-python | 21 |
| 21 | examples-api-access-and-token-introspection | 18 |
| 22 | django-dynamic-api | 16 |
| 23 | django_erp | 14 |
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