FastAPI vs Django
FastAPI has 101,322 GitHub stars vs 88,352 for Django.
GitHub API · captured 2026-08-05
Frequently asked questions
Which ships more often, FastAPI or Django?
In the 90 days before 2026-08-05, FastAPI published 25 releases and Django published 0.
| FastAPI | Django | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Latest version | 0.141.1 | 6.0.8 |
| GitHub stars | 101,322 | 88,352 |
| GitHub forks | 9,732 | 34,103 |
| Open issues | 74 | 444 |
| Releases (90d) | 25 | 0 |
| npm downloads (week) | — | — |
| PyPI downloads (week) | 147,137,983 | 13,384,838 |
Sources: official APIs (GitHub, npm, PyPI, crates.io). Capture dates shown on each tool page. Missing value = the source does not publish it ("—", never estimated).