FastAPI vs Starlette
FastAPI has 101,322 GitHub stars vs 12,518 for Starlette.
GitHub API · captured 2026-08-05
Frequently asked questions
Which ships more often, FastAPI or Starlette?
In the 90 days before 2026-08-05, FastAPI published 25 releases and Starlette published 7.
| FastAPI | Starlette | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Latest version | 0.141.1 | 1.3.1 |
| GitHub stars | 101,322 | 12,518 |
| GitHub forks | 9,732 | 1,255 |
| Open issues | 74 | 75 |
| Releases (90d) | 25 | 7 |
| npm downloads (week) | — | — |
| PyPI downloads (week) | 147,137,983 | 154,211,329 |
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).