Open-source templates and libraries for building production-ready Python applications: web services, microservices, and the dependency injection that wires them together.
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fastapi-sqlalchemy-template |
Dockerized FastAPI + SQLAlchemy 2 + PostgreSQL app template with DI |  |
litestar-sqlalchemy-template |
Dockerized Litestar + SQLAlchemy 2 + PostgreSQL app template with DI |  |
Start new projects on modern-di. It has a minimal core plus framework integrations, listed in its docs.
that-depends is the earlier, async-first sibling and stays maintained. modern-di has migration guides from that-depends and from dependency-injector.
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modern-di |
Powerful dependency-injection framework with IoC container and scopes |  |
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that-depends |
Simple, typed dependency-injection framework for Python |  |
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lite-bootstrap |
Lightweight bootstrap for production-ready Python microservices |  |
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httpware |
Typed, resilient HTTP clients for Python, sync and async |  |
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jwks-client |
Async JWKS client for verifying JWTs, with key caching, resilient fetching, and Litestar and FastAPI integrations |  |
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faststream-redis-timers |
FastStream integration for Redis-backed distributed timer scheduling |  |
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faststream-concurrent-aiokafka |
Concurrent message-processing middleware for FastStream + aiokafka |  |
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faststream-outbox |
FastStream transactional-outbox integration backed by a Postgres table |  |
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compose2pod |
Convert a Docker Compose file into a script that runs its services as a single Podman pod |  |
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db-retry |
Retry helpers for PostgreSQL / SQLAlchemy database operations |  |
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eof-fixer |
CLI tool that ensures text files end with exactly one newline |  |
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release-scope |
Collect what sits between production and the default branch across GitLab services: tags, MRs, Jira keys, failed jobs |  |
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semvertag |
Auto-tag GitHub & GitLab repos with semantic version tags from CI |  |
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