Compare Bottle and FastAPI
Bottle is a fast, simple and lightweight WSGI micro web-framework for Python. It is distributed as a single file module and has no dependencies other than the Python Standard Library.
Fast API is a high-performance web framework for building web applications with Python 3.6+ based on standard Python type hints. It is designed to be high performance and easy to learn.
Let's see how Bottle and FastAPI compare on various factors and features and which to choose when.
Type
Python microframework for building web applications.
Type
Minimalistic framework based on starlette and pydantic for building fast web applications using async IO.
New addition to the Python web frameworks family but its popularity is on the rise.
Used by
Uber (internal use,) Explosion AI, Microsoft (internal use)
74 job openings which list Bottle as a requirement.
5 job openings which list Fast API as a requirement.
Very
fast. Extensions could impact performance adversely.
Flexibility
Very flexible and extremely simple. Doesn't force anything on developers.
Flexibility
Fast API is flexible to code and doesn't restrict users to a particular project or code layout.
Ease of Learning
Straightforward and easy to learn. It has a good amount of tutorials online.
Ease of Learning
Easy to learn especially for people who are new to web development. However, it doesn't have a large number of online resources, courses and tutorials.
RDBMS Support
Through Plugins or Extensions
No built-in ORM framework. Leaves it up to developers to choose a library like
SQLAlchemy or extensions such as
Macaron.
RDBMS Support
Through Plugins or Extensions
FastAPI doesn't come with built in ORM, however is compatible with
SQLAlchemy, Pydantic ORM mode.
NoSQL Support
No built-in support but 3rd party Python libraries like
PyMongo or
Bottle-Mongo can be used to talk to NoSQL databases.
NoSQL Support
Fast API supports many NoSQL databases like MongoDb, ElasticSearch, Cassandra, CouchDB and ArangoDB. Read more
here.
Admin Dashboard
Through Plugins or Extensions
No built-in admin panel.
Admin Dashboard
Yes, uses Swagger as an API documentation web user interface.
REST Support
No built-in support but can be implemented easily.
REST Support
Yes, allows developers to build REST APIs quickly.
Security
No built-in protection. Bottle is a minimalist framework. Must be handled by developers themselves or by using 3rd party extensions.
Security
FastAPI provides several tools for many security schemes in the fastapi.security module. Not enough data.
Templating Library
FastAPI supports Jinja2 for templating and also supports aiofiles for serving static files
Web Forms
No built-in support.
Web Forms
Ships with it's own
Forms, with basic features.
Authentication
Fast API supports OAuth2, JWT and simple HTTP authentiation.
How is performance rating determined?
Performance rating is determined using reputable online benchmarks listed below.
Where is job data coming from?
Job data is collected from Indeed, Google Jobs and Stack Overflow jobs.
How is popularity calculated?
Popularity is calculated using a formula which looks at weighted score on the following publicly available data points:
- Popularity per Google Trends
- Number of GitHub Users
- Number of GitHub Stars
How is this calculated?
Ease of learning is calculated using the following data:
- Number of features and depth of tool.
- Number of online resources: articles, blogs, tutorials and YouTube videos.
- Number of courses
- Freshness of online material
For example, a microframework may not have a lot of online resources but still get a high-rating because it's minamalistic and easy to learn just by following official documentation.
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