Awesome Flask – Massive Collection of Resources

A curated list of awesome things related to Flask.

Flask is a lightweight WSGI web application framework written in Python.

Contents

• Third-Party Extensions
  • Admin
  • APIs
  • Auth
  • Cache
  • Data Validation and Serialization
  • Databases
  • Developer Tools
  • Email
  • Forms
  • Full-text Search
  • Security
  • Task Queues
  • Utils
• Resources
  • Official Resources
  • External Resources
  • Community
  • Conferences
  • Meetups
  • Podcasts
  • Tutorials
  • Courses
  • Books
  • Videos
• Hosting
  • PaaS
  • IaaS
  • Serverless
• Projects
  • Boilerplates
  • Open Source Projects

Third-Party Extensions

Admin

• Flask-Admin – Functional admin panel that provides a user interface for managing data based on your models.

APIs

RESTful API Support

• Eve – RESTful API framework designed for human beings.
• Flask-Classful – Adds support for class-based views for setting up RESTful API route endpoints.
• Flask-MongoRest – RESTful API framework wrapped around MongoEngine.
• Flask-RESTful – Quickly build RESTful APIs.

RESTful API + Swagger/OpenAPI Documentation Support

• Connexion – Open source, OpenAPI-based, REST framework built on top of Flask.
• Flask-Rebar – Combines Flask, marshmallow, and OpenAPI for robust REST services.
• Flask-RESTX – Community-driven fork of Flask-RESTPlus that makes it easy to build and document RESTful APIs with Flask.

Swagger/OpenAPI Documentation Support

• Flask-APISpec – Auto-documenting REST APIs.
• SAFRS: Python OpenAPI & JSON:API Framework – SAFRS, which is an acronym for SqlAlchemy Flask-Restful Swagger, is meant to help developers create self-documenting JSON APIs for SQLAlchemy database objects and relationships.

Auth

Basic Auth and Session-based (for HTML Endpoints)

• Flask-HTTPAuth – Authentication.
• Flask-Login – Account management and authentication.
• Flask Principal – Authorization.
• Flask-Security-Too – Account management, authentication, authorization.
• Flask-SimpleLogin – Authentication.
• Flask-User – Account management, authentication, authorization.

Curious about the differences differences between Flask-User and Flask-Security? Review the Flask-User FAQ.

JWT-based (for JSON Endpoints)

• Flask-JWT – Basic support for working with JWTs.
• Flask-JWT-Extended – Advanced support for working with JWTs.
• Flask-JWT-Router – Adds authorized routes to a Flask app.
• Flask-Praetorian – Authentication and authorization for Flask APIs.

OAuth

• Authlib – Library for building OAuth and OpenID clients and servers.
• Authomatic – Framework agnostic library for Python web applications that simplifies authentication and authorization of users via OAuth and OpenID.
• Flask-Dance – OAuth support via OAuthLib.

Cache

• Flask-Caching – Caching support.

Data Validation and Serialization

• Flask-Marshmallow – Thin integration layer for Flask and marshmallow (an object serialization /deserialization library) that adds additional features to marshmallow.
• Flask-Pydantic – Pydantic support.

Databases

ORMs

• Flask-Peewee – Support for Peewee, an ORM and database migration tool.
• Flask-Pony – Support for Pony ORM.
• Flask-SQLAlchemy – Support for SQLAlchemy, a SQL toolkit and ORM.

ODMs

• Flask-MongoEngine – Bridges Flask and MongoEngine for working with MongoDB.
• Flask-PyMongo – Bridges Flask and PyMongo for working with MongoDB.

Migrations

• Flask-Alembic – Configurable Alembic migration environment around a Flask-SQLAlchemy database for handling database migrations.

• Flask-DB – Flask CLI extension that helps you migrate, drop, create and seed your SQL database.
• Flask-Migrate – Handles SQLAlchemy database migrations via Alembic.

Curious about the differences between Alembic, Flask-Alembic, Flask-Migrate, and Flask-DB? Review this item from Flask-DB’s FAQ.

Other Tools

• Flask-Excel – Uses pyexcel to read, manipulate, and write data in different Excel formats: csv, ods, xls, xlsx and xlsm.

Developer Tools

Debugging

• Flask-DebugToolbar – Port of Django’s debug toolbar for Flask.
• Flask-Profiler – Endpoint analyzer/profiler.

Fixtures

• Flask-Fixtures – Create database fixtures from JSON or YAML.
• Mixer – Object generation tool.

Logging

• Rollbar – Flask error logging with Rollbar.

Monitoring

• Airbrake – Airbrake Flask integration.
• Elastic APM Agent – Elastic APM Flask integration.
• Flask Monitoring Dashboard – Dashboard for automatic monitoring of Flask web-services.
• Sentry Python SDK – Sentry SDK Flask integration.

Tracing

• Flask-OpenTracing – OpenTracing instrumentation.

Testing

• Flask-Testing – Unittest extensions.
• Pytest-Flask – Pytest support for testing Flask applications.

Email

• Flask-Mail – Provides simple email sending capabilities.

Forms

• Flask-WTF – Integrates Flask with WTForms (provides CSRF protection as well).

Full-text Search

• flask-msearch – Full-text search.
• Flask-WhooshAlchemy3 – Full-text search + Whoosh indexing capabilities for Flask-SQLAlchemy.
• SQLAlchemy-Searchable – Provides full-text search capabilities for SQLAlchemy models.

Security

• Flask-Bcrypt – Provides bcrypt hashing utilities.
• Flask-CORS – Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) handling.
• Flask-SeaSurf – Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) prevention.
• Flask-Talisman – HTTPS and security headers.

Task Queues

• Celery – The most commonly used Python library for handling asynchronous tasks and scheduling.
• Dramatiq – Fast and reliable alternative to Celery.
• Flask-RQ – RQ (Redis Queue) integration.
• Huey – Redis-based task queue that aims to provide a simple, yet flexible framework for executing tasks.

Utils

• Flask-Babel – Support for internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n).
• Flask-File-Upload – Easy file uploads.
• Flask-FlatPages – Provides flat static pages based on text files.
• Frozen-Flask – Freezes a Flask application into a set of static files.
• Flask-GraphQL – GraphQL support.
• Flask-Injector – Adds support for dependency injection.
• Flask-Limiter – Rate limiting features to Flask routes.
• Flask-Moment – Moment.js date and time formatting helpers for Jinja2 templates.
• Flask-Paginate – Pagination support.
• Flask-Sitemap – Sitemap generation.
• Flask-SocketIO – Socket.IO integration.

Resources

Official Resources

• Project Website – Official Flask website.

• Documentation – Comprehensive documentation for all Flask versions.
• Flaskr Tutorial – Build a basic blog application called Flaskr.
• Source Code – Hosted on GitHub.

External Resources

• Full Stack Python’s Flask Page – Explanation of Flask philosophy and links to other resources and tutorials.
• Miguel Grinberg’s Blog – Multiple Flask-specific tutorials.
• Nick Janetakis’s Blog – Flask Tips, Tricks and Tutorials.
• Patrick Kennedy’s Blog – Numerous tutorials on learning Python web application development with Flask.
• RealPython – Many high-quality tutorials on Flask.
• TestDriven.io – Up-to-date tutorials on Flask.

Community

• Discord – Pallets Projects community on Discord (use the #get-help channel for Flask support).
• Flask Jobs – A job board dedicated to Flask.
• IRC Channel – Chat with other Flask users on IRC channel #pocoo on FreeNode.
• Mailing List – General discussion of Flask and the Pallets projects (flask@python.org).
• Reddit – Flask subreddit.
• Stack Overflow – Questions tagged flask.
• Twitter – For official announcements on updates, security fixes, etc.

Conferences

• FlaskCon – Community driven Flask event intended for speakers and attendees all over the world to participate in technical and evangelical sessions related to Flask.
• PyConWeb – Covers Django, Tornado, Flask, API frameworks. AsyncIO, networking, Frontend, JavaScript, and web security.
• Flask Conf Brazil – Conference for the developers and users of Flask.
• PyCon US – The largest annual gathering for the community using and developing the open-source Python programming language.
• PyCon Australia – National conference organized for the Python Programming Community.
• Euro Python – The largest Python conference in Europe.
• PyCon – Complete listing of all PyCons globally.

Meetups

• Flask – 40+ groups in 20 countries.
• Python Web Development – 600+ groups in 81 countries.
• Python – 2,400+ groups in 100 countries.

Podcasts

• TalkPython – The leading Python podcast with several episodes on Flask.
• Podcast Init – A popular Python podcast that features Flask guests on occasion.
• Python Bytes – Another Python podcast that discusses Flask from time to time.
• Full Stack Python’s Best Python Podcasts Page – A list of active Python-specific podcasts.

Tutorials

• Flask Mega-Tutorial – Overarching tutorial for Python beginner and intermediate developers that teaches web development with the Flask framework.
• Flaskr TDD – Intro to Flask, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and JavaScript.
• Make a Web App Using Python & Flask! – Creating a Python Website from the Bottom Up.

Courses

• Developing Web Applications with Python and Flask – This course focuses on teaching the fundamentals of Flask by building and testing a web application using Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Test-Driven Development with Python, Flask, and Docker – Learn how to build, test, and deploy a production-grade microservice powered by Python, Flask, and Docker.
• Authentication with Flask, React, and Docker – Learn how to add authentication to a Flask and React microservice!.
• Deploying a Flask and React Microservice to AWS ECS – Learn how to deploy microservices to Amazon ECS powered by Flask, React, and Docker.
• Build a SAAS App with Flask – Learn to build web applications with Flask and Docker.
• Full Stack Foundations – Build a data-driven web app with Python.
• Designing RESTful APIs – Build and Secure a backend API server.

Books

• Flask Web Development – Learn the framework from the ground up by developing, step-by-step, a real-world project.
• Real Python – Learn Python programming, by example.
• Explore Flask – Best practices and patterns for developing web applications with Flask.

Videos

• PyVideo
• Practical Flask Web Development Tutorials
• Python Flask Tutorial: Full-Featured Web App
• Discover Flask – Full Stack Web Development with Flask

Hosting

PaaS

(Platforms-as-a-Service)

• Heroku
• PythonAnywhere
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Google App Engine
• Microsoft Azure App Service
• Divio
• Render

IaaS

(Infrastructure-as-a-Service)

• AWS EC2
• Google Compute Engine
• Digital Ocean

• Linode

Serverless

Frameworks:

• Zappa
• Chalice

Compute:

• AWS Lambda
• Google Cloud Functions
• Azure Functions

Projects

Boilerplates

• cookiecutter-flask – With Bootstrap 4, asset bundling annd minification with webpack, starter templates, and registration/authentication.
• Cookiecutter Flask Skeleton – Flask starter project for Cookiecutter.
• gae-init – For starting new applications on Google App Engine.
• Flask-AppBuilder – Simple and rapid application development framework that includes detailed security, auto CRUD generation for your models, Google charts, and much more.
• flask-base – Includes SQLAlchemy, Redis, User Authentication, and more.
• Flask-Bootstrap – Integrated SQLAlchemy, authentication, and Bootstrap frontend.
• uwsgi-nginx-flask-docker – Docker image with uWSGI and Nginx for Flask applications in Python running in a single container.
• React-Redux-Flask – Boilerplate application for a Flask JWT Backend and a React/Redux Front-End with Material UI.
• Flask-Scaffold – Prototype Database driven Web apps in Angular 6, Bootstrap 4 and REST API’s with Flask.
• Flask-VueJS – Connect Flask application with VueJS.

Open Source Projects

• ActorCloud – Open-source IoT Platform.
• Airflow
• Busy Beaver – Chicago Python’s Community Engagement Slack bot.
• FlaskBB – Classic forum software.
• Indico – Feature-rich event management system, made at CERN.
• Quokka CMS – The happiest CMS in the world.
• PythonBuddy – Online Python Editor with live syntax checking and execution.
• Redash – Designed to enable anyone, regardless of the level of technical sophistication, to harness the power of data big and small.
• SkyLines – Live tracking, flight database, and competition framework.
• Security Monkey – Monitors AWS, GCP, OpenStack, and GitHub orgs for assets and their changes over time.
• SecureDrop – Open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can use to securely accept documents from, and communicate with anonymous sources.
• SimpleLogin – Protect your online identity with email alias.
• sr.ht – Git hosting service (check out Why I chose Flask to build sr.ht’s mini-services as well).
• Timesketch – Collaborative forensic timeline analysis.