fast-django

Django-like Developer Experience on ASGI with FastAPI, Tortoise ORM, Aerich, and FastAPI-Admin.

fast-django brings the familiar Django development experience to modern ASGI applications, combining the power of FastAPI with Django's developer-friendly patterns.

Quick Start

pip install fast-django
fast-django startproject mysite
cd mysite
python manage.py runserver

Key Features

🚀 FastAPI-powered: Built on FastAPI for high performance and automatic API documentation
🗄️ Tortoise ORM: Django-like ORM with async support
🔧 Django-style CLI: Familiar manage.py commands for project management
📊 Admin Interface: Auto-mounting admin interface with FastAPI-Admin
🏗️ Scaffolding: Generate projects and apps with startproject and startapp
🔄 Migrations: Aerich-powered database migrations
⚙️ Settings Management: Pydantic-based settings with environment variable support
🛣️ Auto-routing: Automatic router discovery and inclusion

Architecture

fast-django provides a clean abstraction layer that combines:

FastAPI for the web framework and API layer
Tortoise ORM for database operations and models
Aerich for database migrations
FastAPI-Admin for the admin interface
Pydantic for settings and data validation

What's Included

Core Application Factory: create_app() function for app initialization
Settings System: Environment-based configuration with FD_ prefix
ORM Integration: Re-exported Tortoise ORM components
CLI Tools: Complete command-line interface for project management
Admin System: Pluggable admin interface with model registration
Scaffolding: Templates for projects and apps
Middleware Support: Easy middleware configuration
Auto-discovery: Automatic app and model discovery

Getting Started

Examples

Check out our examples to see fast-django in action, including a complete blog application.