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FastAPI template

Feature rich robust FastAPI template.

From s3rius·Updated June 23, 2026·View on GitHub·

⚠️ [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads), [Python](https://www.python.org/) and [UV](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) must be installed and accessible ⚠️ The project is written primarily in Python, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2020. It has gained significant community traction with 2,805 stars and 239 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: aerich, alembic, asynchronous, asyncio, cookiecutter.

Latest release: 6.1.2

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<div align="center"> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/s3rius/FastAPI-template/master/images/logo.png" width=700> <div><i>Flexible general-purpose template for FastAPI.</i></div> </div>

Usage

⚠️ Git, Python and UV must be installed and accessible ⚠️

<div align="center"> <a href="https://asciinema.org/a/ig0oi0fOq1hxqnW5X49XaaHIT" target="_blank"><img src="https://asciinema.org/a/ig0oi0fOq1hxqnW5X49XaaHIT.svg" /></a> <p>Templator in action</p> </div>

You can install it directly from pypi with pip.

bash
python3 -m pip install fastapi_template python3 -m fastapi_template # or fastapi_template # Answer all the questions # 🍪 Enjoy your new project 🍪 cd new_project docker-compose up --build

If you want to install it from sources, try this:

shell
python3 -m pip install uv python3 -m pip install . python3 -m fastapi_template

Also, you can use it with docker.

bash
docker run --rm -it -v "$(pwd):/projects" ghcr.io/s3rius/fastapi_template

Features

One of the coolest features is that this project is extremely configurable.
You can choose between different databases and even ORMs, or
you can even generate a project without a database!
Currently SQLAlchemy 2.0, TortoiseORM, Piccolo, Ormar and Beanie are supported.

This project can run as TUI or CLI and has excellent code documentation.

Generator features:

  • Pydantic V2 (Where it's possible. Some libs doesn't have support);
  • You can choose between GraphQL and REST api;
  • Uvicorn and gunicorn;
  • Different databases support;
  • Different ORMs support;
  • Optional migrations for each ORM except raw drivers;
  • Optional redis support;
  • Optional rabbitmq support;
  • different CI\CD;
  • Optional Demo routers and models (This helps you to see how project is structured);
  • Pre-commit integration;
  • Generated tests with almost 90% coverage;
  • Tests for the generator itself;
  • Optional Prometheus integration;
  • Optional Sentry integration;
  • Optional Loguru logger;
  • Optional Opentelemetry integration.
  • Optional taskiq integration.

This project can handle arguments passed through command line.

shell
$ python -m fastapi_template --help Usage: fastapi_template [OPTIONS] Options: -n, --name TEXT Name of your awesome project -V, --version Prints current version --force Owerrite directory if it exists --quiet Do not ask for features during generation --api-type [rest|graphql] Select API type for your application --db [none|sqlite|mysql|postgresql|mongodb] Select a database for your app --orm [none|ormar|sqlalchemy|tortoise|psycopg|piccolo|beanie] Choose Object–Relational Mapper lib --ci [none|gitlab_ci|github] Select a CI for your app --redis Add redis support --add_users Add fastapi-users support --rabbit Add RabbitMQ support --taskiq Add Taskiq support --migrations Add Migrations --dummy Add dummy model --routers Add example routers --swagger Add self hosted swagger --prometheus Add prometheus compatible metrics --sentry Add sentry integration --loguru Add loguru logger --opentelemetry Add opentelemetry integration --traefik Adds traefik labels to docker container --kafka Add Kafka support --gunicorn Add gunicorn server --cookie-auth Add authentication via cookie support --jwt-auth Add JWT auth support --help Show this message and exit.

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This article is auto-generated from s3rius/FastAPI-template via the GitHub API.Last fetched: 6/23/2026