Falcon

Falcon is a minimalist Python web framework designed explicitly for building high-performance web APIs and microservices. It prioritizes speed, reliability, and fine-grained control over HTTP, making it ideal for backend services that require low latency and high throughput. It aims for a 'no…

Key facts

First appeared: 2013
Category: web_framework
Problem solved: Falcon was created to address the need for a highly performant, bare-metal Python web framework optimized for building RESTful APIs and microservices. Existing frameworks were often either too heavy and opinionated (e.g., Django) or, while lightweight (e.g., Flask, Bottle), did not offer the same level of explicit control over HTTP or performance optimizations for raw API throughput, leading to overhead for backend services where speed and resource efficiency were paramount.
Platforms: macOS, Windows, Linux

Related technologies

Nginx
SQLAlchemy
PostgreSQL
Uvicorn
Gunicorn
Celery
Marshmallow
Redis
Pydantic
MongoDB

Notable users

Rackspace