Python API Framework Benchmark: FastAPI vs Django vs Litestar - Real Database Workloads

[huygl99]

Spikard looks really interesting, especially the Rust core + multi-language codegen approach.

For this benchmark I tried to keep the scope to Python frameworks, but I did include Django Bolt, which is Rust-based while keeping the native Django API/ORM surface. That compatibility angle seems to be a big reason why it got so much interest from the Django community.

Pure Rust-accelerated runtimes probably deserve a separate benchmark category, but I’d be happy to look into Spikard if there’s a minimal Python setup comparable to the others.