CITATION.cff

cff-version: 1.2.0
title: Litestar
message: 'If you use this software, please cite it as below.'
type: software
authors:
  - given-names: Janek Nouvertné
  - given-names: Peter Schutt
  - given-names: Cody Fincher
  - given-names: Visakh Unnikrishnan
  - given-names: Jacob Coffee
  - given-names: Na'aman Hirschfeld
repository-code: 'https://github.com/litestar-org/litestar'
url: 'https://docs.litestar.dev/latest/'
abstract: >-
  Litestar is a powerful, flexible, and highly performant Python web framework
  for building modern APIs and applications. With an emphasis on developer
  experience and performance, Litestar provides a rich set of features out of the
  box, including automatic API documentation, data validation and serialization,
  ORM integration, dependency injection, caching, websockets, and more.


  Litestar's layered architecture and open ecosystem enable seamless integration
  with popular libraries like Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, and msgspec. It offers both
  asynchronous and synchronous execution models without performance penalties.


  With Litestar, you can effortlessly build and deploy production-ready APIs and
  web applications, leveraging features like interactive API documentation,
  middlewares for common tasks, session and JWT-based authentication, and strict
  runtime validation for enhanced safety. Experience the perfect blend of ease
  of use, flexibility and performance with Litestar.
keywords:
  - python
  - web
  - framework
  - typing
  - dependency injection
  - api
license: MIT
version: v2.8.0
date-released: '2024-04-05'