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6 templates·19 extensions·11 categories·MIT licensed·uv-first

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FastAPI Starter

backend-applications

Production-ready FastAPI API with feature-based layout, uv, Ruff, pytest, mypy, pyright, and pydantic-settings. The reference CPA backend template.

FastAPI

API

Python

uv

Backend

Type Hints

mypy

pyright

About this template

This template provides a solid foundation for building fastapi-backend applications. It comes with all the essential tools and configurations to help you get started quickly.

The FastAPI Starter template is designed to help developers jumpstart their projects with best practices, modern tooling, and a well-structured codebase.

Key Benefits

Pre-configured uv project with lockfile workflow
Ruff, pytest, and type checking out of the box
Python 3.12+ with modern typing patterns
AGENTS.md for AI assistant guardrails
Extension-ready structure for Docker, Postgres, and CI

Quick Start

Get up and running in seconds

$ uvx create-awesome-python-app \

--template fastapi-starter

Template Details

Typefastapi-backend

Categorybackend-applications

Compatible Extensions15

Compatible Extensions

Enhance your FastAPI Starter with these powerful extensions

GitHub Actions CI, MegaLinter, Danger PR review, todo-to-issue, Dependabot, and issue/PR templates. Use for any CPA template that lives on GitHub.

celery-workercli-appdjango-backendfastapi-backendmlops-sklearnuv-workspace

Compatible with:celery-worker, cli-app, django-backend, fastapi-backend, mlops-sklearn, uv-workspace

Development Container

VS Code Dev Container with Python 3.12 and uv for consistent editor environments across stacks.

celery-workercli-appdjango-backendfastapi-backenduv-workspace

Compatible with:celery-worker, cli-app, django-backend, fastapi-backend, uv-workspace

PostgreSQL 16 Compose service under docker/postgres/ plus env examples. Infra-only — does not write application ORM code.

celery-workerdjango-backendfastapi-backend

Compatible with:celery-worker, django-backend, fastapi-backend

CORS middleware helper for FastAPI (no-op without CORS_ORIGINS).

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

Dockerfile and Compose for FastAPI (uvicorn app.main:app). Reach for it when containerizing the FastAPI starter.

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

FastAPI SQLAlchemy

SQLAlchemy 2.x session helpers and Alembic migrations for FastAPI (writes app/db/).

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

Redis client helper under app/core plus a local Redis Compose service for FastAPI apps.

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

Sentry SDK helper for FastAPI with env-driven init (no-op without SENTRY_DSN).

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

FastAPI Auth JWT

JWT auth feature skeleton under app/features/auth for FastAPI starters.

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

Local quality gates with Ruff, YAML validation, and whitespace checks for every CPA template.

celery-workercli-appdjango-backendfastapi-backenduv-workspace

Compatible with:celery-worker, cli-app, django-backend, fastapi-backend, uv-workspace

FastAPI OpenTelemetry

OpenTelemetry tracing and logging hooks for FastAPI projects, useful for local debugging and observability setup.

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

FastAPI Rate Limit

Rate limiting helper using slowapi (in-memory by default, Redis-ready).

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

FastAPI MLflow Tracing

Generic MLflow tracing infrastructure for FastAPI. Disabled by default; exposes reusable primitives for future extensions.

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

ai-ml-applications

FastAPI RAG pgvector

Foundational RAG data layer using pgvector. Provides agnostic chunking, embedding generation, and vector retrieval services.

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

ai-ml-applications

FastAPI AI Chat

Minimal /chat endpoint backed by LangChain's BaseChatModel. Mock provider by default — drop in a real provider via init_chat_model() with no interface change.

fastapi-backend

Compatible with:fastapi-backend

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FastAPI Starter

fastapi-backend

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GitHub Setup

ci

$ uvx create-awesome-python-app \

--template fastapi-starter \

--addons github-setup

T

FastAPI Starter

fastapi-backend

E

Development Container

editor

$ uvx create-awesome-python-app \

--template fastapi-starter \

--addons development-container

T

FastAPI Starter

fastapi-backend

E

Postgres

database

$ uvx create-awesome-python-app \

--template fastapi-starter \

--addons postgres

T

FastAPI Starter

fastapi-backend

E

FastAPI CORS

security

$ uvx create-awesome-python-app \

--template fastapi-starter \

--addons fastapi-cors

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