fastui
Build better UIs faster.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. The project is abandoned—the repository is archived, no commits since April 2026, and the description explicitly notes inactivity. While the code is permissively licensed and has low install friction, adopting an unmaintained framework for new projects carries significant risk: npm dependencies will drift, React ecosystem changes will break rendering, and bugs will go unfixed. Existing applications may continue to work short-term, but long-term viability is not assured.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.10 or later.
- Rendering requires the frontend npm packages (@pydantic/fastui-prebuilt or custom React setup) to be deployed separately.
- Installation is straightforward with low friction—a pure Python wheel depending only on pydantic.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive, allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it safe to adopt from a licensing perspective.
last release 2025-10-28 (290 days) · last repo commit 2026-04-01 · 8,962 stars · archived
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 114,501 downloads/mo, #12,292 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install fastui
from fastui import FastUI, components as c
from pydantic import BaseModel
class User(BaseModel):
name: str
def get_ui() -> list:
return [c.Page(components=[c.Heading(text='Hello', level=2)])]
- Whether the prebuilt CDN version (@pydantic/fastui-prebuilt) remains available and functional after project abandonment
- Current state of the npm packages (@pydantic/fastui, @pydantic/fastui-bootstrap) and whether they receive any maintenance
- Whether existing FastUI applications will continue to work as browser and React ecosystem dependencies evolve
What it is and what it does
FastUI is a Python framework for building web application interfaces by defining UI components declaratively using Pydantic models. Instead of writing React or JavaScript, you describe your UI in Python on the backend, and FastUI serializes those descriptions to the frontend where a pre-built React application renders them. The core idea is that the backend fully controls the UI structure and behavior—the frontend is essentially a dumb renderer that knows how to display FastUI components.
You define routes that return lists of FastUI components (like Page, Table, Heading, Link), and the frontend fetches and renders them. This approach eliminates the need to write JavaScript or manage npm dependencies if you use the prebuilt version, and it keeps all application logic in Python. The package itself provides Pydantic models for UI components and utilities; it works with FastAPI but does not depend on it, so it can integrate with other Python web frameworks.
Use it for
- Build internal admin dashboards or data-viewing tools in Python without touching JavaScript or npm.
- Create responsive web applications where the backend controls all UI structure and navigation flow.
- Prototype web UIs quickly using Python and Pydantic validation without frontend development overhead.
- Share UI component definitions between backend and frontend via JSON Schema and Pydantic validation.
- Develop applications where frontend and backend deployment cycles can be completely decoupled.
Worth the install?
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No.
The project is abandoned—the repository is archived, no commits since April 2026, and the description explicitly notes inactivity. While the code is permissively licensed and has low install friction, adopting an unmaintained framework for new projects carries significant risk: npm dependencies will drift, React ecosystem changes will break rendering, and bugs will go unfixed. Existing applications may continue to work short-term, but long-term viability is not assured.
Install
fastui on PyPI
Before you install
Installation is straightforward with low friction—a pure Python wheel depending only on pydantic. However, the project is now abandoned as of the latest release; the repository is archived and no active maintenance is occurring.
Requires Python 3.10 or later. Rendering requires the frontend npm packages (@pydantic/fastui-prebuilt or custom React setup) to be deployed separately.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive, allowing commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it safe to adopt from a licensing perspective.
Quickstart
pip install fastui
from fastui import FastUI, components as c
from pydantic import BaseModel
class User(BaseModel):
name: str
def get_ui() -> list:
return [c.Page(components=[c.Heading(text='Hello', level=2)])]
Verify before relying
- Whether the prebuilt CDN version (@pydantic/fastui-prebuilt) remains available and functional after project abandonment
- Current state of the npm packages (@pydantic/fastui, @pydantic/fastui-bootstrap) and whether they receive any maintenance
- Whether existing FastUI applications will continue to work as browser and React ecosystem dependencies evolve
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagepydantic |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 290 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | repository archived |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 114,501 / month, #12,292 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaFramework :: FastAPIFramework :: Pydantic :: 2Intended Audience :: DevelopersIntended Audience :: Information TechnologyLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Internet |
Evidence: fastui-0.9.0-py3-none-any.whl
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