Web frameworks

Django vs FastAPI

Django has 3 supported release lines; endoflife.date doesn’t track FastAPI. Django 4.2 reached end of life on Apr 7, 2026. Both are open source: Django under BSD-3-Clause, FastAPI under MIT. OSV.dev lists 30 advisories from the last 12 months for Django and none for FastAPI.

Last checked Oct 17, 2026, 06:25 UTC against PyPI, deps.dev, endoflife.date, OSV.dev and CISA KEV.

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Django and FastAPI compared on live data
Compared on	Django	FastAPI
Support and releases
Supported release lines	3 lines: 6.1, 6.0, 5.2 LTS Next to end: 6.0 on Apr 30, 2027 endoflife.date	Not tracked by endoflife.date
Latest release	`6.1.2` Released Oct 6, 2026 endoflife.date	`0.143.3` Released Oct 16, 2026 PyPI
Releases in the last 12 months	31 releases `django` on PyPI PyPI	93 releases `fastapi` on PyPI PyPI
Security
Advisories published in the last 12 months	30, worst rated critical For `django` OSV.dev	None For `fastapi` OSV.dev
OpenSSF Scorecard	6.7 / 10 `django/django`, Aug 24, 2026 Scorecard	No Scorecard published
Licence and hosting
Licence	BSD-3-Clause Open source (permissive) deps.dev	MIT Open source (permissive) deps.dev
How you run it	Your own Python app server (WSGI or ASGI)	Your own Python app server (ASGI)
Adoption
GitHub stars	91.4K `django/django` GitHub	103K `fastapi/fastapi` GitHub

Support and releases
Django	FastAPI
Supported release lines
3 lines: 6.1, 6.0, 5.2 LTS Next to end: 6.0 on Apr 30, 2027 endoflife.date	Not tracked by endoflife.date
Latest release
`6.1.2` Released Oct 6, 2026 endoflife.date	`0.143.3` Released Oct 16, 2026 PyPI
Releases in the last 12 months
31 releases `django` on PyPI PyPI	93 releases `fastapi` on PyPI PyPI

Security
Django	FastAPI
Advisories published in the last 12 months
30, worst rated critical For `django` OSV.dev	None For `fastapi` OSV.dev
OpenSSF Scorecard
6.7 / 10 `django/django`, Aug 24, 2026 Scorecard	No Scorecard published

Licence and hosting
Django	FastAPI
Licence
BSD-3-Clause Open source (permissive) deps.dev	MIT Open source (permissive) deps.dev
How you run it
Your own Python app server (WSGI or ASGI)	Your own Python app server (ASGI)

Adoption
Django	FastAPI
GitHub stars
91.4K `django/django` GitHub	103K `fastapi/fastapi` GitHub

Advisory counts cover every version, old ones included, and a heavily used, well-audited project often has more. Check the versions you run with the dependency check.

Which fits your constraints

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How Django and FastAPI fit common constraints
If you need	Django	FastAPI
An open-source licence	Yes: BSD-3-Clause	Yes: MIT
A long support window	5.2 LTS is supported until Apr 30, 2028	Not tracked by endoflife.date

How Django and FastAPI fit common constraints
Django	FastAPI
An open-source licence
Yes: BSD-3-Clause	Yes: MIT
A long support window
5.2 LTS is supported until Apr 30, 2028	Not tracked by endoflife.date

What each is good at

Django

High-level Python web framework with batteries included

Strengths

Comprehensive built-in features (ORM, admin, auth)
Secure by default (CSRF, SQL injection protection)
Excellent documentation and large community
Rapid development with code generation
Scalable for large applications

Trade-offs

Monolithic and opinionated
Slower than lightweight frameworks
Learning curve for beginners
Overkill for small APIs

Common uses

Content management systems
E-commerce platforms
Data-driven web apps
Enterprise applications

FastAPI

Modern Python framework for building APIs with type hints

Strengths

Extremely fast performance (on par with Node/Go)
Automatic API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger)
Type hints for validation and IDE support
Async/await support out of the box
Easy to learn and use

Trade-offs

Younger ecosystem than Django/Flask
Less built-in features than Django
Fewer third-party integrations

Common uses

REST APIs
Microservices
Machine learning APIs
High-performance backends

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When teams weigh these two

Both are Python. Django is a full web framework with an ORM, admin, authentication and templates included; FastAPI is a lighter framework for building APIs with type hints, automatic OpenAPI docs and async request handling. The question is usually whether you need a full web app or an API.

How this comparison works

Release lines and end-of-life dates come from endoflife.date, release counts from deps.dev’s publish dates, and advisories from OSV.dev, counted once per flaw even when it’s listed under several ids, and checked against CISA’s list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. Status and incident history come from each vendor’s public status feed; licences from each project’s licence file or the vendor’s licensing page, linked in the table.

The data refreshes every few hours and the time it was checked is shown above. There’s no pricing and no overall winner: which one fits depends on your constraints. To see how the versions you actually run hold up, check your repo.

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