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fastapi vs fuego
fastapi has 104,566 GitHub stars, 10,179 forks, 78 open issues and last shipped yesterday. fuego has 1,775 stars, 128 forks, 18 open issues and last shipped yesterday. fastapi leads on adoption by 5,791% (104,566 vs 1,775 stars). fastapi is written in Python under MIT; fuego is written in Go under MIT. fastapi has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, fuego 7%. fastapi was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (openapi, openapi3), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| fastapi | fuego | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 105K | ★ 1.8K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 10K | ⑂ 128 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick fastapi if
- You weight community size — 105K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick fuego if
- You want the fuego feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and fuego fits your workflow better
About fastapi
FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production Documentation : Source Code : FastAPI is a modern, fast (high performance), web framework for building APIs with Python based on standard Python type hints. The key features are: Fast : Very high performance, on par with NodeJS and Go (thanks to Starlette and Pydantic). One of the fastest Python frameworks available. Fast to code : Increase the speed to develop features by about 200% to 300%. Fewer bugs : Reduce about 40% of human (developer) induced errors. Intuitive : Great editor support. Completion everywhere. Less time…
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About fuego
Fuego 🔥 The framework for busy Go developers 🚀 Explore and contribute to our 2025 Roadmap! 🚀 Production ready Go API framework generating OpenAPI documentation from code. Inspired by Nest, built for Go developers. Also empowers templating with html/template , a h/templ and maragudk/gomponents : see the example running live. Why Fuego? Chi, Gin, Fiber and Echo are great frameworks. But since they were designed a long time ago, [their current API does not allow them][gin gonic issue] to deduce OpenAPI types from signatures, things that are now possible with generics. Fuego offers a lot of "modern Go based"…
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Frequently asked questions
Is fastapi or fuego more popular?
fastapi has 104,566 GitHub stars and fuego has 1,775. fastapi has the larger community by that measure.
Are fastapi and fuego free?
Both are open source. fastapi is licensed under MIT and fuego under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between fastapi and fuego?
fastapi is written in Python and fuego in Go. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, fastapi or fuego?
Choose fastapi if you want the larger community (104,566 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose fuego if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.