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FastAPI Backend Starter Kit

A production-ready FastAPI backend template with async CRUD, Celery workers, and Docker out of the box

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FastAPI Backend Starter Kit
Best for
Teams that want an async Python backend with background job processing (Celery/Redis) and Docker already wired up.
Skip if
You need a frontend included, or you're not comfortable managing Celery/Redis infrastructure yourself.

FastAPI Backend Starter Kit is an open-source template for building async, API-driven backend services. It bundles PostgreSQL with Alembic migrations, Celery and Redis for background task processing, and a Dockerized dev setup with Pytest coverage and optional Flower monitoring for task queues.

Pros

  • Async FastAPI setup with full CRUD examples
  • Background task processing via Celery + Redis included
  • Dockerized dev environment with make-based automation
  • Test suite included with Pytest

Cons

  • Backend-only, no frontend or UI
  • Forked from an older demo app, so architecture choices may be dated
  • No managed hosting or SaaS offering, self-hosted only

Features

What's in the box

  • API routes

Data and infra

  • Background jobs
  • Migrations

Quality and DX

  • Unit tests
  • Docker Compose (dev)

Licensing and commercial

  • Open source
  • Free tier
  • MIT licensed