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