Is Flask catching up with Django in terms of preferred python framework?

#1

Post by codegeek » Fri, Aug 03, 2012, 5:46 PM UTC

Disclaimer: I fiddled with Django (personal only) and then switched to Flask. I love it so far!!

I do notice a trend lately that the number of startups using Flask is growing (ads on HN jobs etc.). It is still way behind Django but something interesting. What do you guys think ?

Re: Is Flask catching up with Django in terms of preferred python framework?

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Post by vangale » Fri, Aug 03, 2012, 6:39 PM UTC

I haven't seen any recent stats for HN companies, but here are some other stats:

StackOverflow tagged questions: Django 36000+, Flask about 3000 (Flask 675 + SQLAlchemy 1880 + Jinja2 376)

Google Groups: "Django updates" 35864 topics, "Django users" 37333 topics, Flask (no user groups)

PyPi packages: Django 2539, Flask (no classifier for flask but somewhere around 260 search results for 'flask')

IRC: #django usually has 500-600 in channel at all times of day. I can't connect right now for exact numbers for flask (assuming there is a channel) but other frameworks like Pyramid are probably equivalent and less than 100.

Now, except for IRC these numbers don't judge current momentum... but they still give a good indicator on community size. For example, in all these areas plone/zope numbers beat django but clearly momentum is towards Django when comparing the two.

Re: Is Flask catching up with Django in terms of preferred python framework?

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Post by pestaa » Fri, Aug 03, 2012, 9:06 PM UTC

vangale wrote: post #2

I haven't seen any recent stats for HN companies, but here are some other stats: StackOverflow tagged questions: Django 36000+, Flask about 3000 (Flask 675 + SQLAlchemy 1880 + Jinja2 376) Google Groups: "Django updates" 35864 topics, "Django users" 37333 topics, Flask (no user groups) PyPi packages: Django 2539, Flask (no classifier for flask but somewhere around 260 search results for 'flask') IRC: #django usually h…

I don't see how SQLAlchemy and Jinja2 question statistics contribute to the popularity of Flask.

Not they are not related at some level, but this evidence is irrelevant.

Agreed on last parapgraph. Everybody needs to make sure their preferred environment matches their requirements. Django might be moving faster than Plone/Zope, but if you are a big enterprise looking into content management, the question is almost already answered.

Re: Is Flask catching up with Django in terms of preferred python framework?

#4

Post by glimcat » Sat, Aug 04, 2012, 2:54 AM UTC

I think they appeal to different audiences.

Re: Is Flask catching up with Django in terms of preferred python framework?

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Post by SEJeff » Sat, Aug 04, 2012, 3:14 AM UTC

pestaa wrote: post #3

vangale wrote: post #2

I haven't seen any recent stats for HN companies, but here are some other stats: StackOverflow tagged questions: Django 36000+, Flask about 3000 (Flask 675 + SQLAlchemy 1880 + Jinja2 376) Google Groups: "Django updates" 35864 topics, "Django users" 37333 topics, Flask (no user groups) PyPi packages: Django 2539, Flask (no classifier for flask but somewhere around 260 search results for 'flask') IRC: #django usually h…

I don't see how SQLAlchemy and Jinja2 question statistics contribute to the popularity of Flask. Not they are not related at some level, but this evidence is irrelevant. Agreed on last parapgraph. Everybody needs to make sure their preferred environment matches their requirements. Django might be moving faster than Plone/Zope, but if you are a big enterprise looking into content management, the question is almost alr…

Well fwiw, the same guy (Armin Ronacher) wrote both flask and jinja2 so there is a strong link between the two projects by way of him.

Re: Is Flask catching up with Django in terms of preferred python framework?

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Post by netbyte » Mon, Aug 13, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC

vangale wrote: post #2

I haven't seen any recent stats for HN companies, but here are some other stats: StackOverflow tagged questions: Django 36000+, Flask about 3000 (Flask 675 + SQLAlchemy 1880 + Jinja2 376) Google Groups: "Django updates" 35864 topics, "Django users" 37333 topics, Flask (no user groups) PyPi packages: Django 2539, Flask (no classifier for flask but somewhere around 260 search results for 'flask') IRC: #django usually h…

Regarding the Google Groups statement, https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!search/flask/go... google group regarding flask. Excuse me if I'm wrong, I don't really know how to use Groups.

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=pocoo&uio=OT10cnVl... Flask IRC Channel

groups.google.com/group/pocoo-libs Flask Google Groups

twitter.com/PocooProjec Flask Twitter