Open Source
Ready for a whirlwind tour of my favorite Python goodies? Below you’ll find a curated selection of non-React projects from lightning-fast web frameworks to battle-tested CLI toolkits—each one crafted to make your life (and code) a little more delightful.
Dive in, pick your poison, and let the hacking begin!
| Project 😎 | What’s the magic? | Link 🔗 |
|---|---|---|
| Esmerald | Modern, high-performant, easy-to-learn Python web framework using type hints and Pydantic. Elegant, modular & pluggable (it even sparkles)! | esmerald.dev |
| Lilya | Lightweight, async-first Python web framework/toolkit with built-in WebSocket support and batteries-included because who says “secure” can’t be “snappy”? | lilya.dev |
| Asyncz | A snappy, clean Python scheduler with async and Pydantic at its core. Because cron jobs deserve a glow-up. | asyncz.dymmond.com |
| Mongoz | Async Pydantic-powered ODM for MongoDB—think “SQLAlchemy for Mongo,” but without the relational baggage. | mongoz.dymmond.com |
| Edgy | Async Python ORM built on SQLAlchemy Core and Pydantic with familiar interfaces and a native migration system — no sorcery required. | edgy.dymmond.com |
| Edgy Guardian | Object-level permission and authorization toolkit for Edgy ORM, bringing django-guardian’s fine-grained access controls to a modern, async-first world, because who says “permission” can’t be “edgy”? | edgy-guardian.dymmond.com |
| Esmerald Simple JWT | Pydantic-first JWT authentication plugin for Esmerald — secure your endpoints with minimal config and maximal swagger. | esmerald-simple-jwt.dymmond.com |
| Esmerald Sessions | Alternative SessionMiddleware for Esmerald powered by Pydantic—perfect for session needs that go beyond “just cookies.” | esmerald-sessions.dymmond.com |
| django-tenants-url | Multitenancy made simple—single URLs, multiple tenants, zero tears. | github.com/tarsil/django-tenants-url |
| django-fast-utils | A grab-bag of Django utilities so handy, you’ll wonder how you survived without them. | github.com/tarsil/django-fast-utils |
| django-loguru | Middleware that logs requests & responses with Loguru—because plain old logging is so last decade. | github.com/tarsil/django-loguru |
| django-messages-drf | Simple, drop-in messaging system for Django REST Framework. Chats for your endpoints! | github.com/tarsil/django-messages-drf |
| django_model_audit | Mixins to audit your Django models—keep tabs on every last change (Big Brother approved). | github.com/tarsil/django_model_audit |
| python-web-extras | Flavours, helpers & integrations for all your favorite Python web frameworks—like sprinkles on a tech sundae. | github.com/tarsil/python-web-extras |
| cookiecutter-django | Cookiecutter for Django with production-ready settings, security, auth, Postgres, Docker & Dramatiq baked in. | github.com/tarsil/cookiecutter-django |
| cookiecutter-fastapi | Quickstart FastAPI projects without the boilerplate blues. | github.com/tarsil/cookiecutter-fastapi |
| cookiecutter-flask | Out-of-the-box Flask microservice template with Flask-API, Marshmallow & flask-restx. | github.com/tarsil/cookiecutter-flask |
| cookiecutter-angular | Angular starter kit with Bootstrap integration—your frontend, minus the grunt work. | github.com/tarsil/cookiecutter-angular |
| cookiecutter-react | Simplest React starter template with Bootstrap 5 - your npx create just got cooler. |
github.com/tarsil/cookiecutter-react |
| cookiecutter-react (Web3) | React template tailored for Web3 — smart contracts, meet smart UI. | github.com/tarsil/cookiecutter-react |
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg — listing the rest would bore you to death, and we wouldn’t want that, would we?
Happy hacking — and remember, if you find any of these gems helpful, my sponsorship button awaits your click 😉.