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Async-native Python web framework with flow-first routing

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Aquilia

The speed of a microframework. The reliability of an enterprise engine.

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Aquilia is a Manifest-First, async-native Python framework designed to bridge the gap between developer velocity and production-grade stability. It removes routing and deployment boilerplate, auto-generates infrastructure manifests (Docker/K8s), and comes with built-in MLOps capabilities.

🚀 Why Aquilia?

Current frameworks force a trade-off: use a microframework for speed but spend months on infrastructure, or use a "batteries-included" monolith that's hard to scale and deploy. Aquilia changes the game:

  • Manifest-First Architecture: Your code defines its own infrastructure. No more manual Dockerfile or K8s YAML maintenance.
  • Scoped Dependency Injection: Built-in, enterprise-grade DI that handles complex lifecycles and provides deep observability.
  • Async-Native Core: Built for modern, high-concurrency workloads from the ground up.
  • Integrated MLOps: Native support for artifact versioning, lineage tracking, and model deployment.
  • Structured Fault System: First-class typed error handling with domains, severity, and recovery strategies — no raw exceptions.
  • Production Security: HMAC-verified caches, path traversal protection, CSRF/CORS/CSP guards, and sandboxed templates out of the box.

📦 Installation

pip install aquilia

Or use the CLI to initialize a new project:

aq init my-awesome-app

⚡ Quick Start

Create a controller in app/controllers.py:

from aquilia import Controller, GET, RequestCtx

class HelloWorld(Controller):
    @GET("/")
    async def hello(self, ctx: RequestCtx):
        return {"message": "Hello from Aquilia!"}

Register it in your manifest.py:

from aquilia import AppManifest, ServiceConfig

class MyManifest(AppManifest):
    name = "main"
    version = "1.0.0"
    controllers = ["app.controllers:HelloWorld"]

🏛️ Core Pillars

1. The Manifest System

The AppManifest is the single source of truth for your application's requirements. It declares controllers, services, middleware, and database configurations. Aquilia uses this manifest to auto-generate:

  • Dockerfiles tailored to your dependencies.
  • Kubernetes Manifests for production-ready deployments.
  • OpenAPI Documentation for your APIs.

2. Scoped Dependency Injection

Forget globals. Aquilia provides a hierarchical DI system:

  • Singleton: Service lives for the app lifecycle.
  • App: Scoped to the module level.
  • Request: Fresh instance for every incoming HTTP request.

3. Structured Fault System

Aquilia treats errors as first-class data, not surprises:

  • Typed Faults: Every error has a stable code, domain, severity, and recovery strategy.
  • 12+ Domains: CONFIG, REGISTRY, DI, ROUTING, FLOW, EFFECT, IO, SECURITY, SYSTEM, MODEL, CACHE, STORAGE, TASKS, TEMPLATE.
  • No Raw Exceptions: All subsystems use Fault subclasses with metadata and serialization support.

4. Integrated MLOps

Aquilia treats machine learning as a first-class citizen:

  • Artifact Registry: Version and track data/model assets.
  • Lineage Tracing: Know exactly which code produced which model.
  • Shadow Deployments: Test new models in production without affecting real traffic.

🛠️ Subsystems

Aquilia is composed of several deeply integrated subsystems:

Subsystem Description
Aquilary Core registry and manifest loader
Flow Typed routing and composable request pipelines
Faults Structured error handling with 14 fault domains
Auth JWT/session auth, MFA, OAuth, RBAC, guards
DI Hierarchical dependency injection with lifecycle scopes
Controller Aquilia-native controllers with filters, pagination, and typed routing
Sessions Pluggable session backends (cookie, Redis, memory)
Cache Multi-backend caching with middleware integration
Storage Async file storage (local, S3, GCS, Azure, SFTP, memory)
Tasks Background job system with priority queues and scheduling
Templates Sandboxed Jinja2 with bytecode caching and HMAC integrity
Models/ORM Async ORM with query builder, migrations, transactions
Mail Multi-provider email (SMTP, SES, SendGrid)
Admin Full-featured admin dashboard with audit logging
MLOps Model registry, inference, monitoring, deployment

🔒 Security

Aquilia takes security seriously across every subsystem:

  • Auth: Argon2 password hashing, JWT with rotation, CSRF tokens, rate limiting
  • Templates: Sandboxed Jinja2 execution, autoescape by default, HMAC-verified bytecode cache
  • Storage: Path traversal protection, null byte rejection, path length limits
  • Tasks: Registered-task-only execution (no arbitrary func_ref resolution)
  • Admin: Role-based permissions, comprehensive audit logging, session security
  • ORM: Parameterized queries, field name validation, SQL injection prevention

🧪 Testing

Run the full unit test suite (5,085 tests):

python -m pytest tests/ -v

Run with coverage:

python -m pytest tests/ --cov=aquilia --cov-report=html

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