buraq 1.0.0

A high-performance Django-like framework built on FastAPI

Buraq

A high-performance, batteries-included Python web framework — built for AI applications, high-traffic APIs, and developers who know Django.

Buraq delivers Rust-powered performance at every layer — Granian ASGI server, orjson, asyncpg, uv — with a complete full-stack framework: ORM, admin, forms, auth, migrations, templates, signals, cache, and email. All async, all fast.

If you know Django, you already know Buraq. Same views, same URLs, same templates, same ORM patterns — just add await. Built on FastAPI and SQLAlchemy 2.0 under the hood, so you get auto-generated API docs, Pydantic validation, and Rust-level performance out of the box.

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Why Buraq?

Modern applications — especially AI backends, LLM APIs, and real-time services — need a framework that handles thousands of concurrent requests without blocking. They also need the full stack: ORM, auth, admin, migrations, cache, and email — not just a router.

At the same time, Python web developers coming from Django shouldn't have to give up familiar patterns just to get async performance. Switching to a low-level async framework means losing everything Django provides out of the box.

Buraq solves both problems. A complete, batteries-included web framework with Rust-powered performance at every layer — and zero re-learning curve for Django developers.

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Django Developers: Migrate in Minutes

Buraq is intentionally designed to mirror Django's API. Your existing knowledge transfers directly.

Django	Buraq
from django.urls import path	from buraq.urls import path
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect	from buraq.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.views.generic import ListView	from buraq.views.generic import ListView
from django import forms	from buraq.forms import ModelForm
from django.db import models	from buraq import models
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required	from buraq.decorators import login_required
from django.contrib import messages	from buraq.contrib.messages import success, error
python manage.py runserver	buraq runserver
python manage.py makemigrations	buraq makemigrations
python manage.py migrate	buraq migrate
python manage.py startapp	buraq startapp
python manage.py createsuperuser	buraq createsuperuser
python manage.py collectstatic	buraq collectstatic

The only difference: add async/await to your views and ORM calls.

# Django
def post_list(request):
    posts = Post.objects.filter(published=True).order_by("-created_at")
    return render(request, "posts/list.html", {"posts": posts})

# Buraq — same pattern, truly async
async def post_list(request):
    posts = await Post.objects.filter(published=True).order_by("-created_at")
    return render(request, "posts/list.html", {"posts": posts})

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Quick Start

pip install buraq
buraq startproject myproject
cd myproject
buraq migrate
buraq runserver

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 — your project is running.
Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/docs — Swagger UI, auto-generated.

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Everything Included

ORM & Database

from buraq import models

class Post(models.Model):
    title        = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    slug         = models.SlugField(unique=True)
    content      = models.TextField()
    is_published = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    created_at   = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    author       = models.ForeignKey("auth.User", on_delete=models.CASCADE)

buraq makemigrations
buraq migrate

URLs

from buraq.urls import path, include

urlpatterns = [
    path("/posts",          views.PostListView.as_view(),   name="post_list"),
    path("/posts/new",      views.PostCreateView.as_view(), name="post_create"),
    path("/posts/<int:pk>", views.PostDetailView.as_view(), name="post_detail"),
    path("/api",            include("myapp.api_urls")),
]

Class-Based Views

from buraq.views.generic import ListView, DetailView, CreateView, UpdateView, DeleteView

class PostListView(ListView):
    model         = Post
    template_name = "posts/list.html"
    paginate_by   = 10

class PostCreateView(CreateView):
    model         = Post
    form_class    = PostForm
    template_name = "posts/form.html"
    success_url   = "/posts"

Function-Based Views

from buraq.shortcuts import render, redirect, get_object_or_404
from buraq.contrib.messages import success
from buraq.decorators import login_required

@login_required
async def post_create(request):
    form = PostForm(await request.form())
    if form.is_valid():
        await form.save()
        success(request, "Post created successfully.")
        return redirect("/posts")
    return render(request, "posts/form.html", {"form": form})

Forms & ModelForm

from buraq.forms import ModelForm, CharField, BooleanField

class PostForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model  = Post
        fields = ["title", "slug", "content", "is_published"]

Templates (Jinja2)

{% extends "base.html" %}

{% block content %}
  {% for post in posts %}
    <h2><a href="/posts/{{ post.id }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
  {% endfor %}

  {% if messages %}
    {% for message in messages %}
      <div class="alert">{{ message }}</div>
    {% endfor %}
  {% endif %}
{% endblock %}

Authentication

from buraq.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
from buraq.decorators import login_required

async def login_view(request):
    user = await authenticate(request, username=username, password=password)
    if user:
        await login(request, user)
        return redirect("/dashboard")

Signals

from buraq.signals import post_save

@post_save.connect(sender=Post)
async def on_post_saved(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
    if created:
        await notify_subscribers(instance)

Cache

from buraq.contrib.cache import cache

await cache.set("key", value, timeout=300)
value = await cache.get("key")

Email

from buraq.contrib.email import send_mail

await send_mail(
    subject="Welcome to Buraq",
    message="Thanks for signing up.",
    to=["[e-mail]"],
)

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Performance

Buraq is built on the fastest available Python components at every layer:

Layer	Library	Benefit
ASGI server	Granian (Rust)	Faster than uvicorn on all platforms
Web framework	FastAPI	ASGI-native, Pydantic v2
Database driver	asyncpg	Fastest async PostgreSQL driver
ORM	SQLAlchemy 2.0	Native async, no sync wrapper
JSON	orjson (Rust)	3–10× faster than stdlib json
Password hashing	Argon2id	PHC winner — memory-hard, fast to verify
Package manager	uv (Rust)	10–100× faster than pip

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Features at a Glance

• Async ORM with SQLAlchemy 2.0 — await Model.objects.filter(...)
• Alembic migrations — buraq makemigrations / buraq migrate
• path() URL routing with type-safe converters
• Class-based views — ListView, DetailView, CreateView, UpdateView, DeleteView
• ModelForm with field validation and await form.save()
• Jinja2 templates with Django-compatible template tags
• Built-in auth — JWT + session, login/register/logout
• Auto admin panel via SQLAdmin — buraq createsuperuser
• Flash messages backed by session storage
• Signals — post_save, pre_delete, custom signals
• Cache backends — Redis, Memcached, in-memory (all async)
• Email backends — SMTP, console, file (all async)
• Static files — WhiteNoise + buraq collectstatic
• Rate limiting via SlowAPI
• Security headers via the secure package
• CORS middleware
• orjson for all JSON responses
• Granian ASGI server built-in, falls back to uvicorn
• Auto API docs — Swagger UI and ReDoc at /api/docs

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Documentation

Full documentation: buraqproject.com/docs/1.0

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Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md — contributions are welcome.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

MIT — see LICENSE