vorte 1.0.9

The AI-First Python API Framework. Fast, intelligent, and modular.

Vorte Framework

The AI-First, Battery-Included Python API Framework.

Vorte is a high-performance Python framework built on top of FastAPI, designed for modern web development with first-class AI integration, a real-time admin dashboard, and 21 production-ready modules. It ships with an optional Rust-native engine for zero-copy routing, multi-format serialization, and work-stealing task scheduling.

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Table of Contents

• Key Features
• Quick Start
• Installation
• Architecture Overview
• Core Concepts
  • Application
  • Module System
  • Configuration
  • Routing & Versioning
  • Response Envelope
  • Dependency Injection
  • Serialization
  • Executor & Concurrency
• Built-in Modules (21)
  • AI Module
  • Agents Module
  • Auth Module
  • Database Module
  • Cache Module
  • Queue Module
  • Storage Module
  • Search Module
  • Mailer Module
  • M-Pesa Module
  • Payments Module
  • Notifications Module
  • Security Module
  • Webhooks Module
  • Sockets Module
  • GraphQL Module
  • Multi-Tenancy Module
  • Feature Flags Module
  • Internationalization Module
  • Logging Module
  • Dashboard Module
• CLI Reference
• Testing
• Rust Native Engine
• Deployment
• Project Structure
• Contributing
• Changelog
• License

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Key Features

• AI-First Architecture -- Native multi-provider AI integration (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral) with cost tracking, streaming, embeddings, and intelligent routing.
• 21 Built-in Modules -- Auth, Database, Cache, Queue, AI, Agents, Storage, Search, Mailer, M-Pesa, Payments, Notifications, Webhooks, Sockets, GraphQL, Multi-Tenancy, Feature Flags, i18n, Security, Logging, and Dashboard.
• Rust Native Engine -- Optional zero-copy radix tree router, work-stealing executor, priority task scheduler, multi-format serialization (JSON, MsgPack, CBOR, Protobuf), and DAG execution graphs.
• Built-in Admin Dashboard -- Real-time Next.js dashboard served at /_vorte/dashboard with metrics, module health, route inspection, and system monitoring.
• Standard Response Envelope -- Every response wrapped in a consistent {success, data, meta, ai, error, pagination} structure with request tracing.
• CLI Scaffolding -- 30+ CLI commands for project creation, module/job/agent/pipeline generation, migrations, Docker/K8s manifests, benchmarking, and more.
• Production Ready -- Kubernetes health probes (/health, /ready, /live), Prometheus metrics (/_vorte/metrics), API versioning with deprecation headers, and graceful shutdown.
• WASM Sandbox -- Execute untrusted code in isolated WebAssembly sandboxes with fuel limits and optional WASI.
• TypeScript Generation -- Auto-generate TypeScript interfaces from Pydantic models via TypeMirror.

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Quick Start

1. Install Vorte

pip install vorte

For AI features:

pip install vorte[ai]

For everything:

pip install vorte[full]

2. Create a New Project

vorte new my-awesome-app
cd my-awesome-app

3. Start Development Server

vorte serve --watch

Visit http://localhost:8000/_vorte/dashboard for the admin panel.

4. Minimal Application

from vorte import Vorte

app = Vorte(auto_load=True)

@app.get("/api/v1/hello")
async def hello():
    return {"message": "Welcome to Vorte!"}

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Installation

From PyPI

pip install vorte

Optional Dependency Groups

Group	Install Command	Includes
AI	pip install vorte[ai]	openai, anthropic, google-generativeai
Payments	pip install vorte[payments]	stripe
Search	pip install vorte[search]	meilisearch
Storage	pip install vorte[storage]	boto3
Sandbox	pip install vorte[sandbox]	wasmtime
Full	pip install vorte[full]	All of the above
Dev	pip install vorte[dev]	pytest, ruff, mypy

Requirements

• Python >= 3.11
• Rust >= 1.75 (only for building the native engine from source)

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Architecture Overview

Vorte follows a modular Core + Modules architecture:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  Vorte Application               │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌───────────────┐  │
│  │  FastAPI  │  │  Module  │  │  DI Container │  │
│  │  (ASGI)   │  │ Registry │  │  (Singleton,  │  │
│  │           │  │ (21 mods)│  │  Request,     │  │
│  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  │  Transient)    │  │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  └───────────────┘  │
│  │ Executor │  │  Router  │  ┌───────────────┐  │
│  │(Work-    │  │(Versioned│  │  TypeMirror   │  │
│  │ Stealing)│  │ + Deprec)│  │ (TypeScript)  │  │
│  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └───────────────┘  │
└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┘
                       │ PyO3 ASGI Bridge
┌──────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┐
│              Vorte Engine (Rust)                  │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────────┐   │
│  │  Radix   │  │  Serde   │  │  Scheduler   │   │
│  │  Router  │  │  Engine  │  │  (Priority)  │   │
│  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────────┘   │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────────┐   │
│  │  HTTP    │  │  Queue   │  │  DAG Graph   │   │
│  │  Server  │  │  Engine  │  │  Executor    │   │
│  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────────┘   │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Initialization Flow

Vorte.__init__()
  -> Settings.from_env()          # Load .env configuration
  -> ModuleRegistry()             # Create module registry
  -> Container (DI)               # Initialize dependency injection
  -> VorteExecutor                # Work-stealing thread pool
  -> FastAPI(lifespan=...)        # ASGI app with lifecycle
  -> CORS + Tracing Middleware    # Request tracking
  -> /health, /ready, /live       # Kubernetes probes
  -> /_vorte/metrics              # Prometheus endpoint
  -> /_vorte/dashboard/*          # Admin API
  -> register_all()               # Priority-sorted module init
  -> startup_all()                # Module startup hooks

Request Lifecycle

HTTP Request
  -> CORSMiddleware
  -> Trace ID + Request Timing middleware
  -> VersioningMiddleware (deprecation headers)
  -> VorteAPIRoute (N+1 query look-ahead)
  -> Route Handler (@safe_route for sync dispatch)
  -> VorteJSONResponse (envelope + FastSerializer)
  -> X-Request-ID, X-Response-Time, X-Powered-By headers

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Core Concepts

Application

The Vorte class is the main entry point. It wraps a FastAPI instance and orchestrates all subsystems.

from vorte import Vorte

# Auto-load all 21 modules
app = Vorte(auto_load=True)

# Cherry-pick specific modules
app = Vorte()
app.register(AuthModule(), AIModule(), DatabaseModule())

# Exclude specific modules
app = Vorte(auto_load=True, exclude_modules=["graphql", "sockets"])

# Custom configuration
app = Vorte(title="My API", version="2.0.0", dashboard=True)

# Lifecycle hooks
@app.on_startup
async def setup():
    print("Starting up...")

@app.on_shutdown
async def cleanup():
    print("Shutting down...")

Built-in Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/health	GET	Full module health check (200 healthy, 503 degraded)
/ready	GET	Kubernetes readiness probe
/live	GET	Kubernetes liveness probe
/_vorte/info	GET	Framework version, Python version, module count, route count
/_vorte/metrics	GET	Prometheus-formatted metrics
/_vorte/dashboard/overview	GET	Dashboard overview data
/_vorte/dashboard/modules	GET	All registered modules
/_vorte/dashboard/routes	GET	All registered routes
/_vorte/dashboard/health	GET	Health check details
/_vorte/dashboard/config	GET	Non-sensitive configuration

Module System

All features are implemented as Module subclasses with priority-based initialization and dependency validation.

from vorte import Module, ModuleMeta, ModulePriority, ModuleState

class CustomModule(Module):
    meta = ModuleMeta(
        name="custom",
        version="1.0.0",
        description="My custom module",
        priority=ModulePriority.DEFAULT,
        dependencies=["database"],
        auto_discover=True,
        lazy_load=False,
    )

    def register(self, app):
        @app.get("/custom")
        async def custom_route():
            return {"hello": "world"}

    async def on_startup(self):
        print("Custom module starting...")

    async def on_shutdown(self):
        print("Custom module shutting down...")

    async def health_check(self):
        return {"module": "custom", "status": "healthy"}

Module Priority Order

Modules are initialized in priority order (lower = earlier):

Priority	Value	Typical Use
CONFIG	0	Configuration modules
DATABASE	10	Database connections
CACHE	20	Cache layers
QUEUE	30	Job queues
AUTH	40	Authentication
SEARCH	50	Search engines
MIDDLEWARE	60	Middleware
ROUTES	70	Route handlers
AI	80	AI providers
PAYMENTS	90	Payment providers
DASHBOARD	100	Admin dashboard

Module States

• REGISTERED -- Module has been added to the registry
• INITIALIZING -- Module is running its startup routine
• READY -- Module is fully operational
• FAILED -- Module encountered an error
• SHUTTING_DOWN -- Module is shutting down
• SHUTDOWN -- Module has completed shutdown

Configuration

Vorte uses a layered configuration system with environment variables (prefixed VORTE_) and .env file support.

from vorte import Settings, settings

# Access global settings
db_url = settings.database.url
redis_url = settings.redis.url

# Check environment
if settings.is_production():
    # Production-specific logic
    pass

# Create custom settings
custom = Settings.from_env()

Configuration Sections

Section	Key Fields	Description
settings.database	url, pool_size, max_overflow, echo, read_replica_urls	PostgreSQL/asyncpg connection
settings.redis	url, cache_url, queue_url	Redis connections
settings.auth	strategy, secret_key, refresh_tokens, mfa, oauth_providers	Authentication
settings.ai	default_model, providers, track_costs, max_tokens	AI providers
settings.cache	driver, default_ttl, l1_enabled, l2_enabled	4-layer cache
settings.queue	driver, default_retries, concurrency	Background jobs
settings.storage	driver, bucket, region	File storage
settings.mailer	driver, host, port, from_address	Email sending
settings.mpesa	environment, consumer_key, shortcode	M-Pesa Daraja
settings.payments	provider, currency, api_key	Stripe/Paystack
settings.security	helmet, csrf, xss, rate_limit	Security middleware
settings.search	engine, meilisearch_url	Full-text search
settings.tenancy	strategy, isolation	Multi-tenancy
settings.i18n	default_locale, fallback_locale	Internationalization
settings.performance	http2, brotli, protobuf	Performance tuning

Environment Variable Helpers

from vorte.core.config import env, env_bool, env_int, env_list

database_url = env("DATABASE_URL")              # VORTE_DATABASE_URL
debug = env_bool("DEBUG", default=False)         # "true"/"1"/"yes"/"on"
pool_size = env_int("POOL_SIZE", default=10)     # Integer
origins = env_list("CORS_ORIGINS")               # Comma-separated

Routing & Versioning

Vorte extends FastAPI routing with API versioning, deprecation headers, and N+1 query optimization.

from vorte import router
from vorte.core.router import VorteAPIRouter, VersioningMiddleware

# Use the default router
@router.get("/users")
async def list_users():
    return {"users": []}

# Create a versioned router
api = VorteAPIRouter()

@api.get("/users", version="v1")
async def list_users_v1():
    return {"users": []}

@api.get(
    "/users",
    version="v2",
    deprecated_in="v2",
    sunset_date="2025-12-31",
)
async def list_users_v2():
    return {"users": [], "metadata": {}}

# Register on the app
app.include_router(api)

Versioning Strategies

• URL-based (default): /v1/users, /v2/users
• Header-based: API-Version: v1 header

Deprecated routes automatically emit Deprecation, Sunset, and Link headers.

Response Envelope

Every response is wrapped in a standard envelope:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": { ... },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_a1b2c3d4e5f6",
    "version": "v1",
    "timestamp": "2026-05-20T10:30:00Z",
    "latency_ms": 12.5
  },
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "total": 100,
    "total_pages": 5
  },
  "ai": {
    "model": "gpt-4",
    "provider": "openai",
    "tokens": 150,
    "cost": 0.003,
    "cached": false,
    "response_time_ms": 850
  }
}

Response Helpers

from vorte import success_response, error_response, paginated_response, ai_response

# Success
return success_response(data={"user": user}, status_code=200)

# Error
return error_response(
    code="NOT_FOUND",
    message="User not found",
    status_code=404,
    field_name="user_id"
)

# Paginated
return paginated_response(
    data=users,
    page=1,
    per_page=20,
    total=100
)

# AI-augmented
return ai_response(
    data={"answer": "..."},
    model="gpt-4",
    provider="openai",
    tokens=150,
    cost=0.003
)

Streaming Responses

from vorte import VorteSSEResponse, VorteStreamResponse

# Server-Sent Events
async def event_stream():
    for i in range(10):
        yield {"count": i}

@app.get("/events")
async def sse_endpoint():
    return VorteSSEResponse(event_stream())

# Raw streaming (zero-copy)
@app.get("/download")
async def download():
    return VorteStreamResponse(large_data_stream())

Dependency Injection

Vorte includes a full DI container with singleton, request, and transient scopes.

from vorte import Container, Depends, inject, wire

# Define services
class UserService:
    def get_user(self, user_id: int):
        return {"id": user_id, "name": "John"}

# Register with the container
container = Container()
container.register(UserService, singleton=True)

# Or use the @wire decorator for auto-registration
@wire(UserService, singleton=True)
class UserService:
    pass

# Use in routes with Depends
@app.get("/users/{user_id}")
async def get_user(user_id: int, service: UserService = Depends(UserService)):
    return service.get_user(user_id)

# Mark function for injection
@inject
def process_data(service: UserService = Depends(UserService)):
    return service.get_user(1)

Container Scopes

• Singleton -- One instance for the container lifetime
• Request -- One instance per HTTP request
• Transient -- New instance every resolution

container.register(CacheService, singleton=True)
container.register(RequestService, transient=True)

# Eager initialization
container.build()           # Sync
await container.abuild()    # Async

# Child containers (scoped)
child = container.create_child()

Serialization

FastSerializer automatically picks the fastest available backend:

Priority	Backend	Performance
1	Native Rust	Fastest
2	orjson	3-10x faster than stdlib
3	stdlib json	Fallback

from vorte import FastSerializer, lazy_schema
from pydantic import BaseModel

# Serialize
data = {"name": "Vorte", "version": "1.0.8"}
encoded = FastSerializer.dumps(data)           # bytes
encoded_str = FastSerializer.dumps_str(data)    # string

# Deserialize
decoded = FastSerializer.loads(encoded)

# Multi-format
msgpack_data = FastSerializer.dumps(data, format="msgpack")
cbor_data = FastSerializer.dumps(data, format="cbor")
proto_data = FastSerializer.dumps(data, format="protobuf")

# Check backend
print(FastSerializer.backend)  # "native", "orjson", or "stdlib"
print(FastSerializer.is_native())

# Lazy schema validation (defer Pydantic validation)
class UserSchema(BaseModel):
    name: str
    email: str

@lazy_schema(UserSchema)
async def create_user(request):
    payload = request._vorte_lazy_payload  # Access raw bytes
    user = payload.validate()              # Validate on demand
    return user

Executor & Concurrency

VorteExecutor provides a work-stealing thread pool with optional Rust scheduler integration.

from vorte import VorteExecutor, safe_route, VorteTaskGroup

executor = VorteExecutor(max_workers=8)

# Run async functions directly
result = await executor.run(async_function, arg1, arg2)

# Run sync functions in thread pool
result = await executor.run(sync_function, arg1, arg2)

# Timeout support
result = await executor.run_with_timeout(fn, arg, timeout=30.0)

# Background jobs (fire-and-forget)
executor.submit_background(cleanup_task, priority="low")

# @safe_route decorator - transparent sync/async dispatch
@safe_route
def sync_handler():          # Auto-wrapped for async dispatch
    return compute_result()

@safe_route
async def async_handler():   # Passed through unchanged
    return await fetch_data()

Structured Concurrency

from vorte import VorteTaskGroup

async def process():
    async with VorteTaskGroup() as tg:
        task1 = tg.create_task(fetch_users())
        task2 = tg.create_task(fetch_orders())
        # If any task fails, all others are cancelled via Rust cancellation token
        # tg.cancel_token propagates to Rust/Tokio workers

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Built-in Modules (21)

AI Module

Multi-provider AI integration with cost tracking, streaming, and intelligent routing.

from vorte import AIModule

# Auto-configured via settings.ai
app.register(AIModule())

# Supported providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral
# Features: streaming, embeddings, cost tracking, model routing

Configuration (settings.ai):

• default_model -- Default model to use (e.g., "gpt-4")
• providers -- Dict of provider configurations
• track_costs -- Enable cost tracking
• max_tokens, temperature -- Default generation parameters

Routing Strategies (via ProviderRegistry):

• STATIC -- Always use the configured provider
• ROUND_ROBIN -- Distribute across providers
• COST_OPTIMIZED -- Choose cheapest provider
• LEAST_LOADED -- Route to least busy provider
• LATENCY_OPTIMIZED -- Route to fastest provider
• QUALITY_FIRST -- Route to highest-quality provider

Agents Module

Build AI agents with tools, memory, RAG, pipelines, and guardrails.

from vorte import AgentsModule

app.register(AgentsModule())

# Features:
# - Agent orchestration with tool use
# - Conversation memory (short-term + long-term with summarization)
# - RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines
# - Multi-step agent pipelines
# - Guardrails for safe AI output
# - Versioned prompt templates with {{variable}} interpolation

Auth Module

Complete authentication with JWT, OAuth, API keys, RBAC, MFA, and sessions.

from vorte import AuthModule

app.register(AuthModule())

# Features:
# - JWT access + refresh tokens
# - OAuth2 providers (Google, GitHub, etc.)
# - API key authentication
# - Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
# - Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA/TOTP)
# - Session management
# - Route guards (@require_auth, @require_role)

Configuration (settings.auth):

• strategy -- "jwt" or "session"
• secret_key -- JWT signing key
• token_expiry_minutes -- Access token lifetime
• refresh_expiry_days -- Refresh token lifetime
• oauth_providers -- OAuth provider configurations
• mfa -- Enable MFA

Database Module

SQLAlchemy async ORM with query planning, N+1 detection, and performance mode.

from vorte import DatabaseModule, performance_mode, QueryPlanner, select_related, N1Detector

app.register(DatabaseModule())

# Features:
# - Async SQLAlchemy with asyncpg/aiosqlite
# - Automatic N+1 query detection
# - Look-ahead query planning (auto eager-loading)
# - Performance mode (raw SQL + FastSerializer)
# - Alembic migration support
# - Read replica support

N+1 Detection & Query Planning

from vorte import select_related, N1Detector
from pydantic import BaseModel

class UserResponse(BaseModel):
    name: str
    profile: ProfileResponse  # Nested relationship auto-detected

# Auto-detects nested relationships from response_model
@app.get("/users", response_model=list[UserResponse])
async def list_users():
    # VorteAPIRoute auto-infers "profile" relationship
    # QueryPlanner adds selectinload(User.profile)
    return await User.all()

# Manual eager loading
@select_related("posts", "posts.comments")
@app.get("/users/{id}")
async def get_user(id: int):
    return await User.get(id)

# N+1 Detection
detector = N1Detector(threshold=5)
detector.track("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = 1")
if detector.is_n1():
    print(f"N+1 detected! {detector.query_count} queries")

Cache Module

4-layer caching with L1 (in-memory), L2 (Redis), L3 (CDN), L4 (database).

from vorte import CacheModule

app.register(CacheModule())

# Features:
# - L1: In-memory LRU cache
# - L2: Redis cache
# - L3: CDN cache headers
# - L4: Database-backed cache
# - Cache decorators
# - TTL management
# - Cache invalidation

Configuration (settings.cache):

• driver -- "redis" or "memory"
• default_ttl -- Default time-to-live
• l1_enabled, l1_max_size -- In-memory cache
• l2_enabled -- Redis cache
• l3_cdn_url -- CDN integration
• l4_db_cache -- Database cache

Queue Module

Background job processing with priorities, backpressure, dead letter queues, and retry logic.

from vorte import QueueModule

app.register(QueueModule())

# Features:
# - Priority-based job queues (CRITICAL, HIGH, DEFAULT, LOW)
# - Backpressure with watermarks (NORMAL -> HIGH -> FULL)
# - Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) for permanently failed jobs
# - Automatic retry with configurable delay
# - Worker concurrency control
# - Redis or in-memory backends

Configuration (settings.queue):

• driver -- "redis" or "memory"
• default_retries -- Max retry attempts
• default_retry_delay -- Seconds between retries
• concurrency -- Max concurrent workers

Storage Module

File storage with local filesystem and S3 backends.

from vorte import StorageModule

app.register(StorageModule())

# Features:
# - Local filesystem storage
# - AWS S3 storage
# - CDN integration
# - File upload/download
# - Presigned URLs

Configuration (settings.storage):

• driver -- "local" or "s3"
• bucket -- S3 bucket name
• region -- AWS region
• cdn_url -- CDN URL

Search Module

Full-text search with MeiliSearch and pgvector support.

from vorte import SearchModule

app.register(SearchModule())

# Features:
# - MeiliSearch integration
# - pgvector vector search
# - Index management
# - Search API

Mailer Module

Email sending with SMTP backend.

from vorte import MailerModule

app.register(MailerModule())

# Features:
# - SMTP driver
# - HTML/text emails
# - Template-based emails
# - Queue-based sending

M-Pesa Module

First-class Safaricom M-Pesa (Daraja API) integration.

from vorte import MpesaModule

app.register(MpesaModule())

# Features:
# - STK Push (Lipa Na M-Pesa Online)
# - C2B (Customer to Business)
# - B2C (Business to Customer)
# - B2B (Business to Business)
# - Account Balance
# - Transaction Status
# - Sandbox + Production environments

Configuration (settings.mpesa):

• environment -- "sandbox" or "production"
• consumer_key, consumer_secret -- Daraja API credentials
• shortcode -- Business shortcode
• passkey -- Lipa Na M-Pesa passkey
• callback_url -- Webhook URL

Payments Module

Multi-provider payment processing with Stripe and Paystack.

from vorte import PaymentsModule

app.register(PaymentsModule())

# Features:
# - Stripe integration (charges, subscriptions, usage, entitlements)
# - Paystack integration (Africa-focused)
# - Webhook verification
# - Subscription management

Notifications Module

Multi-channel notification delivery.

from vorte import NotificationsModule

app.register(NotificationsModule())

# Features:
# - In-app notifications
# - Email notifications
# - Push notifications
# - SMS notifications
# - Template-based messages

Security Module

Security middleware with rate limiting, CSRF, XSS protection, and bot detection.

from vorte import SecurityModule

app.register(SecurityModule())

# Features:
# - Helmet-style security headers
# - CSRF protection
# - XSS sanitization
# - Rate limiting (configurable max/window)
# - Bot detection
# - Geo-blocking

Webhooks Module

Webhook management with delivery, retry, and verification.

from vorte import WebhooksModule

app.register(WebhooksModule())

# Features:
# - Webhook registration
# - Signed delivery (HMAC)
# - Retry with exponential backoff
# - Delivery logs

Sockets Module

WebSocket management with rooms, broadcasting, and authentication.

from vorte import SocketModule

app.register(SocketModule())

# Features:
# - WebSocket connection manager
# - Room-based broadcasting
# - Authentication
# - Connection lifecycle hooks

GraphQL Module

GraphQL API with auto-schema generation and subscriptions.

from vorte import GraphQLModule

app.register(GraphQLModule())

# Features:
# - Auto-schema from SQLAlchemy models
# - GraphQL Playground
# - Subscriptions
# - Query/Mutation resolvers

Multi-Tenancy Module

Multi-tenant application support with multiple isolation strategies.

from vorte import MultiTenancyModule

app.register(MultiTenancyModule())

# Features:
# - Subdomain-based resolution (tenant.myapp.com)
# - Header-based resolution (X-Tenant-ID)
# - Path-based resolution (/t/{tenant}/...)
# - JWT claim-based resolution
# - Schema-level isolation

Feature Flags Module

Feature flags with percentage rollouts, targeting rules, and A/B testing.

from vorte import FeaturesModule

app.register(FeaturesModule())

# Features:
# - Boolean feature flags
# - Percentage rollouts (MD5 hash bucketing)
# - User targeting rules
# - A/B test variants
# - Runtime flag updates

Internationalization Module

Multi-language support with translation files, formatting, and locale detection.

from vorte import I18nModule

app.register(I18nModule())

# Features:
# - JSON-based translation files
# - Variable interpolation
# - Currency/date/number formatting
# - Accept-Language detection
# - Swahili support included

Logging Module

Structured logging with multiple outputs.

from vorte import LoggingModule

app.register(LoggingModule())

# Features:
# - Structured JSON logging
# - Multiple output targets
# - Log level configuration
# - Request logging

Dashboard Module

Real-time admin dashboard built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion.

from vorte import DashboardModule

app.register(DashboardModule())

# Served at /_vorte/dashboard
# Shows: modules, routes, health, metrics, config, events

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CLI Reference

Vorte provides 30+ CLI commands organized by category:

Project Commands

vorte new <name>                  # Create new project (minimal or ai-saas template)
vorte serve [--host] [--port] [--watch] [--workers]  # Start development server
vorte routes                      # List all registered routes
vorte modules                     # List all registered modules
vorte health                      # Check application health

Generator Commands

vorte make:module <name>          # Generate module scaffold
vorte make:job <name>             # Generate background job
vorte make:agent <name>           # Generate AI agent
vorte make:pipeline <name>        # Generate AI pipeline
vorte make:migration <name>       # Generate Alembic migration

Database Commands

vorte migrate                     # Run pending migrations
vorte migrate:rollback [--step]   # Rollback migrations
vorte migrate:fresh [--seed]      # Drop all tables and re-migrate
vorte migrate:status              # Show migration status
vorte db:seed                     # Run database seeders

AI Commands

vorte ai:models                   # List AI models with pricing
vorte ai:costs [--period]         # Show AI cost report

M-Pesa Commands

vorte mpesa:setup                 # Interactive M-Pesa credential setup
vorte mpesa:balance               # Check M-Pesa account balance

DevOps Commands

vorte docker:init                 # Generate Dockerfile + docker-compose.yml
vorte docker:build                # Build Docker image
vorte k8s:init [--name]           # Generate Kubernetes manifests
vorte bench [--url] [--requests] [--concurrency]  # HTTP benchmark

Manifest Commands

vorte manifest:export [--app] [--output]       # Export OpenAPI + route JSON
vorte manifest:validate [--app] [--manifest]   # Validate against saved manifest
vorte manifest:types [--app] [--output]        # Generate TypeScript interfaces

Other Commands

vorte cache:stats                 # Show cache statistics
vorte search:index [action]       # Manage MeiliSearch indexes
vorte dashboard:build             # Build Next.js dashboard

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Testing

Vorte includes a complete testing framework with async test client, AI mocker, and M-Pesa mocker.

import pytest
from vorte import Vorte
from vorte.testing import VorteTestClient, AIMocker, MpesaMocker, VorteTestCase

app = Vorte(auto_load=True)

@pytest.fixture
async def client():
    async with VorteTestClient(app) as client:
        yield client

# Basic testing
async def test_hello(client):
    response = await client.get("/api/v1/hello")
    response.assert_success()
    response.assert_status(200)
    response.assert_data({"message": "Welcome to Vorte!"})

# Schema validation
async def test_users(client):
    response = await client.get("/api/v1/users")
    response.assert_schema(UserListSchema)

# AI mocking
async def test_ai_endpoint(client):
    ai_mock = AIMocker()
    ai_mock.mock_response("Summarize this", {"summary": "A great article"})

    response = await client.post("/api/v1/summarize", json={"text": "..."})
    response.assert_success()
    response.assert_ai_usage()

# M-Pesa mocking
async def test_mpesa_stk(client):
    mpesa = MpesaMocker()
    mpesa.stk_push_success(receipt="RKT123", checkout_request_id="ws123")

# Class-based testing
class TestUsers(VorteTestCase):
    app = Vorte(auto_load=True)

    def test_list_users(self):
        response = self.client.get("/api/v1/users")
        self.assert_success(response)

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Rust Native Engine

Vorte ships with an optional Rust engine that provides significant performance improvements. The engine uses 8 crates:

Crate	Purpose
vorte-http	Zero-copy HTTP request/response types (FFI-safe repr(C))
vorte-router	Zero-allocation radix tree router with lock-free concurrent reads
vorte-core	Hyper/Tokio HTTP server engine
vorte-py	PyO3 ASGI bridge (Python bindings)
vorte-scheduler	Priority-based task scheduler (work-stealing)
vorte-queue	Async queue engine with backpressure, DLQ, and Redis backend
vorte-serde	Multi-format serialization with buffer pooling (JSON, MsgPack, CBOR, Protobuf)
vorte-graph	DAG execution graph engine with short-circuit support

Features

• Zero-copy hot path -- RawRequest/RawResponse use offset/length views into shared buffers
• 404 short-circuit -- Unmatched routes never enter Python
• Lock-free routing -- After freeze(), radix tree is Arc<Node> for concurrent reads
• GIL release -- I/O operations release the Python GIL
• Buffer pooling -- 4-bucket pool (4KB, 16KB, 64KB, 256KB) with RAII buffer return
• Multi-format serialization -- JSON, MessagePack, CBOR, Protobuf via Serde

Building from Source

# Prerequisites: Rust >= 1.75, Python >= 3.11
pip install maturin
maturin develop --release

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
VORTE_HOST	0.0.0.0	Server bind address
VORTE_PORT	8000	Server bind port
VORTE_WORKERS	1	Number of worker threads
VORTE_MAX_CONNECTIONS	10000	Max concurrent connections
VORTE_KEEP_ALIVE	75	Keep-alive timeout (seconds)
VORTE_TCP_NODELAY	true	Disable Nagle's algorithm
VORTE_HTTP2	false	Enable HTTP/2
VORTE_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT	30	Graceful shutdown timeout

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Deployment

Docker

vorte docker:init     # Generates Dockerfile + docker-compose.yml
vorte docker:build    # Build the Docker image

Generated docker-compose.yml includes: API server, PostgreSQL, Redis, background worker, and scheduler.

Kubernetes

vorte k8s:init --name my-app    # Generates Deployment + Service manifests

Health Probes

Vorte automatically provides Kubernetes-compatible health endpoints:

livenessProbe:
  httpGet:
    path: /live
    port: 8000
readinessProbe:
  httpGet:
    path: /ready
    port: 8000
startupProbe:
  httpGet:
    path: /health
    port: 8000

Prometheus Metrics

Available at /_vorte/metrics:

• vorte_serialization_time_ns
• vorte_database_wait_time_ns
• vorte_scheduling_latency_ns
• vorte_event_loop_lag_ns
• vorte_buffered_spans_total
• vorte_metrics_buffer_capacity_total

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Project Structure

vorte-framework/
├── vorte/                          # Python package
│   ├── __init__.py                 # Public API exports
│   ├── engine.py                   # VorteEngine (Python/Rust bridge)
│   ├── core/                       # Core framework
│   │   ├── app.py                  # Vorte application class
│   │   ├── config.py               # Settings & configuration
│   │   ├── module.py               # Module system (Module, ModuleRegistry)
│   │   ├── router.py               # Versioned API routing
│   │   ├── response.py             # Standard response envelope
│   │   ├── di.py                   # Dependency injection container
│   │   ├── serializer.py           # FastSerializer (native/orjson/stdlib)
│   │   ├── executor.py             # Work-stealing executor
│   │   ├── concurrency.py          # Structured concurrency (VorteTaskGroup)
│   │   ├── sandbox.py              # WASM sandbox (wasmtime)
│   │   ├── tracing.py              # Request tracing
│   │   ├── typemirror.py           # TypeScript type generation
│   │   └── __init__.py
│   ├── modules/                    # 21 built-in modules
│   │   ├── ai/                     # Multi-provider AI
│   │   ├── agents/                 # AI agents, memory, RAG, pipelines
│   │   ├── auth/                   # JWT, OAuth, API keys, RBAC, MFA
│   │   ├── cache/                  # 4-layer cache
│   │   ├── database/               # SQLAlchemy ORM + query planner
│   │   ├── queue/                  # Background jobs
│   │   ├── storage/                # File storage (local/S3)
│   │   ├── search/                 # Full-text search
│   │   ├── mailer/                 # Email sending
│   │   ├── mpesa/                  # M-Pesa Daraja
│   │   ├── payments/               # Stripe/Paystack
│   │   ├── notifications/          # Multi-channel notifications
│   │   ├── security/               # Security middleware
│   │   ├── webhooks/               # Webhook management
│   │   ├── sockets/                # WebSocket support
│   │   ├── graphql/                # GraphQL API
│   │   ├── tenancy/                # Multi-tenancy
│   │   ├── features/               # Feature flags
│   │   ├── i18n/                   # Internationalization
│   │   ├── logging/                # Structured logging
│   │   └── dashboard/              # Admin dashboard
│   ├── middleware/                  # Middleware
│   │   ├── error_handler.py        # Global error handler
│   │   └── request_timing.py       # Request timing
│   ├── cli/                        # CLI tools
│   │   ├── main.py                 # 30+ CLI commands
│   │   └── manifest.py             # Manifest export/validate/types
│   └── testing/                    # Testing framework
│       └── __init__.py             # VorteTestClient, AIMocker, MpesaMocker
├── vorte-engine/                   # Rust native engine
│   ├── Cargo.toml                  # Workspace (8 crates)
│   └── crates/
│       ├── vorte-http/             # Zero-copy HTTP types
│       ├── vorte-router/           # Radix tree router
│       ├── vorte-core/             # Hyper/Tokio server
│       ├── vorte-py/               # PyO3 Python bindings
│       ├── vorte-scheduler/        # Priority task scheduler
│       ├── vorte-queue/            # Async queue engine
│       ├── vorte-serde/            # Multi-format serialization
│       └── vorte-graph/            # DAG execution graph
├── tests/                          # Test suite (22 files)
├── migrations/                     # Alembic migrations
├── .github/workflows/publish.yml   # CI/CD (3-platform wheel build + PyPI publish)
├── pyproject.toml                  # Project metadata
├── CHANGELOG.md                    # Version history
├── CONTRIBUTING.md                 # Contribution guide
└── LICENSE                         # MIT License

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Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on:

• Setting up the development environment
• Code style and linting
• Running tests
• Submitting pull requests

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Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for version history.

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License

Vorte is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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