FastOpp is an open source starter package based on FastAPI built for creating AI web applications more easily. It offers ready-built components —- admin panels, templating, authentication, database migrations -— packaged in an opinion-driven structure so you can skip boilerplate and focus on building features.

Key features:

Admin panel like Django, with role-based authentication.

SQL database models and migrations inspired by Django’s model structure.

HTML templates (Jinja2) with modern UI (Tailwind, DaisyUI, AlpineJS, HTMX) so you can build simple but decent UIs without heavy JavaScript.

API endpoints with auto-generated documentation (FastAPI style) so you can later add React, Flutter or other frontends.

Management tools:

• oppman.py for core commands (server start/stop, migrations, backups) • oppdemo.py for switching between demo/full mode vs minimal mode, handling sample/demo data

Why Post Here?

We're two guys in California, trying to figure out if there's something useable building AI apps. We like Python and Django but had trouble tacking on async to Django and started investigating FastAPI. We're working with multiple LLMs, we stream output, we save conversations to a database, we add different types of web search. And a lot more. It's super promising.

We're hoping to work with students using the repo as a template to build out standalone projects that extend functionality. We have a built (still working on it) tutorials and a curriculum and documentation to create a learning path. It's intended for student learning. And our learning, too. :-)

Try It Yourself

Lots of details in the README. If you want to try it out yourself, there's step-by-step instructions: https://github.com/Oppkey/fastopp

You can explore the live site here: https://fastopp-site.fly.dev/

Example demo site, extending functionality, like you can do: https://fastopp-site.fly.dev/example

Article: https://dev.to/jcasman/fastopp-a-student-friendly-starter-fo...