AstraAPI Release Notes

0.1.0 (2026-03-29)

First public release of AstraAPI — a high-performance Python web framework powered by a C++ core.

C++ core engine (_astraapi_core.so) — trie-based router, JSON parsing via yyjson, HTTP parsing via llhttp, float serialization via ryu
Zero Starlette dependency — all routing, request, response, middleware classes reimplemented natively
Lazy imports — from astraapi import AstraAPI starts in ~1s instead of ~4.7s
Full FastAPI-compatible API — AstraAPI, APIRouter, Depends, Query, Path, Body, Header, Cookie, Form, File, Security
Pydantic v2 request/response validation
OpenAPI / Swagger UI auto-generation
WebSocket support with C++ frame parser
Dependency injection with yield, context managers, scopes
Middleware — CORS, GZip, HTTPS redirect, Trusted Host, WSGI
Background tasks, lifespan events
Multi-worker support
Optional compression — libdeflate (preferred) or zlib; brotli if available
Supports Python 3.9 – 3.14