# Alternatives, Inspiration and Comparisons { #alternatives-inspiration-and-comparisons }

What inspired **FastAPI**, how it compares to alternatives and what it learned from them.

## Intro { #intro }

**FastAPI** wouldn't exist if not for the previous work of others.

There have been many tools created before that have helped inspire its creation.

Here's a little bit of that history.

## Alternatives { #alternatives }

I have been creating APIs with complex requirements for several years (Machine Learning, distributed systems, asynchronous jobs, NoSQL databases, etc), leading several teams of developers.

As part of that, I needed to investigate, test and use many alternatives.

The history of **FastAPI** is in great part the history of its predecessors.

![Swagger UI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/index/index-01-swagger-ui-simple.png)

### Alternative API docs { #alternative-api-docs }

And now, go to <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc</a>.

You will see the alternative automatic documentation (provided by <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">ReDoc</a>):

$ python main.py

I solemnly swear 🐺
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## Alternatives { #alternatives }

This is a simple guide to get you started and teach you how everything works **underneath**.

There are many **alternatives** to managing virtual environments, package dependencies (requirements), projects.

There are several alternatives, including:

* <a href="https://www.uvicorn.org/" class="external-link" target="_blank">Uvicorn</a>: a high performance ASGI server.

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 * which will still appear when iterating over the table's contents in a foreach loop or a call to a
 * null-hostile method like {@link ImmutableTable#copyOf}. For alternatives, please see <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#table">the wiki</a>.
 *
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 *         .transform(ActivityService::isLoggedIn, threadPool)
 *         .catching(RpcException.class, e -> false, directExecutor());
 * }
 *
 * <h3>Alternatives</h3>
 *
 * <h4>Frameworks</h4>
 *
 * <p>When chaining together a graph of asynchronous operations, you will often find it easier to

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   * cryptographically secure, but it produces a high-quality hash with fewer collisions than some
   * alternatives we've used in the past.
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   * <p>FarmHash fingerprints are encoded by {@link HashCode#asBytes} in little-endian order. This
   * means {@link HashCode#asLong} is guaranteed to return the same value that

* Fix typo. PR [#1326](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1326) by [@chenl](https://github.com/chenl).
* Add translation to Portuguese for [Alternatives, Inspiration and Comparisons - Alternativas, Inspiração e Comparações](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/pt/alternatives/). PR [#1325](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/1325) by [@Serrones](https://github.com/Serrones).