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What is sanic?

Sanic is a Python 3.10+ web server and web framework for building HTTP applications. It supports the async/await syntax from Python 3.5, so request handlers can run without blocking. Sanic is also ASGI compliant, so it can be deployed with an alternative ASGI web server. The project is written in Python. Its code health is 7.2 out of 10 (Good), ranked #109 of 4,000+ indexed repos. The last commit to sanic was on May 31, 2026.

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TypeCommand-line tool
LicenseMIT
Code health7.2 / 10 (Good)
Health rank#109 of 4,000+ indexed repos
Last commitMay 31, 2026
Bus factor1
Size470 files, 35,583 lines

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sanic-org/sanic FAQ

What is Sanic?

Sanic is a Python 3.10+ web server and web framework for building HTTP applications. It uses async/await syntax so that request handling does not block. It is also ASGI compliant.

How does Sanic work?

Sanic applications define routes that map URL paths to handler functions, which receive requests and return responses. The core package is the sanic directory, with request and response types in sanic/request/types.py and sanic/response/types.py.

What language is Sanic written in?

Sanic is written in Python, and the README states that it requires Python 3.10 or later. The index counts 331 Python files in the repository.

How is the Sanic code organized?

The sanic directory contains the framework package, examples holds sample applications, tests holds the test suite, and guide holds the documentation site. Shared settings and errors live in sanic/config.py and sanic/exceptions.py.

When should I use Sanic?

Sanic is intended for building a highly performant HTTP server that is easy to build, expand, and scale. It is a fit for projects that need async request handling.

What license does Sanic use?

Sanic is released under the MIT license, identified as MIT in the project metadata.

Code health

7.2out of 10Good

Hotspots average 5.0, the place fixes pay off most.

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On the leaderboards:#6 of 8 Python web frameworks#28 of 64 Python repos

Key features of sanic

  • Handlers can use async/await syntax, which keeps request handling non-blocking.
  • Sanic is ASGI compliant, so it can be deployed with an alternative ASGI web server.
  • Applications can be started from the command line with the sanic command, for example sanic hello.app.
  • It makes use of uvloop and ujson for performance, and both can be turned off with environment variables at install time.
  • The User Guide, Changelog, and API Documentation are published online.

How sanic-org/sanic works

The sanic directory holds the framework package, which has 131 files and contains the core server and application code. Incoming requests are represented by the types in sanic/request/types.py, and outgoing responses are built from the types in sanic/response/types.py. Errors are defined in sanic/exceptions.py, and configuration is handled in sanic/config.py. The examples directory holds 36 sample applications, such as examples/request_stream/server.py, which show how routes and handlers are written. The tests directory has 119 files, and tests/test_http.py is one of the files the index marks as a hotspot. The guide directory holds the documentation site, with guide/server.py listed as one of its entry points.

The codebase has 470 files and 3,043 symbols in 8 modules, led by Python, Dockerfile and JavaScript. Code health is 7.2 out of 10, rated good.