Build Python web apps that run in the browser

Introducing Anvil

  • build your UI with drag-and-drop (no HTML or CSS)
  • program your UI with client-side Python (compiled to Javascript!)

You can build the rest of your app in Python too.

Anvil is a platform for building fullstack Python web apps:

Try Anvil - it's free!

Run Python in the browser

Modify your UI components with Python running in the browser

UI components are represented in code as Python objects.

When components raise events, they call Python functions in your client-side code.

See an example

Build your UI with drag and drop

No HTML, CSS or JavaScript! (unless you want to use them!)

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Ready to try it out?

Anvil is free to use!

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Run Python on the server

Use simple Python function calls to pass information from the server to client

No need to set up routing or endpoints, just write your server-side Python functions and call them from your client side code.

All the power of Python with a full server-side CPython environment

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Two-click deployment

Choose public or private hosting at the click of a button.

Publishing an app and changing its URL

Publishing an app and changing its URL

Built-in database

Anvil has a full database system built on top of PostgreSQL

Query or edit your data with a no-nonsense Python statement.

Or use your own database - it’s just Python.

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Try it for yourself

Anvil is free to use – give it a try:

Try Anvil

You can also read more about Anvil in the reference docs.

Here are some example apps to get you started:

Get Started with Anvil

Build a GUI app that collects feedback and sends it to you by email, and publish it online, in ten minutes or less.

Nothing but Python required!
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A Full-Size Example App

We built a customer-support ticketing system in Anvil, and we’ll show you how.
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How we built a Y Combinator startup in a day

It’s Y Combinator’s week of Demo Days, and we’re prototyping one YC startup each day. Meter Feeder (YCW 16) lets you pay for parking with your smartphone. Let’s build it.
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Building a Web App with an External Database

Learn how to build a web app using an existing database.
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Multi-User Applications with Anvil

In this tutorial, we’ll extend a news aggregator app so that each user can store their own set of articles.
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