I'm the creator of **FastAPI**. You can read more about that in [Help FastAPI - Follow the author](help-fastapi.md#follow-the-author).
...But here I want to show you the community.
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**FastAPI** receives a lot of support from the community. And I want to highlight their contributions.
These are the people that:
* [Help others with questions in GitHub](help-fastapi.md#help-others-with-questions-in-github).
* Create or review Pull Requests.
* Help [manage the repository](https://tiangolo.com/open-source/management-tasks/) (team members).
All these tasks help maintain the repository.
A round of applause to them. 👏 🙇
## Team
This is the current list of team members. 😎
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Although the team members have the permissions to perform privileged tasks, all the help from others maintaining FastAPI is very much appreciated! 🙇♂️
## FastAPI Experts
These are the users that have been [helping others the most with questions in GitHub](help-fastapi.md#help-others-with-questions-in-github). 🙇
They have proven to be **FastAPI Experts** by helping many others. ✨
/// tip
You could become an official FastAPI Expert too!
Just [help others with questions in GitHub](help-fastapi.md#help-others-with-questions-in-github). 🤓
///
You can see the **FastAPI Experts** for:
* [Last Month](#fastapi-experts-last-month) 🤓
* [3 Months](#fastapi-experts-3-months) 😎
* [6 Months](#fastapi-experts-6-months) 🧐
* [1 Year](#fastapi-experts-1-year) 🧑🔬
* [**All Time**](#fastapi-experts-all-time) 🧙
### FastAPI Experts - Last Month
These are the users that have been [helping others the most with questions in GitHub](help-fastapi.md#help-others-with-questions-in-github) during the last month. 🤓
<divclass="user-list user-list-center">
{% for user in people.last_month_experts[:10] %}
For a long time, answering questions from the community in GitHub Discussions was done by other community volunteers.
They proved they are **FastAPI Experts** by helping many others. ✨
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
</div>
### FastAPI Experts - 3 Months
These are the users that have been [helping others the most with questions in GitHub](help-fastapi.md#help-others-with-questions-in-github) during the last 3 months. 😎
Here's the hall of fame of the first FastAPI Experts:
<divclass="user-list user-list-center">
{% for user in people.three_months_experts[:10] %}
These are the users that have been [helping others the most with questions in GitHub](help-fastapi.md#help-others-with-questions-in-github) during the last 6 months. 🧐
These are the users that have been [helping others the most with questions in GitHub](help-fastapi.md#help-others-with-questions-in-github) during the last year. 🧑🔬
These are the users that have [helped others the most with questions in GitHub](help-fastapi.md#help-others-with-questions-in-github) through *all time*. 🧙
<divclass="user-list user-list-center">
{% for user in people.experts[:50] %}
{% for user in people.experts[:30] %}
{% if user.login not in skip_users.users %}
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## Top Contributors
Here are the **Top Contributors**. 👷
Currently, most of the code changes in FastAPI are done by the team.
But during the years, there have been many contributions done by others as well.
These users have created the most Pull Requests that have been *merged*.
They contributed source code, documentation, etc. 📦
They have contributed source code, documentation, etc. 📦
Here's the wall of fame of the first **Top Contributors**. 👷
<divclass="user-list user-list-center">
{% for user in (contributors.values() | list)[:50] %}
{% for user in (contributors.values() | list)[:30] %}
{% if user.login not in skip_users.users %}
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## Top Translation Reviewers
These users are the **Top Translation Reviewers**. 🕵️
Currently, translations are done using AI tools, steered by the FastAPI team and native speakers.
At some point, FastAPI had some documentation pages translated into other languages, done by hand, by community members.
Translation reviewers have the **power to approve translations** of the documentation. Without them, there wouldn't be documentation in several other languages.
Here's the hall of fame of the first **Top Translation Reviewers**. 🕵️
<divclass="user-list user-list-center">
{% for user in (translation_reviewers.values() | list)[:50] %}
{% for user in (translation_reviewers.values() | list)[:30] %}
{% if user.login not in skip_users.users %}
@ -226,9 +117,7 @@ Translation reviewers have the **power to approve translations** of the document
## Sponsors
These are the **Sponsors**. 😎
They are supporting my work with **FastAPI** (and others), mainly through [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/tiangolo).
**Sponsors** support **FastAPI** and friends, mainly through [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/tiangolo). ✨
{% if sponsors %}
@ -283,12 +172,24 @@ They are supporting my work with **FastAPI** (and others), mainly through [GitHu
## About the data - technical details
The main intention of this page is to highlight the effort of the community to help others.
The main intention of this page has been to highlight the effort of the community to help others.
Especially including efforts that were normally less visible, and in many cases were more arduous, like helping others with questions and reviewing Pull Requests with translations.
Also contributions from sponsors.
The data used to be calculated continuously, each month.
As of 2026-07, for quite some time now, most of the work is done by (paid) team members.
GitHub Discussions are answered mostly by team members.
Most of the code changes are done by team members.
Especially including efforts that are normally less visible, and in many cases more arduous, like helping others with questions and reviewing Pull Requests with translations.
And translations are continuously done for the entire documentation in multiple languages, using AI tools, managed by team members.
The data is calculated each month, you can read the [source code here](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/blob/master/scripts/).
Additionally, in the last months there's been an overwhelming amount of AI spam, mainly to cheat the FastAPI Experts system or to get a PR merged by any means, to then be considered a contributor. You can read more about the point of view in [Automated Code and AI](https://tiangolo.com/open-source/contributing/#automated-code-and-ai).
Here I'm also highlighting contributions from sponsors.
Because of this, the data for the FastAPI Experts, Top Contributors, and Top Translators is no longer continuously updated.
I also reserve the right to update the algorithm, sections, thresholds, etc (just in case 🤷).
This section is currently kept as a homage to the humans that helped shape what FastAPI is today. 🙌
@ -45,20 +45,6 @@ You can follow [me (Sebastián Ramírez / `tiangolo`)](https://tiangolo.com), th
* [@tiangolo.com on **Bluesky**](https://bsky.app/profile/tiangolo.com)
* [@tiangolo on **LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiangolo/).
## Help others with questions in GitHub { #help-others-with-questions-in-github }
You can try and help others with their questions in [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/discussions/categories/questions?discussions_q=category%3AQuestions+is%3Aunanswered).
In many cases you might already know the answer for those questions. 🤓
If you are helping a lot of people with their questions, you will become an official [FastAPI Expert](fastapi-people.md#fastapi-experts). 🎉
Just remember, the most important point is: try to be kind. 🤗
### How to Help { #how-to-help }
Follow the [guide on how to help](https://tiangolo.com/open-source/help/#help-others-with-questions-in-github) here.
## Ask Questions { #ask-questions }
You can [create a new question](https://github.com/fastapi/fastapi/discussions/new?category=questions) in the GitHub repository, for example to:
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In GitHub, the template will guide you to write the right question so that you can more easily get a good answer, or even solve the problem yourself even before asking.
Conversations in the chat systems are also not as easily searchable as in GitHub, they get lost.
## Try FastAPI Cloud { #try-fastapi-cloud }
The main funding for FastAPI and friends comes from [**FastAPI Cloud**](https://fastapicloud.com), a platform to deploy FastAPI applications in a simple and fast way, with a single command, `fastapi deploy`.
FastAPI Cloud is built by the same team behind FastAPI. You can try it and consider it for your projects.
Sebastián Ramírez
4 days ago