# Cloudflare Python Workers

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Cloudflare Python Workers and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People welcome finally getting Python support on Cloudflare Workers, with no extra charge unlike SnapStart. Caveat: strict library limits and architecture concerns recur.

## What people warn about

- Architectural concerns still unresolved (2 comments): "some of the main architectural concerns I raised at the time are still present" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49792380)) "I believe you'll see some architectural issues from this design." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49793796))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Cloudflare Workers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-workers.md): 190 recommend
- [AWS Lambda](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aws-lambda.md): 84 recommend
- [Cloudflare Pages and Workers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-pages-and-workers.md): 6 recommend
- [Deno Deploy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deno-deploy.md): 5 recommend
- [Telegram Serverless](https://hackerapproved.com/p/telegram-serverless.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cloudflare Python Workers", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-python-workers/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).