Streamlit
Shares rank 25 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
Python library for turning scripts into web apps quickly, praised for fast prototyping. Critics say it is limited and hits hard ceilings.
Python library for turning scripts into web apps quickly, praised for fast prototyping. Critics say it is limited and hits hard ceilings.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 59%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fast UI prototyping for data apps
“As simple to build and deploy as Excel, but with the right data types, the right UI”
Comment from 8 Dec 2025 in “Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?” “Hidden game changers are Gradio/Streamlit for easy UI.”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?” “It feels closer to sketching than programming.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)” - Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Hi, I am a 10 years old kid and made a Cool app”
Still widely used and growing
“As of two months ago, Streamlit has 1M+ MAD. It's still growing.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “AI Product Graveyard” “I think its death has been exaggerated.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “AI Product Graveyard” Go-to choice for small Python apps
“I built a small local Streamlit-based chat app”
Comment from 15 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?” “using Streamlit or Shiny is the way to go”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand [video]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Limited; hits hard ceilings
“These have hard ceilings and there’s only so much you can work around the model”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “As AI Turns Prevalent, UI Becomes Irrelevant” “Streamlit seems really nice but super super limited in what it can do.”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “Tally – A tool to help agents classify your bank transactions” “Oh it can't do this particular thing.”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Ladybird Browser adopts Rust” Poor Python UI/UX, dismissed
“I can actually build nice UIs as a traditional ML engineer (no more streamlit crap).”
Comment from 1 Mar 2026 in “AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder” “Snowflake bought streanlit (a bad python UI/UX) for 800 million in 2022.”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “CEOs to Keep Spending on AI, Despite Spotty Returns” “streanlit (a bad python UI/UX)”
Comment from 16 Dec 2025 in “CEOs to Keep Spending on AI, Despite Spotty Returns”
Other web frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other web frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| StreamlitThis page | 13 | 9 | 59% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
24 of the 26 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“offers more control and lends itself better to interactive exploration”
“doesn't feel sucky like streamlit”
“it missed a ton of marks with its top to bottom runs and it's just awkward”
“quick to start with and prototype”
“Snowflake buying StreamLit to try and have a similar experience”
“way better than streamlit”
“As of two months ago, Streamlit has 1M+ MAD. It's still growing.”
“I think its death has been exaggerated.”
“a python frontend that’s not even better than gradio”
“These have hard ceilings and there’s only so much you can work around the model”
“I can actually build nice UIs as a traditional ML engineer (no more streamlit crap).”
“Oh it can't do this particular thing.”
“we found that Streamlit managed by Snowflake is quite costly, compute-time wise.”
“using Streamlit or Shiny is the way to go”
“Hidden game changers are Gradio/Streamlit for easy UI.”
“something like streamlit or nicegui that has great ergonomics and is easy to maintain”
“I built a small local Streamlit-based chat app”
“It feels closer to sketching than programming.”
“Streamlit seems really nice but super super limited in what it can do.”
“streanlit (a bad python UI/UX)”
“Snowflake bought streanlit (a bad python UI/UX) for 800 million in 2022.”
“it's always cumbersome to get started”
“If you have the right tooling (e.g. Streamlit.io) then yes, literally.”
“As simple to build and deploy as Excel, but with the right data types, the right UI”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.