smithyhq/sqladmin

SQLAlchemy Admin for FastAPI and Starlette

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SQLAlchemy Admin for Starlette/FastAPI

General info

SQLAdmin is a flexible Admin interface for SQLAlchemy models.

Main features include:


Documentation: https://smithyhq.github.io/sqladmin

Source Code: https://github.com/smithyhq/sqladmin

Live Demo: https://sqladmin-demo.vercel.app/admin (Username: superadmin Password: superadmin)


Installation

Install using pip:

$ pip install sqladmin

Some features need extra packages, which are grouped into optional extras:

ExtraInstallsEnables
authitsdangerousSession-backed authentication
i18nbabelInternationalization and localization
fullboth of the aboveEverything
$ pip install "sqladmin[auth]"
$ pip install "sqladmin[i18n]"
$ pip install "sqladmin[full]"

Screenshots

sqladmin-1 sqladmin-2

Quickstart

Let's define an example SQLAlchemy model:

from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, create_engine
from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base


Base = declarative_base()
engine = create_engine(
    "sqlite:///example.db",
    connect_args={"check_same_thread": False},
)


class User(Base):
    __tablename__ = "users"

    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = Column(String)


Base.metadata.create_all(engine)  # Create tables

If you want to use SQLAdmin with FastAPI:

from fastapi import FastAPI
from sqladmin import Admin, ModelView


app = FastAPI()
admin = Admin(app, engine)


class UserAdmin(ModelView, model=User):
    column_list = [User.id, User.name]


admin.add_view(UserAdmin)

Or if you want to use SQLAdmin with Starlette:

from sqladmin import Admin, ModelView
from starlette.applications import Starlette


app = Starlette()
admin = Admin(app, engine)


class UserAdmin(ModelView, model=User):
    column_list = [User.id, User.name]


admin.add_view(UserAdmin)

Now visiting /admin on your browser you can see the SQLAdmin interface.

  • Flask-Admin Admin interface for Flask supporting different database backends and ORMs. This project has inspired SQLAdmin extensively and most of the features and configurations are implemented the same.
  • FastAPI-Admin Admin interface for FastAPI which works with TortoiseORM.
  • Dashboard Admin interface for ASGI frameworks which works with the orm package.
admin
admin-dashboard
asgi
asyncio
fastapi
python
sqlalchemy
starlette
web
wsgi

smithyhq/sqladmin

SQLAlchemy Admin for FastAPI and Starlette

Python

2,844

526 commits

updated Oct 1, 2026

See the code

README

Build Status Publish Status Coverage Package version Supported Python versions


SQLAlchemy Admin for Starlette/FastAPI

General info

SQLAdmin is a flexible Admin interface for SQLAlchemy models.

Main features include:


Documentation: https://smithyhq.github.io/sqladmin

Source Code: https://github.com/smithyhq/sqladmin

Live Demo: https://sqladmin-demo.vercel.app/admin (Username: superadmin Password: superadmin)


Installation

Install using pip:

$ pip install sqladmin

Some features need extra packages, which are grouped into optional extras:

ExtraInstallsEnables
authitsdangerousSession-backed authentication
i18nbabelInternationalization and localization
fullboth of the aboveEverything
$ pip install "sqladmin[auth]"
$ pip install "sqladmin[i18n]"
$ pip install "sqladmin[full]"

Screenshots

sqladmin-1 sqladmin-2

Quickstart

Let's define an example SQLAlchemy model:

from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String, create_engine
from sqlalchemy.orm import declarative_base


Base = declarative_base()
engine = create_engine(
    "sqlite:///example.db",
    connect_args={"check_same_thread": False},
)


class User(Base):
    __tablename__ = "users"

    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = Column(String)


Base.metadata.create_all(engine)  # Create tables

If you want to use SQLAdmin with FastAPI:

from fastapi import FastAPI
from sqladmin import Admin, ModelView


app = FastAPI()
admin = Admin(app, engine)


class UserAdmin(ModelView, model=User):
    column_list = [User.id, User.name]


admin.add_view(UserAdmin)

Or if you want to use SQLAdmin with Starlette:

from sqladmin import Admin, ModelView
from starlette.applications import Starlette


app = Starlette()
admin = Admin(app, engine)


class UserAdmin(ModelView, model=User):
    column_list = [User.id, User.name]


admin.add_view(UserAdmin)

Now visiting /admin on your browser you can see the SQLAdmin interface.

  • Flask-Admin Admin interface for Flask supporting different database backends and ORMs. This project has inspired SQLAdmin extensively and most of the features and configurations are implemented the same.
  • FastAPI-Admin Admin interface for FastAPI which works with TortoiseORM.
  • Dashboard Admin interface for ASGI frameworks which works with the orm package.
admin
admin-dashboard
asgi
asyncio
fastapi
python
sqlalchemy
starlette
web
wsgi

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