Python is general purpose, high level scripting language. It is known for it’s elegant syntax, readability and productivity. As it is said, python is general purpose programming language such that it can be used to create backend web applications. For web development among other frameworks and libraries both Django and Flask are quite popular. Where, Django is the full blown web development framework tend to offer most of the stuff out of the box while Flask is light weight and referred as microframework.

Comparison between Django and Flask is as follows

Django	Flask
Django is the web development Framework	Flask is lightweight WSGI web application framework. It is referred as microframework for web development
Django was created in 2005	Flask was created in 2010
Django is Open Source	Flask is also Open Source Project
Django is known for rapid development, extensive documentation and great community	Flask is known for lightweight, less code for development, and flexibility
Official website of Django: Django	Official Website of Flask: Flask .
Django is distributed under BSD-3 Clause “New” or “Revised” License	Flask is distributed under BSD-3 Clause “New” or “Revised” License
Django official Git repositories: Github/Django	Flask Git Repository: github/flask
Django is based on MVT (Model View and Template)	Flask is microframework. It is a wrapper around Werkzeug .
Relatively compared to Flask, Django has steep learning curve	Quick and easy to get started
Django has batteries included, it tend to provides routing, templating and Models etc out of the box	Flask is the wrapper around WSGI it offers core functionality for other components like templating, ORM we have to use libraries Example: Jinja for templating, sqlArchamy for ORM
It is the framework, Less Flexible	Flask is microframework offers more flexibility
Predefined Project Layout	Flask doesn’t enforce using any project layout
Project layout is conventional and created by bootstrapping tool django-admin	Project Layout is upto the developer
Project Layout is created by builtin bootstrapping tools django-admin and manage.py commands	No bootstrapping tool is available, project layout is random and upto developer
Batteries are included, developer is confined how Django does it and using what Django has to offer	Flask doesn’t constrain developers to use of any dependencies. Developer has freedom to choose any tools and libraries
Django doesn’t offers visual debugging	Flask offers visual debugging
Django comes with builtin Template Engine	For Flask external template engine/library Jinja is used
Django has builtin support for ORM	For Flask sqlArchmey is used for ORM
To start development server: python manage.py runserver	To run flask development server: flask –app myapp run Where, myapp is the module having Flask instance (app)
Library of Django Apps, Frameworks and Projects: Django Packages .	List of tools and libraries to support your development with flask: awesome-flask .

Following table gives the comparison on how things are handled in Django and Flask

	Django	Flask
Language	Python	Python
Web Framework	Full-stack	Micro
Templating	Django Template Language	Jinja2
ORM	Django ORM	No Built-in ORM
Admin Interface	Built-in	No Built-in Support
Routing	URL patterns	Decorator
Auto Reloading	Yes	Yes
Scalability	Designed to be scalable	Needs additional libraries
Learning Curve	Steep	Quick