Mobile app development using Python can be tricky. With so many options available, it’s difficult to choose the right one that meets all your project’s needs—and that’s if you even know where to begin looking in the first place! Fortunately, the team at WhiteHat has compiled an extensive list of the best Python frameworks for mobile apps, so you can find the right one with ease and start building your app right away. Let’s dive in!

1: Flask

Flask is a microframework based on Werkzeug, Jinja 2 and good intentions. It’s designed to make getting started with web development quick and easy, with support for extensions and a small but powerful feature set. The extension system means that Flask can be extended to suit your needs whether you are creating a social network or building something more complicated such as an analytics dashboard.

2: Django

Django is a web framework that has been around since 2005 and is used by leading companies such as Instagram, Pinterest, The Washington Post, and Mozilla. Django is written in Python (thus making it easy to learn) and boasts a host of impressive features. The framework uses an MVC (Model-View-Controller) approach to application development, which ensures that data is stored in logical ways.

3: Bottle

Bottle is a simple, fast and lightweight WSGI micro web-framework for Python. It is distributed as a single file module and has no dependencies other than the Python Standard Library. This makes it easy to deploy on pretty much every platform. Bottle also offers support for extensions to add functionality to your application without coupling it to Bottle. A large number of extensions are available via PyPI, including session support, templates, database access and caching just to name a few of them.

4: Tornado

If you need to create a web application that requires speed and scalability, then Tornado is your best bet. The key features of Tornado include an iostream-like interface and asynchronous programming support with futures and promises. For writing web applications in Python, it is undoubtedly one of your best choices. It also supports WebSockets which can make your app more responsive and reliable. Tornado has made its presence felt in enterprises such as Google and Dropbox.

5: Kivy

Kivy has been around since 2011 and is a cross-platform library written in Python. It uses OpenGL, so it’s best suited for applications that involve 3D graphics or games, but it can be used in any kind of application. This framework supports Android and iOS development, as well as Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and many other platforms. A Kivy application can also run on Raspberry Pi!

6: Pyramid

Pyramid is a relatively new Python web framework that is meant to be an alternative to Django. Pyramid was written by Chris McDonough and first released in 2008. You can think of Pyramid as a lighter version of Django, where certain elements like system administration have been removed or moved into plug-ins. For example, you won’t find a database migration tool in Pyramid. You’ll have to add it as an external module if you want one.

7: Falcon

Falcon is a high-performance, unopinionated, minimalist WSGI library. It works with any web framework and has no dependencies. If you are developing a mobile app which needs a server then Falcon is your best bet.