You need to ship reliable software, but management only gave you 2 weeks.

No time for health checks, proper testing, or clean architecture. Just enough time for duct tape and hope.

What if you could go from idea to working prototype in the time it takes to grab coffee?

Ship FastAPI apps that grow with you.

Aegis Stack scaffolds complete FastAPI applications with auth, payments, workers, AI, and a built-in control plane. Add what you need, remove what you don't, update when the framework improves.

Quick Start

uvx aegis-stack init my-api && cd my-api && make serve

More examples

# Add user authentication out of the box
uvx aegis-stack init user-app --services auth

# Add background processing + scheduling
uvx aegis-stack init task-processor --components scheduler,worker

# Everything wired up at init
uvx aegis-stack init full-app --services auth,payment,comms --components worker,scheduler

CLI in 9 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. Use aegis --lang <code> or set AEGIS_LANG.

Installation alternatives: See the Installation Guide for uv tool install, pip install, and development setup.

Customizing Your Stack

Components are infrastructure pieces (database, workers, scheduler, cache). Services are business capabilities (auth, AI, payments, comms).

Don't worry about what you pick today. Add anything later with a single command, remove what you outgrow, no rework required.

Components

Component	What you get
Backend	FastAPI + lifecycle hooks
CLI	Typer, first-class system interface
Frontend	Flet, ships with the Overseer system dashboard
Cache	Redis for caching, sessions, pub/sub
Database	Postgres or SQLite + SQLModel ORM
Inference	Local AI models via Ollama
Ingress	Traefik v3 reverse proxy with TLS
Observability	Pydantic Logfire tracing + metrics + logging
Scheduler	APScheduler with persistent jobs
Worker	Pluggable Arq, Taskiq, or Dramatiq

Components Docs →

Services

Service	What you get
AI	Conversational agents, RAG, model catalog, TTS and STT (PydanticAI / LangChain across 7 providers)
Auth	JWT cookie sessions, GitHub/Google sign-in, RBAC, multi-tenant Organizations
Blog	Markdown publishing with drafts, tags, and an Overseer editor
Comms	Transactional email (Resend) + SMS / voice (Twilio)
Insights	Adoption metrics across GitHub, PyPI, Plausible, Reddit
Payments	Stripe checkout, subscriptions, refunds, disputes

Services Docs →

Deploying Your Stack

Capability	What you get
Deploy CLI	One-command deploys to any VPS over SSH (rsync + Docker), no PaaS lock-in
Server Setup	aegis deploy-setup provisions Ubuntu, Debian, or Fedora boxes (Docker + firewall)
Backups & Rollback	pg_dump before every deploy, retention policy, automatic rollback on failed health checks
TLS / HTTPS	Let's Encrypt via the Traefik ingress component, zero config when a domain is set

Deployment Docs →

Components compose into capabilities you didn't have to build:

graph LR
    Auth[Auth] --> A[User-specific AI conversations]
    AI[AI] --> A
    AI --> B[Persistent history &<br/>token analytics]
    DB[(Database)] --> B
    AI --> C[Background AI pipelines]
    Worker[Worker] --> C
    Scheduler[Scheduler] --> D[Persistent job scheduling]
    DB --> D

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Your Stack Grows With You

Your choices aren't permanent. Start with what you need today, add when requirements change, remove what you outgrow.

# Monday: Ship MVP
aegis init my-api

# Week 3: Add scheduled reports
aegis add scheduler --project-path ./my-api

# Month 2: Need async workers
aegis add worker --project-path ./my-api

# Month 6: Scheduler not needed
aegis remove scheduler --project-path ./my-api

# Stay current with template improvements
aegis update

Starter	Add Later?	Remove Later?	Git Conflicts?
Others	Locked at init	Manual deletion	High risk
Aegis Stack	One command	One command	Auto-handled

Most starters lock you in at init. Aegis Stack doesn't. See Evolving Your Stack for the complete guide.

Overseer - Your Application's Control Plane

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Overseer is the embedded control plane that ships with every Aegis Stack project.

• Live health of every component and service in one view
• Worker queues, scheduled jobs, recent runs
• Database schema, tables, and migration state
• AI token usage and conversation history
• Auth sessions and user activity
• No external tooling, no vendor integrations, no setup

CLI - First-Class System Interface

The Aegis CLI is a first-class interface to your running system. Not just a health check, but a full inspection layer.

• Component-aware commands for every running subsystem
• Inspect worker queues, scheduler runs, database state
• Query AI usage, auth sessions, service configuration
• Same data Overseer sees, terminal-native
• Built into every generated project, no extra installs

Illiana - Optional System Operator

When the AI service is enabled, Aegis exposes an additional interface: Illiana, a conversational operator over your running system.

• Ask questions in plain language about live system state
• Backed by live telemetry from Overseer and the CLI
• Optional RAG over your codebase for code-aware answers
• Opt-in: only available when the AI service is on
• Nothing in the stack depends on her being there

Learn More

• Overseer - Built-in system dashboard
• Deployment - Deploy with backups, rollback, and health checks
• CLI Reference - Complete command reference
• Evolving Your Stack - Add/remove components as needs change
• Technology Stack - Battle-tested technology choices
• About - The philosophy and vision behind Aegis Stack

For The Veterans

No reinventing the wheel. Just the tools you already know, pre-configured and ready to compose.

Aegis Stack respects your expertise. No custom abstractions or proprietary patterns to learn. Pick your components, get a production-ready foundation, and build your way.

Aegis gets out of your way so you can get started.