Falco

Falco is presented as a functional-first toolkit for building full-stack web applications in F#. It builds on ASP.NET Core, integrates with .NET Core middleware and libraries, and aims to stay simple, lightweight, and easy to learn.

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• Is based on the high-performance components of ASP.NET Core.
• Integrates with existing middleware and libraries from .NET Core.
• Brings a simple and powerful routing API.
• Offers a uniform API for accessing any request data.
• Includes a native view engine in F#.
• Supports asynchronous request handling.
• Brings together authentication and security utilities.
• Has native support for large uploads and binary responses.
• Defines its goals as being simple, extensible, and easy to learn.
• Points to the documentation as the best starting point.
• Mentions related libraries, community projects, articles, and videos about the Falco ecosystem.
• Says that contributions should go through an issue or discussion, include tests, and update the documentation when the API changes.
• Explains the name with a reference to Kestrel and to the genus of falcons known as Falco.
• States Apache License 2.0.