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?

A production-ready FastAPI platform with modular components and a built-in control plane.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• Docker & Docker Compose - Required for the standard development workflow (make serve). Generated projects use Docker for consistent environments and service dependencies (Redis for workers, health monitoring, etc.).

Quick Start

# Run instantly without installation
uvx aegis-stack init my-api
Create with user authentication
uvx aegis-stack init user-app --services auth
Create with background processing
uvx aegis-stack init task-processor --components scheduler,worker
Start building
cd my-api && make serve

CLI language support: Use aegis --lang zh for Simplified Chinese (简体中文), or set AEGIS_LANG=zh.

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

Overseer - Your Application's Control Plane

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

It gives you full runtime visibility into your system - components, services, infrastructure, and data flows - through a single dashboard. No external tooling, no vendor integrations, no setup.

Inspect worker queues, scheduled jobs, database schema and migrations, AI token usage, auth sessions - everything your application is doing, in real time.

Every Aegis project ships with its own control plane from day one.

CLI - First-Class System Interface

The Aegis CLI is a first-class interface to your running system.

It goes beyond simple health checks, exposing rich, component-specific commands for inspecting and understanding your application from the terminal.

Query worker queues, scheduler activity, database state, AI usage, and service configuration, all without leaving the CLI.

The same system intelligence that powers Overseer and Illiana is available here, optimized for terminal workflows.

Illiana - Optional System Operator

When the AI service is enabled, Aegis exposes an additional interface: Illiana.

Illiana is a conversational interface that answers questions about your running system using live telemetry and optional RAG over your codebase.

She is not required to use Aegis Stack, and nothing in the system depends on her being present. When enabled, she becomes another way, alongside the CLI and Overseer, to understand what your application is doing and why.

Your Stack Grows With You

Your choices aren't permanent. Start with what you need today, add components 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.

Available Components & Services

Components (infrastructure)

• Core → FastAPI + Pydantic V2 + Uvicorn
• Database → Postgres / SQLite
• Cache/Queue → Redis
• Scheduler → APScheduler
• Worker → Arq / Taskiq / Dramatiq

Services (business logic)

• Auth → JWT authentication
• AI → PydanticAI / LangChain
• Comms → Resend + Twilio

Components Docs → | Services Docs →

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.