Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/vs/pallets/flask
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/vs/pallets/flask.md
Description: hurl and flask share 4 technologies: werkzeug, itsdangerous, jinja2, and markupsafe. hurl is written in Rust and flask in Python.

# hurl vs flask

hurl and flask share 4 technologies: werkzeug, itsdangerous, jinja2, and markupsafe. hurl is written in Rust and flask in Python.

- [Orange-OpenSource/hurl](https://seerepo.com/r/Orange-OpenSource/hurl): Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.
- [pallets/flask](https://seerepo.com/r/pallets/flask): The Python micro framework for building web applications.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: werkzeug, itsdangerous, jinja2, markupsafe
- Only in hurl: Flask, soupsieve, xml, beautifulsoup4, waitress
- Only in flask: None

## Side by side

| | hurl | flask |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 82,322 lines written, 301 code files | 18,393 lines written, 24 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 4,496 commits, 19,304 stars | Last push October 30, 2026, 3,832 commits, 74,953 stars |
| Tests | 14 test files. 4.7% of its code files have a test that imports them | 49 test files. 62.5% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, hurl or flask?

hurl, with 82,322 lines written; flask has 18,393.

The proof: [Orange-OpenSource/hurl's code at commit 4275859](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/tree/42758592ff416c35799a429e437c2a94e56ac42c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, hurl or flask?

flask, with 74,953 stars; hurl has 19,304.

The proof: [pallets/flask on GitHub](https://github.com/pallets/flask)

### Which has more tests, hurl or flask?

flask, with 49 test files; hurl has 14.

The proof: [pallets/flask's code at commit 49943b5](https://github.com/pallets/flask/tree/49943b5a94413a530761350f04e896f76e8d620e)

### Which was updated more recently, hurl or flask?

hurl: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and flask's on October 30, 2026.

The proof: [Orange-OpenSource/hurl's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/commits)

## Sources

- Orange-OpenSource/hurl: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 4275859 (https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/tree/42758592ff416c35799a429e437c2a94e56ac42c)
- pallets/flask: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 49943b5 (https://github.com/pallets/flask/tree/49943b5a94413a530761350f04e896f76e8d620e)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.