What Streamlit does

Streamlit is an open-source Python framework, distributed under the Apache 2.0 license, that enables data scientists, machine learning engineers, and Python developers to build and share interactive web-based data applications without requiring front-end development expertise. The core product is a single Python library installable via pip; applications are written as scripts and update automatically on file save, with widgets declared as variables that abstract away backend routing, HTTP handling, and HTML/CSS/JavaScript. The library maintains native compatibility with the Python data science ecosystem, including PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, Plotly, Matplotlib, OpenCV, Altair, Bokeh, and Vega-Lite, and supports a third-party Components marketplace for extending functionality. Streamlit reports a developer community of 500k+ monthly active users, 54k forum participants, 40k+ GitHub stars, and adoption by over 90% of Fortune 50 companies as of November 2024.

The company's product portfolio spans four layers: (1) the open-source Streamlit Library, (2) Streamlit Community Cloud — a free, self-serve hosting platform for public apps deployed from GitHub, (3) Streamlit in Snowflake — an enterprise deployment tier offering unlimited private apps, in-browser coding, Git/CI/CD integration, and enterprise-grade security, and (4) Streamlit Playground and App Gallery for no-install experimentation and demonstration. Community programs (Creators, Advocates, Moderators) and channels (Forum, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Blog) drive product-led adoption. Streamlit was acquired by Snowflake in March 2022 for $800 million and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary; its open-source development continues while its commercial monetization occurs through Snowflake's consumption-based platform subscriptions rather than direct Streamlit billing. No standalone revenue figure for Streamlit is disclosed.

Name

Streamlit

Legal name

Streamlit

Website

https://streamlit.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Streamlit is an open-source Python framework, owned by Snowflake, that lets data scientists and developers build and deploy interactive data and AI web applications in pure Python without front-end experience.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Application Development Framework

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Developer Portals, SDKs & Documentation Platforms (BPAMADAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Open-Source & Developer Communities (BPAMABAM)

Keywords

• Data application framework
• Python app development
• Open source framework
• Data science tools
• Data visualization software

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Community Cloud (Free): Free tier for public apps hosting via Streamlit Community Cloud, enabling community sharing and viral adoption without revenue generation.
2. Snowflake Commercial Integration: Streamlit is bundled as a core component of Snowflake's cloud data platform. Revenue is realized through Snowflake's platform subscriptions and consumption-based model where customers pay for compute and storage. The Streamlit in Snowflake offering provides unlimited private apps with enterprise-grade deployment for paid Snowflake customers.
3. Enterprise Deployment via Snowflake: Snowflake acquired Streamlit in March 2022 for $800 million, integrating the open-source library natively into its platform to enable enterprise-grade deployment with security and reliability features.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Streamlit provides an open-source Python app framework that lets data scientists and developers turn Python scripts into interactive, shareable web applications in minutes without front-end development experience. Apps are built around a simple scripting model in pure Python where widgets behave like variables and the UI updates automatically on save. Commercial deployment is offered natively inside Snowflake for enterprise-grade private apps with security and CI/CD.

Product overview

Streamlit is a unified open-source app framework provided as a single Python library that enables data scientists and developers to rapidly build, test, and share interactive web-based data applications directly from Python scripts without front-end experience. The core offering is the Streamlit Open Source Library, built around a simple scripting model where apps auto-update on save. The product portfolio spans a free Community Cloud platform for public app hosting, a Snowflake-integrated enterprise deployment tier with private apps and enterprise security, a browser-based Playground for no-install experimentation, an App Gallery of curated demo apps, and a Components marketplace of third-party extensions. Community engagement is supported through a Forum (54k users), a Creators Program recognizing power users, and an Advocate Program for content creators. The library maintains first-class compatibility with the Python data science and ML ecosystem (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit Learn, Pandas, Plotly, Matplotlib, OpenCV) and continues active open-source development following Snowflake's acquisition in March 2022.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Streamlit Open Source Library An open-source Apache 2.0 Python library that enables data scientists and developers to rapidly build and share interactive web-based data applications and dashboards directly from Python scripts, without requiring front-end development experience. Uses a simple scripting model where apps automatically update on file save and widgets behave like variables.
• Streamlit Playground A browser-based interactive coding environment that lets prospective users try a limited version of Streamlit directly on the Streamlit website without local installation. Includes pre-built templates such as Blank, Hello, Charts, Dataframes, LLM chat, Computer vision, and Geospatial.
• Streamlit Community Cloud A free hosted deployment platform for sharing public Streamlit apps with the global community. Apps deploy directly from GitHub repositories via a one-click workflow with automatic updates on git push; authentication requires a GitHub account.
• Streamlit in Snowflake An enterprise deployment tier that lets users build and deploy private, enterprise-grade Streamlit apps directly within the Snowflake cloud data platform. Supports in-browser coding, Git-based collaboration, CI/CD workflows, unlimited private apps, and enterprise-grade security.
• Streamlit Components A marketplace of third-party modules that extend Streamlit's capabilities beyond the built-in API across categories such as Widgets, Charts, Authentication, Connections, Images & video, Audio, Text, Maps, Dataframes, Graphs, Code editors, Page navigation, and Developer tools. Components are submitted by the community and installable via pip.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trusted by over 90% of Fortune 50 companies (as of 2024-11-15)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration22 records

AI capability8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• SnowflakecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022Snowflake acquired Streamlit in March 2022 for $800 million, integrating the open-source Python library natively into its platform. This enables users to build and deploy interactive data applications directly within the Snowflake environment without separate hosting. Snowflake is Streamlit's parent company and primary commercial channel.
• GitHubcoreTechnology or IntegrationStreamlit Community Cloud integrates with GitHub for authentication, code hosting, and CI/CD deployment. Apps are deployed directly from GitHub repositories with automatic updates on git push. Community Cloud login requires GitHub account.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Plotly (Dash): Plotly's Dash is a Python framework for building analytical web applications, the most direct functional competitor to Streamlit. Both target Python developers building data dashboards and ML interfaces with comparable ease-of-use positioning.
• Gradio: Gradio provides a Python library for building ML model demos and web interfaces, directly competing with Streamlit for ML engineers and data scientists building model UIs and AI applications.
• HoloViz Panel: HoloViz Panel is a Python framework for building custom interactive web apps and dashboards, directly competing with Streamlit for Python-based data app development with similar declarative widget patterns.
• Bokeh: Bokeh is an interactive Python visualization library listed as first-class compatible with Streamlit, but also competes as a standalone framework for building interactive data applications in Python.
• Observable: Observable is a notebook-based platform for data visualization and dashboards, competing with Streamlit for developers who want to build interactive data apps with minimal frontend coding, though it uses JavaScript rather than Python.

Emerging players

• Jupyter: Jupyter notebooks are the foundational Python data science environment and a complementary/competing workflow to Streamlit for sharing analyses; Voila and JupyterDash extend notebooks toward the same app-sharing use case.
• Anvil: Anvil is a Python-based web app builder that lets developers build full-stack web apps in pure Python, overlapping with Streamlit's 'no frontend required' value proposition for internal tools and data apps.
• Voilà: Voilà converts Jupyter notebooks into standalone web applications, providing an alternative lightweight path from notebook-to-app that competes with Streamlit for Python data science users who already work in notebooks.

Broad incumbents

• Posit (RStudio/Shiny): Posit's Shiny framework pioneered the data-script-to-web-app pattern in R, establishing the conceptual category Streamlit now leads in Python. Posit has expanded into Python tools (Shiny for Python) directly competing with Streamlit.
• Databricks: Databricks offers Databricks Apps and dashboards within its lakehouse platform, directly competing with Snowflake's embedded Streamlit offering as an alternative data+app stack for enterprise customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/streamlit
• GitHubgithub.com/streamlit/streamlit
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC3LD42rjj-Owtxsa6PwGU5Q
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/streamlit

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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