crudadmin

CRUDAdmin

Modern admin interface for FastAPI with built-in authentication, event tracking, and security features

CRUDAdmin is a robust admin interface generator for FastAPI applications, offering secure authentication, comprehensive event tracking, and essential monitoring features. Built with FastCRUD and HTMX, it helps you create production-ready admin panels with minimal configuration.

Documentation: https://benavlabs.github.io/crudadmin/

[!IMPORTANT]
v0.4.0 Breaking Changes: Session backend configuration has been completely redesigned. The old method-based API (admin.use_redis_sessions(), etc.) has been removed in favor of a cleaner constructor-based approach. Existing code will need updates. See the v0.4.0 release notes for migration guide and examples.

[!WARNING]
CRUDAdmin is still experimental. While actively developed and tested, APIs may change between versions. Upgrade with caution in production environments, always carefully reading the changelog.

Features

• 🔒 Multi-Backend Session Management: Memory, Redis, Memcached, Database, and Hybrid backends
• 🛡️ Built-in Security: CSRF protection, rate limiting, IP restrictions, HTTPS enforcement, and secure cookies
• 📝 Event Tracking & Audit Logs: Comprehensive audit trails for all admin actions with user attribution
• 📊 Auto-generated Interface: Creates admin UI directly from your SQLAlchemy models with intelligent field detection
• 🔍 Advanced Filtering: Type-aware field filtering, search, and pagination with bulk operations
• 🌗 Modern UI: Clean, responsive interface built with HTMX and FastCRUD

Video Preview

To see what CRUDAdmin dashboard actually looks like in practice, watch the video demo on youtube:

Quick Start

Installation

uv add crudadmin

For production with Redis sessions:

uv add "crudadmin[redis]"

Or using pip and memcached:

pip install "crudadmin[memcached]"

Basic Setup

from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
from fastapi import FastAPI
from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession, create_async_engine
from crudadmin import CRUDAdmin

from .user import (
    User,
    UserCreate,
    UserUpdate,
)

# Database setup
engine = create_async_engine("sqlite+aiosqlite:///app.db")

# Create database session dependency
async def get_session():
    async with AsyncSession(engine) as session:
        yield session

# Create admin interface
admin = CRUDAdmin(
    session=get_session,
    SECRET_KEY="your-secret-key-here",
    initial_admin={
        "username": "admin",
        "password": "secure_password123"
    }
)

# Add models to admin
admin.add_view(
    model=User,
    create_schema=UserCreate,
    update_schema=UserUpdate,
    allowed_actions={"view", "create", "update"}
)

# Setup FastAPI with proper initialization
@asynccontextmanager
async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
    # Initialize database tables
    async with engine.begin() as conn:
        await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
    
    # Initialize admin interface
    await admin.initialize()
    yield

# Create and mount the app
app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
app.mount("/admin", admin.app)

Navigate to /admin to access your admin interface with:

• User authentication
• CRUD operations for your models
• Responsive UI with dark/light themes
• Built-in security features

[!WARNING] Important for SQLite users: If you're using SQLite databases (which is the default for CRUDAdmin), make sure to add database files to your .gitignore to avoid committing sensitive data like admin credentials and session tokens.

# SQLite databases - NEVER commit these to version control
*.db
*.sqlite
*.sqlite3
crudadmin_data/

# Also exclude database journals
*.db-journal
*.sqlite3-journal

Session Backends

Development (Default)

admin = CRUDAdmin(session=get_session, SECRET_KEY="key")  # Memory backend (default)

Production with Redis

from crudadmin import CRUDAdmin, RedisConfig

# Using configuration object (recommended)
redis_config = RedisConfig(host="localhost", port=6379, db=0)
admin = CRUDAdmin(
    session=get_session, 
    SECRET_KEY="key",
    session_backend="redis",
    redis_config=redis_config
)

# Or using a dictionary
admin = CRUDAdmin(
    session=get_session, 
    SECRET_KEY="key",
    session_backend="redis",
    redis_config={"host": "localhost", "port": 6379, "db": 0}
)

# Or using Redis URL
redis_config = RedisConfig(url="redis://localhost:6379/0")
admin = CRUDAdmin(
    session=get_session, 
    SECRET_KEY="key",
    session_backend="redis",
    redis_config=redis_config
)

Production with Security Features

from crudadmin import CRUDAdmin, RedisConfig

# Configure Redis backend
redis_config = RedisConfig(
    host="localhost",
    port=6379,
    db=0,
    password="your-redis-password"
)

admin = CRUDAdmin(
    session=get_session,
    SECRET_KEY=SECRET_KEY,
    # Session backend configuration
    session_backend="redis",
    redis_config=redis_config,
    # Session management settings
    max_sessions_per_user=3,
    session_timeout_minutes=15,
    cleanup_interval_minutes=5,
    # Security features
    allowed_ips=["10.0.0.1"],
    allowed_networks=["192.168.1.0/24"],
    secure_cookies=True,
    enforce_https=True,
    # Event tracking
    track_events=True
)

Backend Options

Backend	Use Case	Performance	Persistence	Scalability
Memory	Development/Testing	Fastest	No	Single Instance
Redis	Production (Recommended)	Very Fast	Optional	High
Memcached	High-Traffic Production	Very Fast	No	High
Database	Simple Deployments	Good	Yes	Medium
Hybrid	Enterprise/Audit Requirements	Fast	Yes	High

What You Get

• Secure Authentication - Login/logout with session management
• Auto-Generated Forms - Create and edit forms built from your Pydantic schemas
• Data Tables - Paginated, sortable tables for viewing your data
• CRUD Operations - Full Create, Read, Update, Delete functionality
• Responsive UI - Works on desktop and mobile devices
• Dark/Light Themes - Toggle between themes
• Input Validation - Built-in validation using your Pydantic schemas
• Event Tracking - Monitor all admin actions with audit trails
• Health Monitoring - Real-time system status and diagnostics

Documentation

• Quick Start: Get up and running in 5 minutes
• Usage Guide: Complete usage documentation
• API Reference: Full API documentation
• Advanced Topics: Production features and configurations

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.