Add Litestar framework

[i404788]

Checklist

• This project is explicitly related to ASGI.
• The new list entry contains a project name, URL and description.

What is this project?

Starlite, a light, opinionated and flexible ASGI API framework built on top of pydantic and Starlette.

https://starlite-api.github.io/starlite/

Do you know about other similar projects?

Yes, similar to FastAPI (both Starlette + Pydantic with OpenAPI endpoints), but afaik not related in structure/code.

If so, how is this one different?

Starlite is more lightweight, and (in my testing) faster due to the use of orjson.

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[euri10]

Actually this is now Litestar (https://litestar.dev/) and it's an amazing framework, very-well tested, packed with many interesting goodies, easily extendible and pluggable, you should definitely add it @florimondmanca ;)

what's the trigger for you to make it happen ?

[florimondmanca]

Nothing in particular — I actually thought we had already added Litestar to the list somehow!

I’m away and can’t commit code myself. @i404788 if you’re still getting messages from this thread, would you be up for the Starlite -> Litestar update?

Otherwise somebody can open a new updated PR that would override this one.

[i404788]

@florimondmanca I'll update it, I still actively use litestar

[i404788]

@florimondmanca I've updated it, the actual project has changed a lot (it's not based on pydantic & starlette anymore, and there have been many more features) since so I've had to update the description significantly, let me know if it's alright.

[florimondmanca]

Looking great, thank you!