Notably, Starlette powers FastAPI, an extremely popular Python framework for building HTTP services.

Is this still true?

You may be thinking of Litestar (previously named Starlite) that was based on Starlette akin to FastAPI but then went their own direction implementing a framework rather than relying on an upstream for their core product.

Yes, it's literally the first bullet point on the project's website.

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