Bloat, like beauty, is often in the eyes of the beholder. Always ask: "By what measure?" or "Compared to what?" Django is large, encompassing, and opinionated,

Bloat, like beauty, is often in the eyes of the beholder. Always ask: "By what measure?" or "Compared to what?" Django is large, encompassing, and opinionated, so much "bigger" than "micro" web frameworks like Flask. But it's comparable in scope and cohesion to other "batteries-included" web frameworks such as Ruby on Rails or Laravel for PHP. As always, YMMV.