diff --git a/python/api/main.py b/python/api/main.py
index cf9f64d..af918b5 100644
--- a/python/api/main.py
+++ b/python/api/main.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import typer
 import uvicorn
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 
-from python.api.middleware import ZstdMiddleware
 from python.api.routers import contact_router, views_router
 from python.common import configure_logger
+from python.fastapi_tools import ZstdMiddleware
 from python.orm.common import get_postgres_engine
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/python/api/routers/contact.py b/python/api/routers/contact.py
index 554713b..3754dba 100644
--- a/python/api/routers/contact.py
+++ b/python/api/routers/contact.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import selectinload
 
-from python.api.dependencies import DbSession  # noqa: TC001 this is a FastAPI needed at runtime
+from python.fastapi_tools.db import DbSession # noqa: TC001 this is a FastAPI needed at runtime
 from python.orm.richie.contact import Contact, ContactRelationship, Need, RelationshipType
 
 TEMPLATES_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "templates"
diff --git a/python/api/routers/views.py b/python/api/routers/views.py
index 1ab819c..4faacfa 100644
--- a/python/api/routers/views.py
+++ b/python/api/routers/views.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 from sqlalchemy import select
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session, selectinload
 
-from python.api.dependencies import DbSession  # noqa: TC001 this is a FastAPI needed at runtime
+from python.fastapi_tools.db import DbSession  # noqa: TC001 this is a FastAPI needed at runtime
 from python.orm.richie.contact import Contact, ContactRelationship, Need, RelationshipType
 
 TEMPLATES_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "templates"
diff --git a/python/fastapi_tools/__init__.py b/python/fastapi_tools/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d55eb3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/fastapi_tools/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Reusable FastAPI tools."""
+
+from python.fastapi_tools.db import DbSession, get_db
+from python.fastapi_tools.zstd_middleware import ZstdMiddleware
+
+__all__ = ["DbSession", "ZstdMiddleware", "get_db"]
diff --git a/python/api/dependencies.py b/python/fastapi_tools/db.py
similarity index 100%
rename from python/api/dependencies.py
rename to python/fastapi_tools/db.py
diff --git a/python/api/middleware.py b/python/fastapi_tools/zstd_middleware.py
similarity index 97%
rename from python/api/middleware.py
rename to python/fastapi_tools/zstd_middleware.py
index 26cd514..4d01243 100644
--- a/python/api/middleware.py
+++ b/python/fastapi_tools/zstd_middleware.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Middleware for the FastAPI application."""
+"""Zstd response compression middleware."""
 
 from compression import zstd
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING