Yes litestar have class based controllers since day one , class based views with HTMX/Jinja is also available in 2.0 which is now nearing release. Here is lifecycle management : https://docs.litestar.dev/2/usage/the-litestar-app.html#star...

  app = Litestar(on_startup=[get_db_connection], on_shutdown=[close_db_connection])

We have quite powerful channels and event systems that goes along with websocket and realtime systems too.

Plus , if you use Repository + Sqlalchmey Plugin and DTO , you can also work with CRUD events before_update/after_update/before_insert/after_instet etc