title: "Awesome Django"

Awesome Django

A curated list of awesome things related to Django. Maintained by William Vincent and Jeff Triplett.

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Contents

• Third-Party Packages


• Admin


• APIs


• Async


• Caching


• Commands


• Configuration


• Content Management Systems


• ECommerce


• Editors


• Files/Images


• Forms


• Full-stack frameworks


• General


• Logging


• Models


• Performance


• Search


• Search engine optimisation


• Security


• Static Assets


• Task Queues


• Testing


• URLs


• Users


• Views


• Python Packages


• Resources


• Official Resources


• Educational


• Community


• Conferences


• Newsletters


• Podcasts


• Books


• Hosting


• PaaS (Platforms-as-a-Service)


• IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service)


• Projects


• Boilerplate


• Open Source Projects


• Django REST Framework


• DRF Resources


• DRF Tutorials


• Wagtail


• Wagtail Resources

Third-Party Packages

For a complete listing of all available packages, see Django Packages

Admin

• django-grappelli - A jazzy skin for the admin.


• django-jazzmin - Drop-in theme for django admin, that utilises AdminLTE 3 & Bootstrap 4 to make yo' admin look jazzy.


• django-hijack - Admins can log in and work on behalf of other users without having to know their credentials.


• django-import-export - Django application and library for importing and exporting data with admin integration.


• django-admin-honeypot - Configure a honeypot to see who's trying to hack your site.


• django-loginas - "Log in as user" for the Django admin.


• impostor - Impostor is a Django application which allows staff members to login as a different user by using their own username and password.


• django-admin-env-notice - Visually distinguish environments in Django Admin, for example: development, staging, production.


• django-admin-interface - Customize Admin by the admin itself(color, header. title,logo) and popup windows replaced by modals.


• django-material-admin - Material design for django administration.


• django-related-admin - A helper library that allows you to write list_displays accross foreign key relationships.


• django-semantic-admin - Django Semantic UI admin theme.


• django-jet-reboot - Django Jet is modern template for Django admin interface with improved functionality.


• django-baton - A cool, modern and responsive django admin application based on bootstrap 5.

APIs

• django-rest-framework - Web APIs for Django.


• django-cors-headers - If your back-end and front-end are on different servers, you need this.


• dj-rest-auth - Authentication for Django Rest Framework.


• django-rest-knox - Authentication Module for django-rest-auth.


• djoser - REST implementation of Django auth.


• djaq - An instant remote API to Django models with a powerful query language.


• django-rest-framework-simplejwt - JSON web tokens for DRF.


• django-webpack-loader - Transparently use webpack with Django.


• drf-yasg - Automated generation of real Swagger/OpenAPI 2.0 schemas from Django REST Framework code.


• graphene-django - GraphQL for Django.


• django-ninja - Django Ninja - Fast Django REST framework based on type annotations.


• django-tastypie - Creating delicious APIs for Django apps since 2010.

Async

• channels - Async support for Django.


• starlette - ASGI framework.

Caching

• django-cachalot - Caches your Django ORM queries and automatically invalidates them.


• django-cacheops - A slick ORM cache with automatic granular event-driven invalidation.

Commands

• django-extensions - Custom management extensions, notably runserver_plus and shell_plus.


• django-click - Write Django management commands using the click CLI library.


• django-dbbackup - Management commands to help backup and restore your project database and media files.


• django-liquidb - Django application to simplify migration management and changes in states of db scheme.

Configuration

• confidential - Manage configs and secrets (with CLI support).


• django-environ - Environment variables.


• django-split-settings - Organize multiple settings files.


• django-constance - A Django app for storing dynamic settings in pluggable backends (Redis and Django model backend built in) with an integration with the Django admin app.


• djenv - Load Django settings from environmental variables.


• django-configurations - eases Django project configuration by relying on the composability of Python classes and following principles of the twelve-factor app.

Content Management Systems

• wagtail - Popular Django content management system (CMS). See awesome-wagtail too.


• mezzanine - CMS framework.


• django-cms - CMS for Django.


• feincms - An extensible Django-based CMS.


• puput - Blog app features with Wagtail.

ECommerce

• saleor - GraphQL-based Django E-Commerce Platform.


• django-shop - Django-based shop system.


• shuup - Django E-Commerce Platform.


• django-oscar - Domain-driven e-commerce for Django.

Editors

• django-ckeditor - Django admin CKEditor integration.


• django-markdownx - Comprehensive Markdown plugin built for Django.


• django-markdown-editor - Awesome Django Markdown Editor, supported for Bootstrap & Semantic-UI.


• django-wysiwyg-redactor - A lightweight wysiwyg editor for Django.


• django-business-logic - Visual DSL framework for django.


• django-quill-editor - django-quill-editor makes Quill.js easy to use on Django Forms and admin sites.


• django-summernote - Summernote is a simple WYSIWYG editor.


• django-tinymce - TinyMCE integration for Django

Files/Images

• django-cleanup - Zero configuration file/image removal for local and remote files.

Forms

• django-crispy-forms - DRY Django forms.


• django-floppyforms - Full control of form rendering.


• django-formtools - For form previous and multi-step forms, previously part of Django until 1.8.


• django-widget-tweaks - Tweak form field rendering in templates.


• django-autocomplete-light - Add autocompletion to forms.


• django-shapeshifter - A CBV to handle multiple forms in one view.

Full-stack frameworks

• Reactor - Phoenix LiveView, but for Django.


• Sockpuppet - Build reactive applications with the Django tooling you already know and love.


• Unicorn - A reactive component framework that progressively enhances a normal Django view, makes AJAX calls in the background, and dynamically updates the DOM.

General

• django-filter - Powerful filters based on Django QuerySets.


• django-guardian - Per object permissions in Django.


• django-sql-explorer - Share data via SQL queries.


• django-tables2 - HTML tables with pagination/sorting.

Logging

• django-guid - Inject a GUID (Correlation-ID) into every log message in a Django request.

Models

• django-fakery - An easy-to-use implementation of Creation Methods for Django, backed by Faker.


• django-lifecycle - Declarative model lifecycle hooks, an alternative to Signals.


• django-model-utils - Django model mixins and utilities.


• django-money - Money fields for forms/models.


• django-mptt - Modified Preorder Tree Traversal; working with trees of Model instances.


• django-phonenumber-field - Model/form field for normalized phone numbers.


• django-taggit - Simple model tags.


• django-reversion - Version control for model instances.


• django-simple-history - Store model history and view/revert changes from the admin.


• django-polymorphic - Django-polymorphic simplifies using inherited models in Django projects.


• django-recurrence - Utility for working with recurring dates in Django.

Performance

• django-perf-rec - Keep detailed records of the performance of your Django code.


• New Relic - Time middleware, views, and SQL queries.


• Scout - Time middleware, template rendering, and SQL queries with automatic N+1 detection.


• django-query-profiler - Django query profiler to help resolve N+1 queries.


• django-silk - Live profiling and inspection of HTTP requests and database queries.


• py-spy - Sampling profiler for Python programs.

Search

• django-haystack - Modular search for Django.


• django-watson - Full-text search plugin.

Search engine optimisation

• django-check-seo - Check SEO of pages.

Security

• django-csp - Adds Content-Security-Policy headers to Django.


• django-feature-policy - Set the draft security HTTP header Feature-Policy on a Django app.


• django-protected-media - Manages media that are considered sensitive in a protected fashion.

Static Assets

• django-storages - A single library to support multiple custom storage backends for Django.


• django-compressor - Compress JavaScript/CSS into a single cached file.


• easy-thumbnails - Image thumbnails for Django.

Task Queues

• beatserver - A periodic task scheduler for Django.


• django-q - A multiprocessing distributed task queue.


• django-rq - Integration for Redis Queue.


• django-redis - Full featured Redis cache backend for Django.


• celery - Robust and broker-agnostic task queues for bigger, performance-focused projects.


• django-celery-beat - A periodic task scheduler with database configured by Django's Admin Panel.


• celery-exporter - Prometheus & Grafana monitoring of Celery tasks.


• django-dramatiq - Task processing library with a focus on simplicity, reliability and performance.

Testing

• django-debug-toolbar - Configurable panels to debug requests/responses.


• pytest-django - Use pytest features in Django.


• django-test-migrations - Test django schema and data migrations, including migrations' order.


• django-test-plus - Useful additions to Django's default TestCase.


• factory-boy - Test fixtures replacement.


• django-waffle - A feature flipper for Django.


• model-bakery - Object factory for Django (rename of legacy Model Mommy project).


• drf-openapi-tester - Django test utility for validating Swagger 2.0 and OpenAPI 3.0 documentation.


• django-google-optimize - Django application designed to make running server side Google Optimize A/B tests easy.

URLs

• dj-database-url - Database URLs.


• urlman - A nicer way to do URLs for Django models.


• django-robots - This is a basic Django application to manage robots.txt files following the robots exclusion protocol, complementing the Django Sitemap contrib app.

Users

• django-allauth - Improved user registration including social auth.


• django-organizations - Multi-user accounts for Django projects.


• django-cas-ng - Django-cas-ng is Django CAS (Central Authentication Service) 1.0/2.0/3.0 client library to support SSO (Single Sign On) and Single Logout (SLO).

Views

• django-braces - Reusable, generic mixins.


• django-easy-audit - Keep track of user actions.


• django-extra-views - Extra class-based generic views.


• django-vanilla-views - Simpler class-based views in Django.


• django-stronghold - Makes all your Django views default login_required.

Python Packages

A short list of Python packages that work well with Django.

• bleach - Sanitize your inputs/forms.


• black - Uncompromising Python code formatter.


• coveragepy - Code coverage measurement.


• faker - Faker is a Python package that generates fake data for you.


• huey - A little task queue for Python.


• nplusone - Auto-detect n+1 queries.


• pillow - Python Imaging Library.


• pytest - Testing framework.


• python-decouple - Strict separation of settings from code.


• python-slugify - Returns unicode slugs.


• sentry-python - Error reporting SDK.


• whitenoise - Simplified static file serving for Python websites.

Resources
Official Resources

• Project Website - Official Django website.


• Documentation - Comprehensive documentation for all Django versions.


• Polls Tutorial - Build a polls tutorial while learning Django internals.


• Source Code - Hosted on GitHub.

Educational

• Django Girls Tutorial - Use function-based views to build a blog app.


• LearnDjango - Tutorials and premium courses on Django and Django REST Framework.


• Adam Johnson - Adam is on the Technical Board of Django and writes regular tutorials.


• TestDriven - Multiple Django-specific tutorials on topics like Docker, payments, and more.


• Classy Class-Based Views - Detailed descriptions of methods/properties/attributes for each generic class-based view.


• Classy Django Forms - Detailed descriptions of methods/properties/attributes for each form class.


• Classy Django REST Framework - Detailed descriptions with methods/attributes for DRF class-based views and serializers.


• Simple is Better than Complex - Regularly updated website with many tutorials and tips on Django.


• Full Stack Python's Django Page - Explanation of Django philosophy and links to other resources and tutorials.


• RealPython - Many high-quality tutorials on Django.


• Mozilla Tutorial - Create a lending library app.


• Matt Layman - Regular tutorials and deep-dives on Django topics.


• Django Sites - Comprehensive listing of sites built with Django.


• Django Styleguide - Styleguide for Django with best practices and examples.


• Django Template Tags and Filters - Additional docs on Django's 57 built-in template filters and 27 template tags.

Community

• Django Forum - Discourse Board.


• Community Page - Featuring feeds of Community Blog Posts, Jobs, and more.


• Django Users Google Group - Very active discussion board for questions/answers.


• Developers Google Group - For contributions to Django itself only.


• Twitter - For official announcements on updates, security fixes, etc.


• IRC Channel - Chat with other Django users at irc://irc.freenode.net/django.

Conferences

• DjangoCon US (YouTube Channel)


• DjangoCon Europe (YouTube Channel)


• DjangoCon AU


• DjangoCon Africa


• Django Day Copenhagen


• PyCon US (YouTube Channel)


• PyCon Australia (YouTube Channel)


• Euro Python (YouTube Channel)


• Django Under the Hood


• Complete listing of all PyCons globally

Newsletters

• Django News - Weekly newsletter on announcements, articles, projects, and talks.

Podcasts

• Django Chat - A weekly podcast from William Vincent and Django Fellow Carlton Gibson with discussions of core Django concepts and regular guests.


• Django Riffs - A new podcast from Matt Layman.


• Running in Production - Focused on tech stacks with many episodes specifically on Django.


• TalkPython - The leading Python podcast with several episodes on Django.


• Podcast Init - A popular Python podcast that features Django guests on occasion.

Books

Django 3.2
- Speed Up Your Django Tests

Django 3.1
- Django for Beginners: Build websites with Python and Django
- Django for APIs: Build web APIs with Python and Django
- Django for Professionals: Production websites with Python and Django
- Two Scoops of Django 3.x: Best Practices for the Django Web Framework
- A Wedge of Django: Covers Python 3.8 and Django 3.x

Django 3.0
- Django 3 by Example
- Django 3 Web Development Cookbook
- Mastering Django
- Build a website with Django 3

Django 2.2
- Tango with Django

Hosting
PaaS (Platforms-as-a-Service)

• Heroku


• PythonAnywhere


• Divio


• Microsoft Azure


• AWS CodeStar


• Google Cloud


• Zeit Now


• Dokku


• Render

IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service)

• Digital Ocean


• Linode


• Amazon Lightsail


• Hetzner

Projects
Boilerplate

• cookiecutter-django - A full-bodied starter project, highly customizable.


• django-base-site - A Django site with many common third-party packages pre-installed.


• djangox - Batteries included starter project for Pip, Pipenv, or Docker.


• DRFx - A DRF starter with user auth, Pipenv, and other goodies.


• django-project-template - A deliberately basic project that has multiple staging environments and Heroku deployment config.


• docker-django - A quick starter guide for Django and Docker together.


• wemake-django-template - Bleeding edge Django template focused on code quality and security.


• django-webpack-starter - Django Webpack starter template for using Webpack 4.


• sos-django-template - Django starter template with separate dev and production settings.


• django-docker-heroku-template - A template with Docker, GitHub Actions, and Heroku set up for dev/test/prod, plus various other best practices.


• cookiecutter-vue-django - Django + Vue starter project fusing Vue SFCs & Django Templates.


• launchr - Launchr is a specialized Django starter template for SaaS web apps.

Open Source Projects

• Blog app with users and forms


• Newspaper app with custom user model, full user auth


• pythonic-news - Hacker News clone.


• Behavior-Driven Development with Aloe


• Image Sharing Blog


• Bootcamp: An enterprise social network


• Zulip - Open-source team chat.


• Django-CRM - Open Source Python CRM based on Django.


• django-job-portal - Job portal application using Django.


• Built with Django - Curated list of awesome Django projects.


• PostHog - Open-source product analytics.


• HyperKitty - A web interface to access GNU Mailman v3 archives.


• Healthchecks - A Cron Monitoring Tool written in Python & Django.

Django REST Framework

The most popular way to build web APIs with Django.

DRF Resources

• Official Documentation


• DRF Source Code


• awesome-django-rest-framework

DRF Tutorials

• Official REST Framework - A Beginner's Guide


• DRF Blog API


• Building APIs with Django and DRF


• DRF with React: Todo API


• DRF with React


• Making React and Django play well together

Wagtail

Wagtail, the powerful CMS for modern websites.

Wagtail Resources

• Official Documentation


• Wagtail Source Code


• awesome-wagtail


• This week in Wagtail - A (most) weekly email with updates from the Wagtail core team.


• Wagtail Space - Wagtail CMS events around the world.