Developer Tools

Static Analysis

• django-orm-lens - Model-level static analysis: ER diagrams, N+1 detection, schema drift, and blast radius in CI, without a database or Django boot.

Templates

• curlylint - Experimental HTML templates linting for Jinja, Nunjucks, Django templates, Twig, Liquid.
• djlint - Lint & Format HTML Templates.
• djhtml - Django/Jinja template indenter.

Django REST Framework

DRF Resources

• Official Documentation
• DRF Source Code
• awesome-django-rest-framework

DRF Tutorials

• Official REST Framework - A Beginner's Guide
• Building APIs with Django and DRF
• DRF with React
• Making React and Django play well together

Hosting

IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service)

• Amazon Lightsail
• Hetzner

PaaS (Platforms-as-a-Service)

• Appliku
• Dokku
• Divio
• Fly
• Google Cloud
• Microsoft Azure
• Platform.sh
• PythonAnywhere
• Render
• Vercel
• Microsoft Azure
• Piku
• Platform.sh
• PythonAnywhere
• Platform.sh
• Upsun

Self-Hosted Deployment

• Dokploy - Self-hosted PaaS with a web UI, built on Docker and Traefik, with an optional paid cloud control plane.

Projects

Boilerplate

• django-project-template - A deliberately basic project that has multiple staging environments and Heroku deployment config.
• django-docker-template - Dockerized Django with Postgres, Gunicorn, and Traefik (with auto-renew Let's Encrypt).
• django-startproject - Django start project template with batteries.
• 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.
• Falco - Enhance your Django developer experience: CLI and Guides for the Modern Django Developer.
• Blaze.horse - A Django starter kit with reins and saddle included!
• DRFx - A DRF starter with user auth, Pipenv, and other goodies.
• cookiecutter-django - A full-bodied starter project, highly customizable.
• BH2 - Get a new Django site started in a Djiffy
• wemake-django-template - Bleeding-edge Django template focused on code quality and security.
• django-base-site - A Django site with many common third-party packages pre-installed.
• djangox - Batteries included starter project for Pip, Pipenv, or Docker.
• django-react-boilerplate - A Django, React, Tailwind, Webpack project boilerplate

Open Source Projects

• Blog app with users and forms
• Newspaper app with custom user model, full user auth
• Built with Django - Curated list of awesome Django projects.
• pythonic-news - Hacker News clone.
• Image Sharing Blog
• Bootcamp: An enterprise social network
• django-job-portal - Job portal application using Django.
• PostHog - Open-source product analytics.
• HyperKitty - A web interface to access GNU Mailman v3 archives.
• Healthchecks - A Cron Monitoring Tool written in Python & Django.
• Flagsmith - Open-source Feature Flagging, Remote Config, and AB testing.
• OpenContracts - Enterprise-grade document analytics platform that combines automated PDF parsing, vector embeddings, and LLM integration.
• Baserow - Open source no-code database and Airtable alternative built with Django and Vue.js.
• Django CRM Admin - Open source Python CRM built entirely on Django Admin Site.
• linkding - Self-hosted bookmark manager that is designed to be minimal, fast, and easy to set up using Docker.
• Blog app with users and forms
• Behavior-Driven Development with Aloe
• Zulip - Open-source team chat.
• OpenContracts - Enterprise-grade document analytics platform that combines automated PDF parsing, vector embeddings, and LLM integration.
• Baserow - Open source no-code database and Airtable alternative built with Django and Vue.js.
• Revel - Self-hostable event management and ticketing platform with organizations, questionnaire-based attendee screening, QR check-in, and Stripe payments.
• venueless - Platform for online and hybrid events with live streams, chat, and video rooms, from the pretix team.
• pretix - Ticket shop application for conferences, festivals, concerts, and other events.
• pretalx - Conference planning tool for the call for papers, scheduling, and speaker management.

Python Packages

Templates

• bleach - Sanitize your inputs/forms.
• black - Uncompromising Python code formatter.
• 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.
• python-slugify - Returns unicode slugs.
• sentry-python - Error reporting SDK.
• python-socketio - Python implementation of the Socket.IO_ realtime client and server. (create Socket.io Django server instance)
• Ruff - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.
• python-decouple - Strict separation of settings from code.
• pytest - Testing framework.
• coveragepy - Code coverage measurement.

Resources

Books

• Django for Beginners, Fifth Edition
• Boost Your Django DX
• Django for APIs, Fifth Edition
• Django for Professionals: Production websites with Python and Django
• Django 4 By Example: Build powerful and reliable Python web applications from scratch
• Speed Up Your Django Tests
• Two Scoops of Django 3.x: Best Practices for the Django Web Framework
• Django 5 By Example
• Django in Action
• Understand Django: An Exploration of the Django Web Framework
• DjangoBook.com

Community

• Django Forum - Official Discourse board.
• Community Page - Featuring feeds of Community Blog Posts, Jobs, and more.
• Developers Google Group - For contributions to Django itself only.
• Mastodon - For official announcements on updates, security fixes, etc.
• Twitter - For official announcements on updates, security fixes, etc.
• Discord Server - Django Discord Community.
• Local Django Communities Page - Featuring local events all around the world.
• Djangonaut Space - Free peer-mentoring program for the Django community to launch people into the universe of open source contributions.

Conferences

• DjangoCon US
• DjangoCon Europe
• DjangoCon AU
• DjangoCon Africa
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• PyCon Australia
• Euro Python
• Django Under the Hood
• Complete listing of all PyCons globally
• DjangoCon Europe
• Django Day Copenhagen
• PyCon Australia
• DjangoCongress JP
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• Euro Python
• Complete listing of all PyCons globally
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• Euro Python
• Django Day Copenhagen

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 regularly writes 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 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 Template Tags and Filters - Additional docs on Django's 57 built-in template filters and 27 template tags.
• Django for Everybody - A complete course for webdev beginners focused on Django.
• Classy Django Forms - Detailed descriptions of methods/properties/attributes for each form class.
• Django Styleguide - Styleguide for Django with best practices and examples.
• Photon Designer - Django tutorials - Django tutorials by Tom Dekan on how to build Django apps simply - from how to build an instant messenger with Django, add instant search, to using Google Drive as a database. Updated regularly.
• Mozilla Tutorial - Create a lending library app.
• Better Simple - Articles from Tim Schilling about Django development, best practices, and the Django ecosystem.

Job Boards

• Django News Jobs - A Django job board that also aggregates other job boards.
• Django Gigs - This platform caters specifically to freelance and full-time Django developers.
• Django Jobs - Django jobs posting for hiring Django Python developers.
• Python.org Job Boards - While not exclusively for Django, this job board is hosted by the official Python website and features a range of Python and Django-related job opportunities.
• Django Job Board - A Django job board that also aggregates other job boards. Formerly Django News Jobs.
• Django Jobs - Django jobs posting for hiring Django Python developers.
• Django Gigs - This platform caters specifically to freelance and full-time Django developers.

Newsletters

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

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.

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.
• Django Brew - A fun, caffeine-powered podcast about the Django web framework by Adam Hill and Sangeeta Jadoonanan!
• Django Riffs - A new podcast from Matt Layman.

Videos

• DjangoTV - Your source for Django conference videos and tutorials.
• DjangoTV - Your source for Django conference videos and tutorials.
• PyVideo - PyVideo is an index of Python related media.

Third-Party Packages

Admin

• django-impersonate - Allow superusers to “impersonate” other non-superuser accounts.
• 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 log in 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-related-admin - A helper library that allows you to write list_displays across foreign key relationships.
• django-admin-sortable2 - Generic drag-and-drop ordering for objects in the Django admin interface.
• django-admin-inline-paginator-plus - A simple way to paginate your inline in Django admin
• django-hijack - Admins can log in and work on behalf of other users without having to know their credentials.
• django-admin-collaborator - Add real-time user presence, edit locks, and chat to Django admin with Channels and Redis.
• dj-control-room - Build a control plane with a suite of operational tools inside the Django admin (Redis, cache, Celery, URLs, and more).
• dj-control-room - Build a control plane with a suite of operational tools inside the Django admin (Redis, cache, Celery, URLs, and more).

Admin Themes

• 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-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-semantic-admin - Django Semantic UI admin theme.
• django-baton - A cool, modern and responsive django admin application based on bootstrap 5.
• django-unfold - Modern Django admin theme for seamless interface development.
• django-daisy - A modern django dashboard fully responsive built with daisyui.
• django-admin-dracula - 🦇 Dracula themes for the Django admin.
• django-jet-reboot - Django Jet is modern template for Django admin interface with improved functionality.
• django-smartbase-admin - Django SmartBase Admin 🚀 performance-tuned 👥 end-user ready beautiful admin panel

APIs

• django-ninja - Django Ninja - Fast Django REST framework based on type annotations.
• django-cors-headers - If your back-end and front-end are on different servers, you need this.
• djoser - REST implementation of Django auth.
• djaq - An instant remote API to Django models with a powerful query language.
• drf-yasg - Automated generation of real Swagger/OpenAPI 2.0 schemas from Django REST Framework code.
• graphene-django - GraphQL for Django.
• graphene-django-filter - Advanced filters implementing and/or/not operators in GraphQL for Django.
• django-tastypie - Creating delicious APIs for Django apps since 2010.
• drf-spectacular - Sane and flexible OpenAPI 3 schema generation for Django REST framework.
• django-webhook - A plug-and-play Django app for sending outgoing webhooks on model changes.
• dj-rest-auth - Authentication for Django Rest Framework.
• django-rest-knox - Authentication Module for django-rest-auth.
• django-rest-framework-simplejwt - JSON web tokens for DRF.