A curated list of Django packages, tools, libraries, guides, tutorials, boilerplates, and ecosystem resources — covering web development, APIs, admin customization, security, testing, deployment, DevOps, and modern Django practices.

• Official Resources
• Starter Templates & Boilerplates
• Admin Enhancements
• Authentication & Authorization
• APIs & REST
• GraphQL
• Databases & ORM
• Caching & Performance
• Security
• Testing
• Async & Real-Time
• Deployment & DevOps
• Developer Tools
• Learning Resources
• Related Awesome Lists

• Django Project – Official site.
• Django Documentation – Comprehensive official docs.
• Django GitHub
• Django Packages – Directory of Django extensions.

• Cookiecutter Django – Full-featured production-ready Django project template.
• Django Starter Template
• Django REST Boilerplate – DRF-based starter setups.

• django-grappelli – A modern UI for Django Admin.
• django-jet – Admin dashboard interface.
• django-admin-interface – Customizable admin theme.
• django-import-export – CSV/Excel import & export for admin.

• django-allauth – Authentication with social login.
• django-rest-auth – Authentication for DRF.
• django-guardian – Per-object permissions.
• django-axes – Brute-force protection.

• Django REST Framework (DRF) – Most popular toolkit for building APIs.
• DRF SimpleJWT – JWT authentication for DRF.
• DRF Spectacular – OpenAPI 3 schema generator.
• DRF CamelCase – CamelCase formatting for APIs.

• Graphene-Django – GraphQL integration for Django.
• Strawberry – Pythonic GraphQL library with Django support.
• Ariadne – Schema-first GraphQL implementation for Django.

• Django ORM – Built-in ORM.
• Django Extensions – Additional management commands & utilities.
• django-filter – Advanced filtering for querysets.
• django-redis – Redis cache & session backend.

• django-cachalot – Cache ORM queries automatically.
• django-debug-toolbar – Performance debugging panel.
• django-silk – Profiling & performance analysis.

• django-secure – Built-in security middleware.
• django-axes – Login attempt monitoring.
• django-two-factor-auth – 2FA for Django apps.
• django-csp – Content Security Policy middleware.

• pytest-django – Use pytest with Django.
• factory_boy – Fixtures replacement using factories.
• model-bakery – Quick model instances for tests.
• tox – Test automation framework.

• Django Channels – WebSockets & async support.
• Daphne – ASGI server for Django.
• Starlette + Django Hybrid Setups – Combining async frameworks with Django.

• Hosting

  • Heroku
  • Railway
  • Render
  • DigitalOcean App Platform

• Server Environments

  • Gunicorn – WSGI HTTP server.
  • uWSGI – Application server for Django.
  • Nginx – Reverse proxy & static file serving.

• Containers & CI/CD

  • Docker Django Example
  • GitHub Actions for Django
  • Poetry + Django Setups

• django-debug-toolbar
• django-extensions
• Black – Code formatter for Python.
• Pylint
• mypy – Static typing for Python + Django.

• Django Documentation
• Django Girls Tutorial
• RealPython Django Tutorials
• Try Django (YouTube)
• Mozilla Django Tutorial

• Awesome Python
• Awesome Web Development
• Awesome APIs
• Awesome Backend Development

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