# Django

> BSD-3-Clause batteries-included Python web framework: ORM, migrations, admin, auth

**Category:** Python  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://www.djangoproject.com  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/django/django  
**Added:** 2026-10-21

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## The Hook

Django is the batteries-included Python web framework: ORM, migrations, an auto-generated admin, auth, forms and templates in one package.

## What's Good

BSD-3-Clause (django/django), release 6.1.2 on PyPI (2026-10-06), commit on 2026-10-20. ★~91k (~121 a week), developed since 2005. Useful when you need a database-backed app with users and an admin panel fast, and want a long-term-support release schedule and a huge package ecosystem.

## The Catch

It is monolith-shaped and opinionated. Async views work, but much of the ORM still runs through sync adapters. For a JSON API you add Django REST Framework or Django Ninja, or pick FastAPI from the start.

## Verdict

Still the fastest route from models to a working app with an admin.