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Django @djangoproject.com · 2d

Did you know #Django is on ham radio? Our community member Adam Fast takes our 20th birthday celebrations on the air! www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025... #HamRadio #OpenSource #W2D #DjangoBirthday

On the Air for Django’s 20th Birthday: Special Event Station W2D

Posted by Adam Fast on Oct. 25, 2025

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Django @djangoproject.com · 2d

#Django package maintainers – take a moment to test your packages with the 6.0 beta1 💚 www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025... it’s super helpful when maintainers check compatibility before the final release!

Django 6.0 beta 1 released

Posted by Natalia Bidart on Oct. 22, 2025

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Django @djangoproject.com · 3d

note -- it’s 👏 **100%** 👏 of your purchase that becomes a donation!

Django @djangoproject.com · 3d

Your framework stays reliable thanks to thousands of volunteer hours — and they need your support. 💚 Join the annual Django Fundraiser by the DSF & JetBrains: Get 30% off PyCharm, and your purchase becomes a donation to Django! Only until November 11! jb.gg/gabec5

Support the Django Software Foundation by buying PyCharm at a 30% Discount

During this campaign, buy PyCharm Pro with a 30% discount code and all money raised will go to the DSF’s general fundraising and Django Fellowship program

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Django @djangoproject.com · 3d

Thank you Bhuvnesh Sharma for representing our project at the #GSoC Mentor Summit! 2025 is our 20th year taking part in Google Summer of Code, this program has a tremendous impact on #Django and our community 💚

Bhuvnesh standing in front of the registration stand, holding his mentor summit badge and a Google Summer of Code flag

Three Mentor Summit organizers on stage introducing the event

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Django @djangoproject.com · 3d

MariaDB users – take 10min to share your experience in their annual survey! mariadb.typeform.com/survey-2025...

#Django #MariaDB

State of MariaDB 2025 Survey

Turn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE.

mariadb.typeform.com

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Django @djangoproject.com · 4d

We have 8 days left on our 2026 DSF Board nominations - if you are interested in leading an organization like our Foundation, now is the time to nominate yourself! www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025...

2026 DSF Board Nominations

Posted by Thibaud Colas on Oct. 11, 2025

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Django @djangoproject.com · 12d

There are 57 local #Django communities listed on your website, check them out! www.djangoproject.com/community/l... Spread over 30 countries on 6 continents 🌐 And if you know other ones please tell us!

Django Community

Building the Django Community. Come join us!

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Django @djangoproject.com · 16d

Nominations are open for the elections of the 2026 Django Software Foundation Board of Directors! www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025...

#Django #OpenSource #Governance

2026 DSF Board Nominations

Posted by Thibaud Colas on Oct. 11, 2025

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djangonaut.space @djangonaut.space · 17d

At #DjangonautSpace Simon Charette joins us as our guest speaker ✨

🎤 Django: what the JOIN?

Check out Simon’s previous talk about ORM: youtu.be/IakfTkQIuFw

#django #openSource

"Demystifying the Django ORM" with Simon Charette | Djangonaut Space

Simon Charette presents his talk, "Demystifying the Django ORM" to the Djangonaut Space 2024 Session 3 team.The slides can be found at: http://charettes.name...

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Adam Johnson @adamj.eu · 17d

✍️ New post announcing my package django-http-compression.

This is a drop-in replacement for Django's GZipMiddleware, supporting the modern compression algorithms Brotli and Zstandard (Python 3.14+).

adamj.eu/tech/2025/10...

#Django

Django: Introducing django-http-compression - Adam Johnson

HTTP supports response compression, which can significantly reduce the size of responses, thereby decreasing bandwidth usage and load times for users. It’s a cheap and valuable technique for improving...

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Django @djangoproject.com · 17d

❤️ “Django nails doing the hard stuff both at an API level (user modeling and everything therein; ORM; routing and middlewares) and an existential level (friendliness and commitment to politesse; extremely good documentation).” #Django

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Django @djangoproject.com · 17d

Tim embodies the values that define the Django community: generosity, respect, thoughtfulness, and a deep commitment to supporting others. He is a tireless community leader who creates spaces where newcomers thrive ❤️ exactly in the spirit of our prize and Malcolm Tredinnick’s work

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Django @djangoproject.com · 17d

Congratulations Tim Schilling, who has been awarded our
2025 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize! www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/...

2025 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize awarded to Tim Schilling

Posted by Sarah Abderemane & Thibaud Colas on Oct. 10, 2025

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Paolo Melchiorre @paulox.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18d

Another lovely afternoon together in Palafrugell, on the Costa Brava. 🌞

After three intense days of sprints, sharing lunch and taking a little time to rest was exactly what we needed to recharge. 🍽️💪

A perfect way to wrap up this inspiring Django On The Med […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]

Paolo and Carlton had a "we did it" cheers

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Paolo Melchiorre at #DjangoCon @paulox.net · 21d

Imagine a Django ORM feature matrix that updates itself as the code changes 🧙‍♂️ I explored how it could work — and why it’d be a great addition to Django’s docs 💡 www.paulox.net/2025/10/06/d...

CC @djangoproject.com

#Django #Python #ORM #OpenSource #Database #PostgreSQL #SQLite #MariaDB #MySQL

Django: one ORM to rule all databases 💍

Comparing the Django ORM support across official database backends, so you don’t have to learn it the hard way.

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Paolo Melchiorre @paulox.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19d

The second morning of Django On The Med 🏖️ just finished and it’s amazing how much we achieved together.

Many new ideas and feature proposals came up while working side by side. Sometimes, being together really helps speed up things. 💪

We also had fun […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]

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Django @djangoproject.com · 19d

Nice! Does it support versioning?

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Adam Johnson @adamj.eu · Sep 27

You can now read and search the Django 6.0 documentation offline with DevDocs!

devdocs.io/django~6.0/

#Django

DevDocs — Django 6.0 documentation

Django 6.0 API documentation with instant search, offline support, keyboard shortcuts, mobile version, and more.

devdocs.io

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Django @djangoproject.com · 24d

Happening on October 10th in Copenhagen: Come, celebrate Django's birthday on a Friday after-work session with cake, drinks and fun - and bring your friends! ✨ 🥂 🎂

birthday20.djangoproject.com/events/cope...

#Django #DjangoBirthday

Django (birth)Day Copenhagen 2025

Come celebrate Django with your Django friends, cake, drinks and fun!

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Django @djangoproject.com · 26d

pretty cool!

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Sarthak Jariwala @sarthakjariwala.com · 28d

Released a new version of my @djangoproject.com and InertiaJS starter template

Its the fastest way to get started with Django and Inertiajs 🚀

Now includes:
- shadcn components for @react.dev and @svelte.dev
- django-allauth integration for authentication

github.com/SarthakJariw...

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Christopher Trudeau @trudeau.dev · Sep 26

On this week's episode, @digiglean.bsky.social and I talk about benchmarking micropython, networks, the scream cipher and more.

With content from: @djangoproject.com @miguelgrinberg.com @sethmlarson.dev and others not on the 🦋

Episode #267: Managing Feature Flags & Comparing Python Visualization Libraries – The Real Python Podcast

What's a good way to enable or disable code paths without redeploying the software? How can you use feature flags to toggle functionality for specific users of your application? Christopher Trudeau…

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Django @djangoproject.com · Sep 27

🚨 Closing today! Last call for the Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize nominations
www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025...
If you haven't already, take the chance to show appreciation for a fellow Djangonaut! #Django

Nominate a Djangonaut for the 2025 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize

Posted by Sarah Abderemane on Sept. 13, 2025

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Python Package Index @pypi.org · Sep 23

🚨 There is a new ongoing phishing campaign against PyPI users. This campaign uses the same tactics as the previous campaign targeting PyPI users, but with a new domain.

Read more about what steps we're taking to protect PyPI users from future campaigns:

Phishing attacks with new domains likely to continue - The Python Package Index Blog

A new phishing campaign targeting PyPI users using similar tactics to previous campaigns.

blog.pypi.org

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