How to get Django

Django is available open-source under the BSD license. It requires Python version 2.3 or higher, but it has no dependencies on other Python libraries. There are several ways you can get it:

Option 1. Get the latest official version

The latest official version is 1.0.2. Here's how to get it:

First, download Django-1.0.2-final.tar.gz. Then:

tar xzvf Django-1.0.2-final.tar.gz
cd Django-1.0.2-final
sudo python setup.py install

Option 2. Get the 1.1 beta release

As part of the Django 1.1 release process, an alpha preview package is available; this package is not for production use, but if you'd like to try out some of the new features or help track down bugs, feel free to download it and give it a test. You can get a copy of the 1.1 beta package here; once you've downloaded it, the installation process is the same as for the latest stable package.

Option 3. Get the latest development version

The latest and greatest Django version is the one that's in our Subversion repository (our revision-control system). Get it using this shell command, which requires Subversion:

svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/

After you get it

See the installation guide for further instructions.

And be sure to sign up for the django-users mailing list, where other Django users and the Django developers themselves all hang out to help each other.