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Djangonaut Space - Session 6 Accepting Applications
We are thrilled to announce that Djangonaut Space, a mentorship program for contributing to Django, is open for applicants for our next cohort! 🚀 Djangonaut Space is holding a sixth session! This session will start on March 2nd, 2026. We are currently accepting applications until February 2nd, 2026 Anywhere on Earth. More details can be found in the website. Djangonaut Space is a free, 8-week group mentoring program where individuals will work self-paced in a semi-structured learning environment. It seeks to help members of the community who wish to level up their current Django code contributions and potentially take on leadership roles in Django in the future. “I'm so grateful to have been a part of the Djangonaut Space program. It's a wonderfully warm, diverse, and welcoming space, and the perfect place to get started with Django contributions. The community is full of bright, talented individuals who are making time to help and guide others, which is truly a joy to experience. Before Djangonaut Space, I felt as though I wasn't the kind of person who could become a Django contributor; now I feel like I found a place where I belong.” - Eliana, Djangonaut Session 1 Enthusiastic about contributing … -
DSF member of the month - Omar Abou Mrad
For January 2026, we welcome Omar Abou Mrad as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Omar is a helper in Django Discord server, he has helped and continuesly help folks around the world in their Django journey! He is part of the Discord Staff Team. He has been a DSF member since June 2024. You can learn more about Omar by visiting Omar's website and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Omar better! Can you tell us a little about yourself? (hobbies, education, etc) Hello! My name is Omar Abou Mrad, a 47-year-old husband to a beautiful wife and father of three teenage boys. I’m from Lebanon (Middle East), have a Computer Science background, and currently work as a Technical Lead on a day-to-day basis. I’m mostly high on life and quite enthusiastic about technology, sports, food, and much more! I love learning new things and I love helping people. Most of my friends, acquaintances, and generally people online know me as Xterm. I have already an idea but where your nickname "Xterm" comes from? xterm is simply the terminal emulator for the X Window System. I first encountered it back in the mid to … -
Django bugfix releases issued: 5.2.10, 6.0.1
Today we've issued the 5.2.10 and 6.0.1 bugfix releases. The release packages and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for these releases is Jacob Walls: 131403F4D16D8DC7 -
DSF member of the month - Clifford Gama
For December 2025, we welcome Clifford Gama as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Clifford contributed to Django core with more than 5 PRs merged in few months! He is part of the Triage and Review Team. He has been a DSF member since October 2024. You can learn more about Clifford by visiting Clifford's website and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Clifford better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc) I'm Clifford. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe. How did you start using Django? During my first year in college, I was also exploring open online courses on EDx and I came across CS50's introduction to web development. After watching the introductory lecture -- which introduced me to git and GitHub -- I discovered Django's excellent documentation and got started on the polls tutorial. The docs were so comprehensive and helpful I never felt the need to return to CS50. (I generally prefer comprehensive first-hand, written learning material over summaries and videos.) At the time, I had already experimented with flask, but I guess mainly because I didn't know SQL and because … -
Hitting the Home Stretch: Help Us Reach the Django Software Foundation's Year-End Goal!
As we wrap up another strong year for the Django community, we wanted to share an update and a thank you. This year, we raised our fundraising goal from $200,000 to $300,000, and we are excited to say we are now over 88% of the way there. That puts us firmly in the home stretch, and a little more support will help us close the gap and reach 100%. So why the higher goal this year? We expanded the Django Fellows program to include a third Fellow. In August, we welcomed Jacob Tyler Walls as our newest Django Fellow. That extra capacity gives the team more flexibility and resilience, whether someone is taking parental leave, time off around holidays, or stepping away briefly for other reasons. It also makes it easier for Fellows to attend more Django events and stay connected with the community, all while keeping the project running smoothly without putting too much pressure on any one person. We are also preparing to raise funds for an executive director role early next year. That work is coming soon, but right now, the priority is finishing this year strong. We want to say a sincere thank you to our … -
Introducing the 2026 DSF Board
Thank You to Our Outgoing Directors We extend our gratitude to Thibaud Colas and Sarah Abderemane, who are completing their terms on the board. Their contributions shaped the foundation in meaningful ways, and the following highlights only scratch the surface of their work. Thibaud served as President in 2025 and Secretary in 2024. He was instrumental in governance improvements, the Django CNA initiative, election administration, and creating our first annual report. He also led our birthday campaign and helped with the creation of several new working groups this year. His thoughtful leadership helped the board navigate complex decisions. Sarah served as Vice President in 2025 and contributed significantly to our outreach efforts, working group coordination, and membership management. She also served as a point of contact for the Django CNA initiative alongside Thibaud. Both Thibaud and Sarah did too many things to list here. They were amazing ambassadors for the DSF, representing the board at many conferences and events. They will be deeply missed, and we are happy to have their continued membership and guidance in our many working groups. On behalf of the board, thank you both for your commitment to Django and the DSF. The community is better … -
Django Code of Conduct Transparency Report 2025
The Code of Conduct working group received 4 reports and met 12 times in 2025. This transparency report is a brief account of how those reports were handled. This year’s number is lower than previous years in part because of the formation of the Online Community Working Group which handles moderation on our official spaces and has been able to act directly on smaller scale infractions. In some cases we received additional reporting while investigating initial reports, but have not counted those as separate instances. This working group conducts business in several ways. It has online meetings, typically once per month. It also discusses issues in a Slack channel, but most cases are handled in the meetings. The group welcomed three new members this year: Ariane Djeupang, Natalia Bidart, and Priya Pahwa. Natalia was selected by the new Online Communities Working Group as their liaison to the Code of Conduct Working group; Ariane and Priya were elected by the working group. The group also saw Jay Miller step down this year. We all want to thank Jay for his continued role in our community and for all the work he did with the Code of Conduct group. It was the … -
Online Community Working Group GitHub repo and project
The Online Community Working Group has introduced a new GitHub repository designed to manage and track ideas, suggestions, and improvements across Django's various online community platforms. Introducing the Online Community Working Group Repository Primarily inspired by the rollout of the New Features repository, the Online Community Working Group has launched their own version that works in conjunction with the Online Community Working Group Ideas GitHub project to provide a mechanism to gather feedback, suggestions, and ideas from across the online community and track their progression. The primary aim is to help better align Django's presence across multiple online platforms by providing: Centralisation: A community-platform-agnostic place to collect feedback, suggestions, and ideas from members of any of Django's online communities. Visibility: With a variety of platforms in use across the community, some of which require an account before their content can even be read, discussions can happen in what effectively amount to private silos. This centralised repository allows all suggestions and ideas to be viewed by everybody, regardless of their community platform of choice. Consistency: A suggestion for one platform can often be a good idea for another. Issues and ideas raised centrally can be assessed against all platforms to better … -
Django 6.0 released
The Django team is happy to announce the release of Django 6.0. The release notes assembles a mosaic of modern tools and thoughtful design. A few highlights are: Template Partials: modularize templates using small, named fragments for cleaner, more maintainable code. (GSoC project by Farhan Ali Raza, mentored by Carlton Gibson) Background Tasks: run code outside the HTTP request-response cycle with a built-in, flexible task framework. (Jake Howard) Content Security Policy (CSP): easily configure and enforce browser-level security policies to protect against content injection. (Rob Hudson) Modernized Email API: compose and send emails with Python's EmailMessage class for a cleaner, Unicode-friendly interface. (Mike Edmunds) You can get Django 6.0 from our downloads page or from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is Natalia Bidart: 2EE82A8D9470983E With the release of Django 6.0, Django 5.2 has reached the end of mainstream support. The final minor bug fix release, 5.2.9, was issued yesterday. Django 5.2 will receive security and data loss fixes until April 2028. All users are encouraged to upgrade before then to continue receiving fixes for security issues. Django 5.1 has reached the end of extended support. The final security release, 5.1.15, was issued on … -
Django security releases issued: 5.2.9, 5.1.15, and 4.2.27
In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 5.2.9, Django 5.1.15, and Django 4.2.27. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2025-13372: Potential SQL injection in FilteredRelation column aliases on PostgreSQL FilteredRelation was subject to SQL injection in column aliases, using a suitably crafted dictionary, with dictionary expansion, as the **kwargs passed to QuerySet.annotate() or QuerySet.alias() on PostgreSQL. Thanks to Stackered for the report. This issue has severity "high" according to the Django security policy. CVE-2025-64460: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in XML serializer text extraction Algorithmic complexity in django.core.serializers.xml_serializer.getInnerText() allowed a remote attacker to cause a potential denial-of-service triggering CPU and memory exhaustion via specially crafted XML input submitted to a service that invokes XML Deserializer. The vulnerability resulted from repeated string concatenation while recursively collecting text nodes, which produced superlinear computation resulting in service degradation or outage. Thanks to Seokchan Yoon (https://ch4n3.kr/) for the report. This issue has severity "moderate" according to the Django security policy. Affected supported versions Django main Django 6.0 (currently at release candidate status) Django 5.2 Django 5.1 Django 4.2 Resolution Patches to resolve the issue … -
2026 DSF Board Election Results
The 2026 DSF Board Election has closed, and the following candidates have been elected: Jacob Kaplan-Moss Priya Pahwa Ryan Cheley They will all serve two years for their term. 2026 Board Directors elected for the 2025 DSF Board - Abigail Gbadago, Jeff Triplett, Paolo Melchiorre, Tom Carrick - are continuing with one year left to serve on the board. Therefore, the combined 2026 DSF Board of Directors are: Abigail Gbadago Jacob Kaplan-Moss* Jeff Triplett Paolo Melchiorre Priya Pahwa* Ryan Cheley* Tom Carrick * Elected to a two year term Congratulations to our winners, and a huge thank you to our departing board members Sarah Abderemane and Thibaud Colas. Thank you again to everyone who nominated themselves. Even if you were not successful, you gave our community the chance to make their voices heard in who they wanted to represent them. -
DSF member of the month - Akio Ogasahara
For November 2025, we welcome Akio Ogasahara as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Akio is a technical writer and systems engineer. He contributed to the Japanese translation for many years. He has been a DSF member since June 2025. You can learn more about Akio by visiting Akio's X account and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Akio better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc.) I was born in 1986 in Rochester, Minnesota, to Japanese parents, and I’ve lived in Japan since I was one. I’ve been fascinated by machines for as long as I can remember. I hold a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. I’ve worked as a technical writer and a software PM, and I’m currently in QA at a Japanese manufacturer. I'm curious, where does your nickname “libratech” come from? I often used “Libra” as a handle because the symbol of Libra—a balanced scale—reflects a value I care deeply about: fairness in judgment. I combined that with “tech,” from “tech writer,” to create “libratech.” How did you start using Django? Over ten years ago, I joined a hands-on workshop using a Raspberry Pi to visualize sensor … -
Twenty years of Django releases
On November 16th 2005, Django co-creator Adrian Holovaty announced the first ever Django release, Django 0.90. Twenty years later, today here we are shipping the first release candidate of Django 6.0 🚀. Since we’re celebrating Django’s 20th birthday this year, here are a few release-related numbers that represent Django’s history: 447 releases over 20 years. That’s about 22 per year on average. We’re at 38 so far for 2025. Fun fact: 33 of those releases predate PyPI, and were published via the Django website only! 131 security vulnerabilities addressed in those Django releases. Our security issues archive is a testament to our stellar track-record. 262,203 releases of Django-related packages. Django’s community ecosystem is gigantic. There’s tens of releases of Django packages per day as of 2025. There were 52 just today. With the caveat this depends a lot on what you classify as a "Django" package. This is what decades’ worth of a stable framework looks like. Expect more gradual improvements and bug fixes over the next twenty years’ worth of releases. And if you like this kind of data, check out the State of Django 2025 report by JetBrains, with lots of statistics on our ecosystem (and there’s a … -
Django 6.0 release candidate 1 released
Django 6.0 release candidate 1 is now available. It represents the final opportunity for you to try out a mosaic of modern tools and thoughtful design before Django 6.0 is released. The release candidate stage marks the string freeze and the call for translators to submit translations. Provided no major bugs are discovered that can't be solved in the next two weeks, Django 6.0 will be released on or around December 3. Any delays will be communicated on the on the Django forum. Please use this opportunity to help find and fix bugs (which should be reported to the issue tracker), you can grab a copy of the release candidate package from our downloads page or on PyPI. The PGP key ID used for this release is Natalia Bidart: 2EE82A8D9470983E -
Going build-free with native JavaScript modules
For the last decade and more, we've been bundling CSS and JavaScript files. These build tools allowed us to utilize new browser capabilities in CSS and JS while still supporting older browsers. They also helped with client-side network performance, minimizing the content to be as small as possible and combining files into one large bundle to reduce network handshakes. We've gone through a lot of build tools iterations in the process; from Grunt (2012) to Gulp (2013) to Webpack (2014) to Parcel (2017) to esbuild (2020) and Vite (2020). And with modern browser technologies there is less need for these build tools. Modern CSS supports many of the features natively that the build tools were created for. CSS nesting to organize code, variables, @supports for feature detection. JavaScript ES6 / ES2015 was a big step forward, and the language has been progressing steadily ever since. It now has native module support with the import / export keywords Meanwhile, with HTTP/2 performance improvements, parallel requests can be made over the same connection, removing the constraints of the HTTP/1.x protocol. These build processes are complex, particularly for beginners to Django. The tools and associated best practices move quickly. There is a lot … -
Django at PyCon FR 2025 🇫🇷
Last week, we had a great time at PyCon FR 2025 - a free (!) gathering for Pythonistas in France. Here are some of our highlights. Sprints on Django, our website, IA, marketing Over two days, the conference started with 27 contributors joining us to contribute to Django and our website and online presence. Half in the room were complete newcomers to open source, wanting to get a taste of what it’s like behind the scenes. We also had people who were new to Django, taking the excellent Django Girls tutorial to get up to speed with the project. The tutorial is translated in 20 languages(!), so it’s excellent in situations like this where people come from all over Europe. Carmen, one of our sprint contributors, took the time to test that our software for ongoing Board elections is accessible 💚 Discussing Django’s direction At the sprints, we also organized discussions on Django’s direction - specifically on marketing, Artificial Intelligence, and technical decisions. Some recurring topics were: Highlights from the State of Django 2025 report produced by JetBrains, and the need for fundraising partnerships like their ongoing 30% Off PyCharm Pro – 100% for Django campaign. What “batteries included” means … -
2026 DSF Board Candidates
Thank you to the 19 individuals who have chosen to stand for election. This page contains their candidate statements submitted as part of the 2026 DSF Board Nominations. Our deepest gratitude goes to our departing board members who are at the end of their term and chose not to stand for re-elections: Sarah Abderemane and Thibaud Colas; thank you for your contributions and commitment to the Django community ❤️. Those eligible to vote in this election will receive information on how to vote shortly. Please check for an email with the subject line “2026 DSF Board Voting”. Voting will be open until 23:59 on November 26, 2025 Anywhere on Earth. Any questions? Reach out on our dedicated forum thread or via email to foundation@djangoproject.com. All candidate statements ¶ To make it simpler to review all statements, here they are as a list of links. Voters: please take a moment to read all statements before voting! It will take some effort to rank all candidates on the ballot. We believe in you. Aayush Gauba (he/him) — St. Louis, MO Adam Hill (he/him) — Alexandria, VA Andy Woods (he/they) — UK Apoorv Garg (he/him) — India, now living in Japan Ariane Djeupang … -
Django security releases issued: 5.2.8, 5.1.14, and 4.2.26
In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 5.2.8, Django 5.1.14, and Django 4.2.26. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2025-64458: Potential denial-of-service vulnerability in HttpResponseRedirect and HttpResponsePermanentRedirect on Windows NFKC normalization in Python is slow on Windows. As a consequence, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, and redirect were subject to a potential denial-of-service attack via certain inputs with a very large number of Unicode characters. Thanks to Seokchan Yoon (https://ch4n3.kr/) for the report. This issue has severity "moderate" according to the Django security policy. CVE-2025-64459: Potential SQL injection via _connector keyword argument in QuerySet and Q objects The methods QuerySet.filter(), QuerySet.exclude(), and QuerySet.get(), and the class Q() were subject to SQL injection when using a suitably crafted dictionary, with dictionary expansion, as the _connector argument. Thanks to cyberstan for the report. This issue has severity "high" according to the Django security policy. Affected supported versions Django main Django 6.0 (currently at beta status) Django 5.2 Django 5.1 Django 4.2 Resolution Patches to resolve the issue have been applied to Django's main, 6.0 (currently at beta status), 5.2, 5.1, and 4.2 branches. … -
Announcing DjangoCon Europe 2026 in Athens, Greece! ☀️🏖️🏛️🇬🇷
We’re excited to share that DjangoCon Europe returns in 2026 — this time in the historic and sun-soaked city of Athens, Greece 🇬🇷, with three days of talks from April 15–17, 2026! Photo by Rafael Hoyos Weht on Unsplash DjangoCon Europe is one of the longest-running Django events worldwide, now in its 18th edition - and 15th country! What’s on the agenda We’re preparing a mix of Django and Python talks, hands-on workshops, and opportunities to collaborate, learn, and celebrate our community. Whether you're new to Django or a long-time Djangonaut, DjangoCon Europe is designed to help you build new skills and connect with others who care about open-source software. Athens provides the perfect backdrop — a lively, accessible city full of culture 🏛️, great food 😊, and spring sunshine ☀️. Join us in Athens DjangoCon Europe thrives because people across our community take part. As the organizers prepare the programe, there will be many ways to get involved: Attend the conference in person in Athens Submit a talk or workshop proposal (stay tuned for our Call for Proposals announcement) Sponsor the conference and support the Django ecosystem Volunteer your time to help the event run smoothly Stay updated We’ll … -
Five ways to discover Django packages
With tens of thousands of available add-ons, it can be hard to discover which packages might be helpful for your projects. But there are a lot of options available to navigate this ecosystem – here are a few. New ✨ Ecosystem page Our new Django’s ecosystem page showcases third-party apps and add-ons recommended by the Django Steering Council. State of Django The 2025 State of Django survey is out, and we get to see how people who responded to the survey are ranking packages! Here are their answers to “What are your top five favorite third-party Django packages?” Responses Package 49% djangorestframework 27% django-debug-toolbar 26% django-celery 19% django-cors-headers 18% django-filter 18% django-allauth 15% pytest-django 15% django-redis 14% django-extensions 14% django-crispyforms 13% djangorestframework-simplejwt 12% django-channels 12% django-storages 12% django-environ 11% django-celery-beat 10% django-ninja 10% None / I’m not sure 7% django-import-export 7% Wagtail 6% dj-database-url 5% django-silk 5% django-cookiecutter 5% dj-rest-auth 5% django-models-utils 4% django-taggit 4% django-rest-swagger 3% django-polymorphic 3% django-configurations 3% django-compressor 3% django-multitenant 3% pylint-django 2% django-braces 2% model-bakery 2% Djoser 1% django-money 1% dj-rest-knox 8% Other Thank you to JetBrains who created this State of Django survey with the Django Software Foundation! They are currently running a bit … -
Django Developers Survey 2025 results
The results from the 2025 Django Developers Survey are now available. This is the fourth annual report conducted from November 2024 to January 2025 by the Django Software Foundation in collaboration with JetBrains PyCharm. The full report contains infographics, quotes, and dedicated sections so you can easily navigate through all the results. There is also a The State of Django 2025 blog post highlighting key Django trends in 2025 and actionable ideas for your own Django development. -
Django is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
We’re proud to announce the Django Software Foundation has been authorized by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)! What it means for Django to be a CNA Our security team deals with vulnerability reports on a daily basis, and every so often some turn out to be real vulnerabilities for us to fix and publish. CNAs are organizations responsible for the regular assignment of CVE IDs to vulnerabilities, and for creating and publishing information about the vulnerability in the associated CVE Record. Each CNA has a specific scope of responsibility for vulnerability identification and publishing. As a CNA, we are more autonomous through this process. For full details, see our scope on the new CVE Numbering Authority page. How to report a vulnerability For reporters, our process remains completely unchanged: to report a security issue in Django, please follow our security policies to report over email at security@djangoproject.com. How our CNA operates Our CNA is currently run within our existing security team, with support from the foundation’s President and Vice President. Day to day, the Django Fellows take care of CNA activities. Check our CNA page for more information and ways to contact us about CNA matters. … -
DSF member of the month - Anna Makarudze
Due to the Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize announcement in September, we paused our regular DSF Member of the Month feature for that month. For October 2025, we welcome Anna Makarudze as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Anna is a Django Girls+ Trustee and has dedicated years to growing Django globally. She served as DSF President and founded DjangoCon Africa, helping expand Django's reach in the world. She has been a DSF member since August 2016. You can learn more about Anna by visiting Anna's Linkedin profile and her GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Anna better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc) I graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe, many years ago (2009). I am now pursuing an MSc in Software Engineering at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden, courtesy of a scholarship from the Swedish Institute. I have completed numerous courses for various IT certifications over the years, most of which have expired. I have also taken management courses to keep upskilling myself, as I enjoy learning. Regarding hobbies, I enjoy baking, especially trying out new cake and pastry recipes … -
On the Air for Django’s 20th Birthday: Special Event Station W2D
Back in July, we celebrated a very special occasion: Django’s 20th birthday 🎉 To mark the occasion, three amateur radio operators (including myself) spent the next 14 days, operating evenings and weekends, broadcasting a special event call sign: W2D. Over those two weeks, we completed 1,026 radio contacts with radio operators in 47 geopolitical entities (for example, the continental US, Alaska and Hawaii are considered separate entities). The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issues special event "call signs" for these types of events. We selected W2D for 20 years of Django, but the reference to "Web 2.0" during Django's early years was a bonus! Over 7,000 lookups were counted on a main callsign lookup site as radio operators checked into what W2D was about. Ham radio is a very popular activity, with more than 750,000 licensed hams in the US! We created a custom certificate inspired by the design of the Django admin interface for those who made contact with us (certificates are common / expected for events like this in the radio hobby). Here is a sample one, other amateurs contacting the event were able to generate/download their own Django admin inspired certificate from a Django site (which does … -
PyCharm & Django annual fundraiser
We are excited to share the news about our annual fundraiser – and a new way for you to benefit from it. We need your help to support key initiatives such as: Django Fellows: Ensuring the rapid development and maintenance of Django. Djangonaut Space: Onboarding new contributors to the Django project. Django Girls: Making the Django community accessible to programming beginners around the world. From today to November 11, you have a unique opportunity to support Django through our "Buy PyCharm, Support Django" campaign. By purchasing PyCharm, you benefit in two powerful ways: Enhance your development: Gain access to a professional tool designed to maximize your productivity with features like first-class database management, API management, and frontend support. Support Django ✨: Contribute directly to the Django Software Foundation. When you purchase PyCharm at a 30% discount through our special campaign link, JetBrains will donate an equal amount to the Django Software Foundation. Get 30% off PyCharm, Support Django This is a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the community that supports you and improve your own development process with a top-notch tool. Thank you for your ongoing support and dedication to Django. Together, we can ensure the continued success and growth …
