As announced on the official Django site, the Django 5 Release is out. For newcomers, Django is a high-level Python web framework that simplifies and accelerates web development by providing a robust set of tools, libraries, and conventions. It emphasizes rapid development, clean and pragmatic design, and follows the "Don't Repeat Yourself" (DRY) principle.

Since its first release in 2003, Django has been continuously improved by a super-active community where all the new features are discussed, voted, implemented, and later released.

Django's history is characterized by its commitment to simplicity, best practices, and robustness. It has evolved to adapt to the changing landscape of web development while maintaining a strong focus on developer productivity and code quality.

✅ Python Compatibility

Django 5.x supports Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12. Please note the 4.2.x versions are the last to support Python 3.8 and 3.9.

✅ Facet filters in the admin

Facet counts are now shown for applied filters in the admin change list when toggled on via the UI. This behavior can be changed via the new ModelAdmin.show_facets attribute.

✅ Simplified templates for form field rendering

Django 5.x introduces two new concepts that simplify the rendering of the related elements of a Django form field such as its label, widget, help text, and errors.

• field group
• field group templates

✅ Database-computed default values

The new field added, Field.db_default, parameter sets a database-computed default value.

✅ Database generated model field

The new GeneratedField allows the creation of database-generated columns.

The complete Release Note for Django v5 can be found here.

The below section provides a curated list of open-source starters that use already Django 5

The Django Dashboard uses the version Django==5.0a1, and is also configured with an API Generator, Dynamic DataTables module, Docker, and CI/Cd Flow for Render and DeployPRO. UI is provided by CodedThemes, a well-known design agency on top of Datta Able design.

• 👉 Django v5.x Datta Able - Source Code
• 👉 Django v5.x Datta Able - LIVE Demo

Open-source Django Dashboard crafted on top of Soft UI Dashboard, an open-source Bootstrap 5 design from Creative-Tim. Designed for those who like bold elements and beautiful websites. Made of hundreds of elements, designed blocks and fully coded pages, Soft UI Dashboard is ready to help you create stunning websites and web apps.

• 👉 Read more about Django 5 Release Highlights
• 🚀 See more Open-source Django 5 Starters

Open-source Django Dashboard built on top of a modern design. Volt Dashboard is a free and open source Bootstrap 5 Admin Dashboard featuring over 100 components, 11 example pages and 3 plugins with Vanilla JS. There are over 100 free Bootstrap 5 components included, including buttons, alerts, modals, and date pickers.

• 👉 Read more about Django 5 Release Highlights
• 🚀 See more Open-source Django 5 Starters

Django is a high-level Python web framework that simplifies and accelerates web development by providing a robust set of tools, libraries, and conventions.

Since its first release in 2003, Django has been continuously improved by a super-active community where all the new features are discussed, voted, implemented, and later released.

Django's history is characterized by its commitment to simplicity, best practices, and robustness. It has evolved to adapt to the changing landscape of web development while maintaining a strong focus on developer productivity and code quality.

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