July 13, 2005
Django open-sourced
Jacob Kaplan-Moss made the first public commit to the Django repository on July 13, 2005 — open-sourcing the Lawrence Journal-World web framework.
What it was for
Django is PythonA high-level language known for readability — dominant in data science, scripting, and web backends.'s batteries-included web framework — ORM, admin panel, URLUniform Resource Locator — the address that identifies a resource on the web. routing, templates, and auth out of the box. Powers Instagram's early stack, Pinterest, MozillaThe organization behind Firefox — advocates open web standards and internet privacy. sites, and countless startups. The admin interface alone let internal tools ship in hours instead of weeks.
People
- Adrian Holovaty — co creator
Why it's here
Django became the reference PythonA high-level language known for readability — dominant in data science, scripting, and web backends. web framework and proved "framework included" could match Rails for productivity.
Why it mattered
It spread MTV architecture, reusable apps, and DRYDon't Repeat Yourself — avoid duplicating logic; one authoritative source for each piece of knowledge. principles across the PythonA high-level language known for readability — dominant in data science, scripting, and web backends. ecosystem.
What it solved
Newsroom developers rebuilt the same CMSContent management system — software for building and publishing websites without hand-writing every page. patterns for every site; they needed one framework to extract from Lawrence.com.
Media
- ImageDjango (web framework)
Django, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Related
- Python 0.9.0 releasedFebruary 20, 1991
- Flask web framework releasedApril 1, 2010
- FastAPI first releasedDecember 5, 2018
- Gunicorn first releasedJanuary 3, 2010