r/django is a subreddit with 166k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses django, struggling, annoying, looking for, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review django hosting, front end, and code editor.
News and links for the Django community.
Popular Themes in r/django
#1
Advice Requests
: "Trying to improve my Django DX"
9 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Leaving PythonAnywhere, what is easy to switch to?"
8 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "I built a deals + trades + services marketplace after getting tired of juggling 5 different apps — would love feedback"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "TruncMinute problems with UTC normalization"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "Have you ever needed a composable, reusable WebSocket framework - like DRF, but for Channels?"
1 post
#6
Opportunities
: "Senior Software Developer Opportunity"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/django
#1
Django
: "Django is moving to an annual release cycle"
108 posts
#2
Struggling
52 posts
#3
Annoying
20 posts
#4
Looking For
10 posts
#5
Hate
6 posts
#6
Backend
: "django Backend vs frontend"
6 posts
#7
Deployment
4 posts
#8
Python
: "Python API Framework Benchmark round 2: now with JWT httpOnly cookie auth"
4 posts
#9
Looking
3 posts
#10
Job
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/django
Django Hosting
199 reviews
#1
DigitalOcean
4.1★ from 38 reviews
#2
PythonAnywhere
3.9★ from 28 reviews
#3
Heroku
3.8★ from 22 reviews
Front End
20 reviews
#1
htmx
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
Svelte
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#3
Alpine.js
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Code Editor
17 reviews
#1
PyCharm
4.8★ from 6 reviews
#2
Visual Studio Code
4.6★ from 5 reviews
#3
PyCharm Professional
5.0★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/django
#1
Article
: "I built a static analyzer for Django models — sidebar tree, ER diagram, MCP server (no DB, no boot)"
13 posts
#2
Apps
: "A framework-agnostic "Storybook for htmx", with a Django adapter"
9 posts
#3
REST framework
: "A small Django hack: use FastAPI instead of Django REST Framework or Django Ninja"
7 posts
#4
Releases
: "Djxi v0.1.9 - Nicer HTMX on Django"
2 posts
#5
Channels
: "Have you ever needed a composable, reusable WebSocket framework - like DRF, but for Channels?"
2 posts
#6
Tutorial
: "Frustration with Postgres configuration"
2 posts
#7
Forms
: "After using FastAPI, I appreciate Django so much more"
1 post
#8
News
: "mssql-django 1.8.0 adds Django 6.1 support"
1 post
#9
E-Commerce
: "Building a Car Marketplace Backend with Django & DRF"
1 post
#10
Templates
: "Is there a way to add to a jinja2 variable while in html attribute?"
1 post
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Yearly
+13k members(8.7%)
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Last updated: August 27, 2026