July 25, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
We’re excited to share that DjangoCon Africa is returning this year — and this time we’re heading to Arusha, Tanzania from August 11–15, 2025! 🎉 Arusha city view with Mount Meru in the background, credits Halidtz - CC BY-SA 4.0 This second edition builds on the incredible success of the inaugural DjangoCon Africa held in Zanzibar in 2023. That event welcomed over 200 attendees from 22+ countries, with more than half of the participants being women — a powerful statement about the growing diver…
Read MoreJuly 13, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
On July 13th 2005, Jacob Kaplan-Moss made the first commit to the public repository that would become Django. Twenty years and 400+ releases later, here we are – Happy 20th birthday Django! 🎉 Join the celebrations We want to share this special occasion with you all! Our new 20-years of Django website showcases all online and local events happening around the world, through all of 2025. As well as other opportunities to celebrate! Expect birthday cake 🎂 and singing Happy Birthday A special quiz…
Read MoreJuly 2, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Today we've issued the 5.2.4 bugfix release. The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is Natalia Bidart: 2EE82A8D9470983E
Read MoreJune 30, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Django has always been more than just a web framework; it’s a testament to what a dedicated community can build together. Behind every Django release, bug fix, or DjangoCon is a diverse network of people working steadily to strengthen our open-source ecosystem. To celebrate our collective effort, the Django Software Foundation (DSF) is excited to share our 2024 Annual Impact Report 🎉 In this report, you’ll discover key milestones, narratives of community folks, the impact of the events running …
Read MoreJune 27, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
They’re now all available to watch on YouTube, with a dedicated playlist ⭐️ DjangoCon Europe 2025 Dublin. For more quality Django talks in 2025, check out our next upcoming events! DjangoCon Africa 2025 Aug. 11, 2025 | Arusha, Tanzania 🇹🇿 DjangoCon US 2025 Sept. 8, 2025 | Chicago, Illinois, USA 🇺🇸 DjangoDay India Nov. 2, 2025 (tentative) | Bangalore, India 🇮🇳 All the DjangoCon Europe talks …
Read MoreJune 17, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
For June 2025, we welcome Elena Williams as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Elena is a dedicated member of the Django community. She is part of the Code of Conduct Working Group and she is a Django Girls organizer in Australia. She has been a DSF member since July 2014. You can learn more about Elena by visiting Elena's website and her GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Elena better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc) My background is that I wa…
Read MoreJune 10, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Following the June 4, 2025 security release, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 5.2.3, Django 5.1.11, and Django 4.2.23 to complete mitigation for CVE-2025-48432: Potential log injection via unescaped request path (full description). These follow-up releases migrate remaining response logging paths to a safer logging implementation, ensuring that all untrusted input is properly escaped before being written to logs. This update does not introduce a new CVE but strengthens the origina…
Read MoreJune 9, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The Django Software Foundation is announcing a call for Django Fellow applications. A Django Fellow is a contractor, paid by the Django Software Foundation, who dedicates time to maintain the Django framework. The Fellowship program was started in 2014 as a way to dedicate high-quality and consistent resources to the maintenance of Django. The Django Software Foundation currently supports two Fellows –Natalia Bidart and Sarah Boyce– and has approved funding for a new full-time Fellow. This posi…
Read MoreJune 4, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing releases for Django 5.2.2, Django 5.1.10, and Django 4.2.22. These releases address the security issues detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2025-48432: Potential log injection via unescaped request path Internal HTTP response logging used request.path directly, allowing control characters (e.g. newlines or ANSI escape sequences) to be written unescaped into logs. This cou…
Read MoreMay 22, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The question was asked to the president of the DSF this year at FOSDEM, after his talk. And it is clearly a legitimate one! But… is it True? Do we actually need a 3rd party app to write an API with Django? In a lot of cases, when you require a complex and full-featured API, I would recommend you do use one. Django REST Framework and Django Ninja being very sound choices with a bunch of nifty things you might need in a bigger project. But… what if what you need is a simple REST API that does CR…
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