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 or two? see who knows all about Django trivia
Showcase of great community achievements
View our 20th birthday website
Support Django
As a birthday gift of sorts, consider whether you or your employer can support the project via donations to our non-profit Django Software Foundation. For this special event, we want to set a special goal!
Over the next 20 days, we want to see 200 new donors, supporting Django with $20 or more, with at least 20 monthly donors. Help us making this happen:
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