# agconti/cookiecutter-django-rest

Build best practiced apis fast with Python3

Repository: https://github.com/agconti/cookiecutter-django-rest
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cookiecutter-django-rest
Homepage: http://agconti.github.io/cookiecutter-django-rest/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: django, api, rest-api, boilerplate, docker, python3, python, rest
Last push: 2026-08-10T04:10:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4108, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1602, forks 191 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:09.679298+00:00)

## What it is
A cookiecutter template that scaffolds production-ready Django REST Framework APIs with best practices baked in. It generates a fully dockerized project with authentication, user accounts, tests, documentation, and CI configured out of the box.

## Use cases
- scaffold a new django rest api project
- bootstrap a rest api with authentication and user accounts
- start a dockerized django project with tests and ci
- quickly set up a scalable python rest backend
- generate a best-practice django rest framework boilerplate
- create an api starter with postgres and docker-compose

## When to choose
- starting a new Django REST Framework API from scratch
- you want authentication, tests, docs, and CI preconfigured
- you need a dockerized Python backend on a tight deadline
- you value current dependencies and security updates

## When to avoid
- you already have an existing Django project to integrate into
- you need a non-Django or non-REST stack
- you want a minimal template without opinions on tooling
- your team prefers different auth, database, or deployment choices than the template ships with

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: api-framework, auth, testing, web-framework
- domain: web-development, backend, apis, developer-tools
- platform: python
- tags: cookiecutter, django, django-rest-framework, project-template, scaffolding, rest-api, postgresql, docker-compose, boilerplate, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- agconti/cookiecutter-django-rest (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.679298+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T08:32:42.911992+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/agconti/cookiecutter-django-rest (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.679298+00:00, sha 43988ff253ff)
  - homepage: http://agconti.github.io/cookiecutter-django-rest/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:24:13.772968+00:00, sha 280f8c2231a9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.