# jazzband/django-admin2

Extendable, adaptable rewrite of django.contrib.admin

Repository: https://github.com/jazzband/django-admin2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/django-admin2
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-08-02T11:47:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4859, "days_push": 1492, "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 1186, forks 147 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:55.097725+00:00)

## What it is
django-admin2 is an extendable, adaptable rewrite of django.contrib.admin built on modern Class-Based Views, with drop-in themes and a built-in RESTful API. It aims to eliminate legacy code and make writing admin extensions and themes easier.

## Use cases
- replace django.contrib.admin with a more extensible admin backend
- customize the Django admin with drop-in themes
- get a RESTful API alongside the Django admin
- build custom admin extensions using class-based views
- manage site data through an adaptable admin interface

## When to choose
- you need deep customization of the Django admin that the stock admin makes difficult
- you want an admin with a built-in browsable REST API
- you prefer a modern class-based-view architecture for admin extensions

## When to avoid
- you just need the standard Django admin - django.contrib.admin is more mature and widely supported
- you need long-term active maintenance - the latest release dates to 2022
- you're on older Django/Python versions outside its supported range

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, web-framework, api-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, cms
- platform: python
- tags: django-admin, class-based-views, admin-interface, restful-api, themes, jazzband, web-server

## Member repositories
- jazzband/django-admin2 (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.097725+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 2026-08-30T06:23:54.263203+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jazzband/django-admin2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:55.097725+00:00, sha 6189e73920e2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.