# jazzband/django-configurations

A helper for organizing Django project settings by relying on well established programming patterns.

Repository: https://github.com/jazzband/django-configurations
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/django-configurations
Homepage: https://django-configurations.readthedocs.io/
Language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-12-15T20:21:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 57, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5156, "days_push": 261, "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 1134, forks 143 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.157876+00:00)

## What it is
django-configurations is a Python library that helps organize Django project settings using composable, object-oriented configuration classes instead of plain settings modules. It integrates with Django's settings loading via environment variables or management command options.

## Use cases
- organize django settings with class inheritance
- manage dev vs production django configuration
- load django settings from environment variables
- share common settings across django environments
- avoid duplicating settings across django settings modules

## When to choose
- you maintain a Django project with complex or environment-specific settings
- you want class-based inheritance and composition for Django settings
- you need URL-based values for caches, databases, email, or search backends

## When to avoid
- your Django project has simple settings that don't need structuring
- you already use a settings solution like django-environ and are happy with it
- you're not using Django

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: configuration-management, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: django, settings, class-based-configuration, environment-variables

## Member repositories
- jazzband/django-configurations (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.157876+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 2026-08-30T06:37:06.486226+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jazzband/django-configurations (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.157876+00:00, sha 41a5c8192d10)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/django-configurations/json (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:36.368817+00:00, sha 9451e3d11a17)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.