jazzband/django-defender

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1081 stars · 144 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Django reusable app that blocks brute-force login attempts by rate limiting on username and IP address, using Redis as a fast cache backend. It logs login attempts to the database and provides Django admin pages for viewing and unblocking users.

Use cases

• prevent brute force attacks on django login
• rate limit login attempts by username and ip
• block users after failed login attempts
• track and review login attempts in django admin
• fast login throttling without hitting the database
• unblock users or ips locked out by failed logins

When to choose

• you run a Django site and need brute-force protection on authentication
• you want Redis-backed rate limiting that avoids database hits on every login
• you need admin visibility into blocked usernames, IPs, and login attempt history

When to avoid

• your project does not use Django
• you need general-purpose API rate limiting rather than login protection
• you cannot run Redis or another cache backend

Facets

library · maturity active

auth rate-limiting security caching security web-development backend python self-hosted django brute-force-protection redis login-security jazzband web-server

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