un33k/django-ipware

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1063 stars · 97 forks observed · 2026-10-02

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

A Django application/library that retrieves the client's real IP address from request headers, handling proxies and load balancers with configurable precedence and trusted proxy settings. It is a Django wrapper around python-ipware.

Use cases

• get the real client IP behind a load balancer or reverse proxy
• log user IP addresses in Django views
• detect whether a client IP is publicly routable or private
• rate limit or anti-fraud checks based on client IP
• configure X-Forwarded-For header precedence for platforms like Heroku or AWS ELB

When to choose

• you run a Django app behind proxies or load balancers and need the client's IP
• you need configurable proxy handling with trusted proxy IPs or proxy counts
• you want a small, well-maintained, MIT-licensed utility

When to avoid

• you need a non-Django Python solution (use python-ipware instead)
• you need bulletproof protection against IP spoofing for security-critical systems without proper proxy configuration
• you are not using Django or Python

Facets

library · maturity stable

middleware security developer-tools web-development backend security developer-tools python django client-ip ip-address proxy-headers x-forwarded-for web-server

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