# mbi/django-simple-captcha

Django Simple Captcha is an extremely simple, yet highly customizable Django application to add captcha images to any Django form.

Repository: https://github.com/mbi/django-simple-captcha
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/django-simple-captcha
Homepage: http://django-simple-captcha.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, django, captcha
Last push: 2026-07-30T13:53:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 63, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5264, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 234, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1421, forks 324 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.688604+00:00)

## What it is
A Django application that adds customizable captcha image challenges to any Django form. It supports custom challenge generators, image styling filters, Ajax refresh, and optional text-to-speech audio output for accessibility.

## Use cases
- add captcha to django form
- prevent bot form submissions
- generate captcha images in django
- accessible audio captcha for visually impaired users
- custom captcha challenge like math or dictionary words
- stop spam signups on django site

## When to choose
- you need a quick, well-established captcha solution for Django forms
- you want highly customizable challenge types and image appearance
- accessibility matters and you need audio captcha output

## When to avoid
- you are not using Django
- you prefer third-party captcha services like reCAPTCHA or hCaptcha
- you need invisible or behavioral bot detection

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: security, form-handling, image-processing, tts
- domain: web-development, security, accessibility
- platform: python
- tags: django, captcha, forms, bot-protection, audio-captcha, web-server

## Member repositories
- mbi/django-simple-captcha (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.688604+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 2026-08-30T04:37:46.648016+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mbi/django-simple-captcha (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.688604+00:00, sha db12f60cf16e)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/django-simple-captcha/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:31.788608+00:00, sha bae4b44882c7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.