# django-tastypie/django-tastypie

Creating delicious APIs for Django apps since 2010.

Repository: https://github.com/django-tastypie/django-tastypie
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/django-tastypie
Homepage: http://tastypieapi.org/
Language: Python
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-07-27T00:23:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 16, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6001, "days_push": 38, "days_rel": 556, "gap_med": 94, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3947, forks 1153 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.316865+00:00)

## What it is
Tastypie is a webservice API framework for Django that provides a convenient, highly customizable abstraction for creating REST-style interfaces over Django models and non-ORM data sources. It supports full CRUD via GET/POST/PUT/DELETE/PATCH, multiple serialization formats (JSON/XML/YAML/bplist), HATEOAS, and built-in authentication and caching hooks.

## Use cases
- expose django models as a rest api
- build a read-write json api for a django app
- serve xml or yaml responses from django
- create an api layer without writing custom serializers
- add restful endpoints with authentication and caching
- integrate non-orm data sources into a django api

## When to choose
- you have a Django app and want a flexible, low-magic REST API framework
- you need deep relation support and multiple serialization formats
- you want HATEOAS-style APIs with sensible defaults

## When to avoid
- you prefer Django REST Framework's larger ecosystem and community
- you're starting a new project without legacy Tastypie code
- you need async or non-Django API tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: api-framework, serialization, auth, caching, http-server
- domain: web-development, backend, apis
- platform: python
- tags: django, rest, hateoas, api-resources, web-server

## Member repositories
- django-tastypie/django-tastypie (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.316865+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 2026-08-29T18:24:34.229787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/django-tastypie/django-tastypie (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.316865+00:00, sha 91de7798f32b)
  - homepage: http://tastypieapi.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:09.924789+00:00, sha 1d6e7c38206b)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/django-tastypie/json (fetched 2026-08-29T09:18:09.927036+00:00, sha 116ed9c8fef7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.