# pinax/pinax

a Django-based platform for rapidly developing websites

Repository: https://github.com/pinax/pinax
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pinax
Homepage: http://pinaxproject.com/pinax/
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-03-12T22:50:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6366, "days_push": 2000, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2625, forks 426 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:05.247213+00:00)

## What it is
Pinax is an open-source platform built on the Django web framework, providing an ecosystem of reusable Django apps, themes, and starter project templates. This repository primarily hosts the project's documentation and distribution metadata.

## Use cases
- rapidly build a Django website from starter templates
- find reusable Django apps for common features
- bootstrap a new web project with themes and boilerplate
- reuse community-maintained Django components instead of writing from scratch

## When to choose
- you are building a Django-based website and want pre-built apps and starter projects
- you want to assemble a site quickly from reusable components

## When to avoid
- you need a framework actively updated for the latest Django/Python versions, as the last release was in 2021
- you are not using Django
- you need guaranteed license compliance, since no license file is present in this repo

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, ui-components, templating, boilerplate
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: django, reusable-apps, starter-templates, themes, ecosystem, web-server

## Member repositories
- pinax/pinax (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.247213+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 2026-08-30T02:19:51.384006+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pinax/pinax (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:05.247213+00:00, sha 4bbeaafbbdc1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.