A production-ready Django 5.2 LTS starter template optimized for Railway deployment with PostgreSQL, Docker, and modern tooling.
Django Starter Template is a production-ready boilerplate for Django 5.2 LTS web applications. It provides a fully configured foundation with PostgreSQL database integration, deployment automation for Railway, and modern development tooling. The template solves the problem of repetitive Django project setup by including security best practices, production optimizations, and deployment workflows out of the box.
Django developers and teams who want to quickly start new web applications with production-ready configurations, particularly those planning to deploy on Railway or using Docker for local development.
Developers choose this template because it eliminates hours of initial configuration with battle-tested production settings, integrates seamlessly with Railway for effortless deployment, and includes modern Python tooling like uv and ruff for an optimized development experience.
A production-ready Django 5.2 LTS template
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Enables one-click deployment with automatic PostgreSQL provisioning and environment variable management, as detailed in the Railway deployment section, reducing deployment time to under a minute.
Includes Argon2 password hashing for enhanced security and WhiteNoise for efficient static file serving with brotli compression, following Django security best practices.
Uses uv for fast dependency management and ruff for linting/formatting, streamlining the development workflow with tools highlighted in the README's local development section.
Provides Docker Compose setup with Django and PostgreSQL containers, ensuring consistent local environments and automatic code reloading, as described in the development options.
Features split settings for development/production and an organized apps directory, promoting clean code organization and ease of customization, outlined in the project structure.
Tightly coupled with Railway; deploying on other platforms like Heroku or AWS requires manual configuration adjustments and removal of Railway-specific files such as railway.toml.
Mandates the use of uv and ruff, which might conflict with team preferences for established tools like pip, venv, or alternative linters such as flake8, limiting flexibility.
Primarily configured for PostgreSQL in production; switching to other databases involves modifying settings and dependencies, not supported out-of-the-box, which could slow down projects with different needs.
Includes only basic, framework-free CSS, requiring additional setup for teams wanting pre-styled components or integrated frontend frameworks, as noted in the customization section for replacing CSS.