# Django REST framework

Toolkit for building Web APIs on Django, with serialization, views, authentication and permissions.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/django-rest-framework/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.django-rest-framework.org
- repository: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
- docs: https://www.django-rest-framework.org
- forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/django-rest-framework

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Encode OSS Ltd
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.10
- basedOn: django

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pip install djangorestframework

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 30217
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 386
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/encode/django-rest-framework (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/encode/django-rest-framework (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://pypi.org/pypi/djangorestframework/json (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/djangorestframework/json (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/encode/django-rest-framework (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- headlessApi: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/topics/rest-hypermedia-hateoas/ (read 2026-10-26)
- basedOn: https://pypi.org/pypi/djangorestframework/json (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/master/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/encode/django-rest-framework (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/encode/django-rest-framework/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Django REST framework is a toolkit for building Web APIs, added to a Django project as an app: the README tells users to add "rest_framework" to the INSTALLED_APPS setting. Its community discussion runs through a Google Group.

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