# drf-spectacular

Python package that generates OpenAPI 3 schemas for Django REST framework APIs and serves them with optional Swagger UI and Redoc views.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/drf-spectacular/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- home: https://drf-spectacular.readthedocs.io
- repository: https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular
- docs: https://drf-spectacular.readthedocs.io

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: T. Franzel
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.8
- basedOn: django-rest-framework

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: pip

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2871
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 133
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 2748
- dependentPackages: 87

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://drf-spectacular.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-08)
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- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/drf-spectacular/json (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://drf-spectacular.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-08)
- basedOn: https://drf-spectacular.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-08)
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- runtime: https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/0.30.0/pyproject.toml (read 2026-11-08)
- i18n: https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/tfranzel/drf-spectacular (read 2026-11-08)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/releases?per_page=4 (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/releases?per_page=4 (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/tfranzel/drf-spectacular (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/tfranzel/drf-spectacular/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/drf-spectacular (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/drf-spectacular (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

drf-spectacular is a Python package that generates OpenAPI 3 schemas for Django REST framework APIs, with Swagger UI and Redoc views as options. It is installed with pip.

The README describes the code as a heavily modified fork of the OpenAPI generator in Django REST framework. An optional sidecar package ships the Swagger UI and Redoc static files for environments without access to a CDN.

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