# drf-yasg

Python package that generates Swagger/OpenAPI 2.0 specifications from Django REST framework APIs.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://drf-yasg.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
- repository: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg
- docs: https://drf-yasg.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Cristian V.
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

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

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3547
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 72
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/axnsan12/drf-yasg (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/axnsan12/drf-yasg (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://pypi.org/pypi/drf-yasg/json (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/blob/master/LICENSE.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://pypi.org/pypi/drf-yasg/json (read 2026-11-08)
- basedOn: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/axnsan12/drf-yasg (read 2026-11-08)
- runtime: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/blob/master/LICENSE.rst (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/axnsan12/drf-yasg/releases (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://pypi.org/pypi/drf-yasg/json (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/axnsan12/drf-yasg (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/axnsan12/drf-yasg/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

drf-yasg is a Python package that generates Swagger/OpenAPI 2.0 specifications from APIs built with Django REST framework, the framework it builds on. It is installed with pip.

## Worth knowing

The output is OpenAPI 2.0 only. The README names drf-spectacular, a separate project that works with OpenAPI 3.0 schemas, as the project that shares most of its goals.

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