jefftriplett/django-startproject (via) Django's django-admin startproject
and startapp
commands include a --template option which can be used to specify an alternative template for generating the initial code.
Jeff Triplett actively maintains his own template for new projects, which includes the pattern that I personally prefer of keeping settings and URLs in a config/ folder. It also configures the development environment to run using Docker Compose.
The latest update adds support for Python 3.13, Django 5.1 and uv. It's neat how you can get started without even installing Django using uv run
like this:
uv run --with=django django-admin startproject \
--extension=ini,py,toml,yaml,yml \
--template=https://github.com/jefftriplett/django-startproject/archive/main.zip \
example_project
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