crispy-bootstrap5 2026.3

Bootstrap5 template pack for django-crispy-forms

crispy-bootstrap5

Bootstrap5 template pack for django-crispy-forms

Installation

Install this plugin using pip:

$ pip install crispy-bootstrap5

Usage

You will need to update your project's settings file to add crispy_forms and crispy_bootstrap5 to your projects INSTALLED_APPS. Also set bootstrap5 as and allowed template pack and as the default template pack for your project

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    "crispy_forms",
    "crispy_bootstrap5",
    ...
)

CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = "bootstrap5"

CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "bootstrap5"

What's new?

Bootstrap 5 introduces floating labels. This template pack include a layout object to use this input type

from crispy_bootstrap5.bootstrap5 import FloatingField

# then in your Layout
... Layout(
    FloatingField("first_name"),
)

Accordions also have new features, such as Accordion flush and Always open. There is a new layout object to use them

from crispy_bootstrap5.bootstrap5 import BS5Accordion

# then in your Layout
# if not informed, flush and always_open default to False
... Layout(
    BS5Accordion(
        AccordionGroup("group name", "form_field_1", "form_field_2"),
        AccordionGroup("another group name", "form_field"),
        flush=True,
        always_open=True
    )
)

Support is added for Switches. Switches are a custom checkbox rendered as a toggle switch. The widget for these fields should be a CheckboxInput.

from crispy_bootstrap5.bootstrap5 import Switch

... Layout(Switch("is_company"))

Development

To contribute to this library, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd crispy-bootstrap5
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Or if you are using pipenv:

pipenv shell

Now install the dependencies and tests:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

pytest