django-content-studio

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Django Content Studio

Django Content Studio is a modern alternative to the classic Django admin, with batteries included. Register the models you already have and manage them in a fast, modern admin, with optional fields and models for content-driven projects.

Documentation: dwarsbit.github.io/django-content-studio

Features

Your models, as they are. Register a plain Django model, as in the classic Django admin, and it is manageable. Nothing to migrate to.
A complete admin. List pages with search, filters and sorting, and edit pages with validation, inlines and audit stamps. Access follows the permission hooks of the classic Django admin, down to single objects.
Dedicated widgets for dates, rich text, tags, media and structured JSON, with edit pages laid out in Python.
A dashboard with statistics, content lists and recent activity.
A media library with folders, uploads and image crops.
Multi-tenancy: one method decides which tenants an editor may work in.
Batteries included: optional fields such as HTMLField and TagField, and base models such as ContentModel and SingletonModel.

Quick start

Install the package:
```
pip install django-content-studio
```

Add the apps to your settings:

# mysite/settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "django.contrib.admin",
    "django.contrib.auth",
    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
    "django.contrib.sessions",
    "django.contrib.messages",
    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
    "rest_framework",
    "content_studio",
    "blog",
]

Mount the admin:

# mysite/urls.py
from django.urls import include, path

urlpatterns = [
    path("admin/", include("content_studio.urls")),
]

# blog/admin.py
from content_studio import register
from content_studio.admin import ModelStudio

from .models import Article


@register(Article)
class ArticleStudio(ModelStudio):
    table_display = ["title", "status", "published_at"]
    list_filter = ["status"]
    search_fields = ["title"]

Start the development server, open /admin/ and log in with a staff account.

Continue with Getting started in the documentation.

Documentation

Introduction: what Content Studio is, and what it is not
How it compares: Content Studio next to admin themes and content management systems
Getting started: installation and your first model
Registering models: studio options, singletons and inlines
Access control: model and object permissions
Widgets and form sets: field editors and edit page layouts
Dashboard: composing the start page
Media library: models, uploads and cropping
Authentication: logging in, sessions and password reset
Multi-tenancy: tenants and who may work in them
Security: what is protected, and a deployment checklist
Settings: every CONTENT_STUDIO setting

See also Django Headless, if you need an API for your own clients.

Contributing and support

Read CONTRIBUTING.md to set up the project and propose a change.
Report bugs in GitHub Issues and ask questions in GitHub Discussions.
Report security problems privately; see SECURITY.md.

License

MIT; see LICENSE. Changes are listed in the changelog.

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