Django CRUD Views

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The example app's author list: sortable filtered table, permission-aware buttons and breadcrumbs

Stop hand-writing the same list, detail, create, update and delete views for every model. Define your model, register a ViewSet, and Django CRUD Views generates the pages, wires up every URL, and cross-links the views — using your templates and your permissions, right inside your own app.

This is all you write

# app/views.py
import django_tables2 as tables

from crud_views.lib.viewset import ViewSet
from crud_views.lib.table import Table
from crud_views.lib.views import (
    ListViewTableMixin,
    ListViewPermissionRequired,
    CreateViewPermissionRequired,
    UpdateViewPermissionRequired,
    DeleteViewPermissionRequired,
)
from crud_views_object_detail.lib import ObjectDetailViewPermissionRequired
from .models import Author

cv_author = ViewSet(model=Author, name="author")


class AuthorTable(Table):
    first_name = tables.Column()
    last_name = tables.Column()


class AuthorList(ListViewTableMixin, ListViewPermissionRequired):
    cv_viewset = cv_author
    table_class = AuthorTable


class AuthorDetail(ObjectDetailViewPermissionRequired):
    cv_viewset = cv_author


class AuthorCreate(CreateViewPermissionRequired):
    cv_viewset = cv_author
    fields = ["first_name", "last_name"]


class AuthorUpdate(UpdateViewPermissionRequired):
    cv_viewset = cv_author
    fields = ["first_name", "last_name"]


class AuthorDelete(DeleteViewPermissionRequired):
    cv_viewset = cv_author

ObjectDetailViewPermissionRequired is provided by the crud_views_object_detail app; add it to INSTALLED_APPS alongside crud_views.

# app/urls.py
urlpatterns = cv_author.urlpatterns

You get list, detail, create, update and delete pages, every URL wired up, the views cross-linked, and access gated by Django's permission system.

Why developers use it

  • Skip the CRUD boilerplate — one ViewSet replaces a pile of near-identical class-based views and urls.py entries.
  • Views that know their siblings — automatic cross-linking that respects Django's permission system; no hand-written reverse() wiring.
  • Your app, your control — your templates, URLs and permissions; built on Django's generic class-based views, not locked inside /admin.
  • Batteries included — sortable, filterable, paginated tables (django-tables2, django-filter), crispy forms (django-crispy-forms), breadcrumbs, formsets, and nested parent/child URLs.
  • Grows with your app — optional extensions for workflows (django-fsm-2), polymorphic models (django-polymorphic), per-object permissions (django-guardian), ordering (django-ordered-model) and non-ORM resources.
  • Pluggable themes — bootstrap5 ships as the default; bring your own theme.
  • Fails early — Django system checks validate your configuration at startup.

Install

pip install django-crud-views

Optional extras: django-crud-views[guardian] (per-object permissions), django-crud-views[ordered] (up/down ordering), django-crud-views[all] (everything).

Run the example project

The repository ships a runnable example project — the tutorial's library app plus one app per feature. All you need is Python 3.12+:

git clone https://github.com/jacob-consulting/django-crud-views.git
cd django-crud-views
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate        # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e ".[all,examples]"
cd examples/bootstrap5
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py seed
python manage.py runserver

Browse http://127.0.0.1:8000/ and log in with alice / alice. These instructions are CI-tested on Linux, macOS and Windows.

If you use uv and task, the shortcut is task dev && task run from the repository root.

What it is not

  • a replacement for Django's admin interface
  • a complete page building system with navigations and lots of widgets

Documentation

Full tutorial and reference: https://django-crud-views.readthedocs.io

Current version

Current version: 0.17.0

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