Django Dummy Database
A fully-featured dummy database backend for Django that allows running all standard Django apps (admin, auth, contenttypes, etc.) without a real database.
Features
- 🚀 Run Django with all standard apps - no database required
- 💾 In-memory storage - data persists during runtime
- 🔄 Full transaction support simulation
- 📊 Works with migrations - creates tables in memory
- 🎯 Compatible with Django 3.2+
- 🛡️ All database exceptions properly defined
- 🔧 No configuration changes needed - just swap the database backend
Installation
pip install django-dummy-database
Usage
Simply change your DATABASES setting in settings.py:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django_dummy_database',
'NAME': 'dummy_db',
}
}
That's it! You can keep all your standard Django apps:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
# your apps...
]
MIDDLEWARE = [
'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
]
How It Works
The backend creates an in-memory storage that:
- Initializes all system tables (
django_content_type,auth_user, etc.) - Simulates SQL queries and returns appropriate results
- Maintains sequences for auto-increment fields
- Supports transactions, savepoints, and all standard database operations
- Handles migrations by creating tables in memory
Use Cases
- Development: Work without setting up a real database
- Testing: Run tests faster without database overhead
- CI/CD: Simplify continuous integration pipelines
- Demos: Create portable demo applications
- Static Sites: Build Django sites that don't need persistent storage
Requirements
- Python 3.8+
- Django 3.2+
License
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
1 maintainer
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