Unmanaged Django Models for Mastodon

Installation

uv add django-unmanaged-mastodon
# or
pip install django-unmanaged-mastodon

Configure settings.py with correct INSTALLED_APPS, DATABASES, and DATABASE_ROUTER

# Add django_unmanaged_mastodon to installed apps
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "myapp",
    "django_unmanaged_mastodon", # << Add to installed apps
    # Django
    "django.contrib.admin",
    "django.contrib.auth",
    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
    "django.contrib.sessions",
    "django.contrib.messages",
    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
]

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
    "default": env.db_url(
        var="DATABASE_URL",
        default=f"sqlite:///{BASE_DIR}/db.sqlite3",
    ),
    # Configure additional database connection named 'django_unmanaged_mastodon'
    # for the module to use with the router
    "django_unmanaged_mastodon": env.db_url("DATABASE_MASTODON", default=None),
}

# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/settings/#database-routers
# Add the provided router
DATABASE_ROUTERS = ["django_unmanaged_mastodon.router.Router"]