hedron-django

Django adapter for Hedron component rendering and HTMX interactions.

Render components as HttpResponse, map portable InteractionResult values, reverse URLs via Django’s resolver, and integrate CSRF/session through native middleware. Shares the hedron-core renderer with FastAPI and Flask. Does not install FastAPI.

Also ships a first-party bounded QuerySet DataSource and Django forms bridge — supply an already-authorized base QuerySet; omitted sort/filter allowlists deny client refinements.

Package maturity: Beta · Train: 0.40.x (published v0.40.0) · pin >=0.40.0,<0.41

Adapter capability readiness is Supported when pinned — see What’s ready.

Install

pip install "hedron-django>=0.40.0,<0.41"
# or
uv add "hedron-django>=0.40.0,<0.41"

Requires Python 3.11–3.14, hedron-core, and Django >=5.2,<6.

Install the AppConfig for system checks:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    "hedron_django.apps.HedronDjangoConfig",
]

Scaffold a new Django project:

uvx --from "hedron>=0.40.0,<0.41" hedron new --django my-django-app

Quick start

from django.http import HttpRequest
from hedron_core import Heading, Page, Text
from hedron_django import HedronDjango, hedron_view

hedron = HedronDjango()


@hedron_view
def home(request: HttpRequest):
    return hedron.respond(
        Page(
            Heading("Hello Django", level=1),
            Text("Native Django URLconf with Hedron components."),
            title="Home",
        ),
        request,
    )

Wire the view into your URLconf as usual. For HTMX fragments, declare fragment_regions on @hedron_view and return an InteractionResult.

What this package includes

• HedronDjango / respond rendering facade
• @hedron_view decorator with fragment-region policy
• HedronDjangoConfig system checks
• HedronSecurityHeadersMiddleware for portable SecurityPolicy headers
• Forms bridge and bounded QuerySet DataSource
• Job status polling helpers

Links

• Add to an existing Django project
• Adapters API
• Changelog
• Source
• Issues
• Django reference example
• hedron-core · hedron · hedron-flask

License

MIT. See the repository license.