vanta-admin 0.2.0

A sharp, dark, and portable Django admin theme forged for builders who want the admin to feel less default.

Vanta Admin

Vanta Admin is a Django admin theme with a darker interface, tighter density, and a standalone structure that stays close to Django's admin template system.

It is designed to be portable and to avoid frontend runtime dependencies outside standard Django admin behavior.

What It Adds

• A cleaner admin layout with a fixed sidebar that remembers how you left it.
• Light and dark mode, using the same calm Vanta look across the admin.
• Less visual noise on the main admin screens, login pages, cards, filters, and two-factor auth pages.
• Denser dashboards, tables, filters, messages, and forms so admin work feels easier to scan.
• Admin messages that appear clearly, pause while hovered, and dismiss themselves after a short time.
• Changelist actions that appear only when rows are selected, stay available while scrolling, and include a clear-selected control.
• Styled select controls for common admin dropdowns, while Django's native multi-select fields stay unchanged.
• Built-in icons for common admin areas, models, and recent actions.
• A cleaner account menu with theme controls, project links, password access, logout, and a Vanta support link.
• A packaged favicon for the admin.
• A mobile sidebar overlay that makes the admin easier to use on smaller screens.
• Optional matching templates for django-two-factor-auth login, setup completion, account security, and backup-token screens.

Vanta Admin does not replace Django admin, change your permissions, or configure two-factor authentication for you. If your project uses django-two-factor-auth, Vanta provides matching templates and CSS for the visible 2FA screens.

Tested With

Vanta Admin was created and tested with:

• Python 3.13.14
• Django 6.0.6

The package currently declares support for Django 5.2 up to, but not including, Django 7. Older supported-range versions may also work well, but they have not been verified as thoroughly yet.

Installation

PyPI with pip

pip install vanta-admin

PyPI with uv

uv add vanta-admin

Directly from GitHub with pip

pip install "git+https://github.com/oli-dev0/vanta-admin-theme.git@main"

Directly from GitHub with uv

uv add "git+https://github.com/oli-dev0/vanta-admin-theme.git@main"

Django Setup

In your Django settings file, add vanta_admin to INSTALLED_APPS before django.contrib.admin so its templates override the default admin templates.

This is usually in settings.py, or in your project's active settings module if you split settings across multiple files:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'vanta_admin',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    # ...
]

Then run your normal static asset flow for Django:

python manage.py collectstatic

Optional Two-Factor Auth Theme Support

If your project already uses django-two-factor-auth, place vanta_admin before the two-factor apps and before django.contrib.admin so Vanta's templates are found first:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'vanta_admin',
    'django_otp',
    'django_otp.plugins.otp_static',
    'django_otp.plugins.otp_totp',
    'two_factor',
    'django.contrib.admin',
    # ...
]

Configure django-two-factor-auth normally in your project URLs and settings. Vanta only provides the theme layer.

Notes

• The package name on PyPI is vanta-admin.
• The Django app label you add to INSTALLED_APPS is vanta_admin.
• Two-factor auth support is visual/template support for projects that already install and configure django-two-factor-auth.
• Vanta keeps Django admin server-rendered. It does not add a frontend runtime or a custom dashboard framework.

Links

• Website: https://vanta-admin.org/
• Repository: https://github.com/oli-dev0/vanta-admin-theme
• Issues: https://github.com/oli-dev0/vanta-admin-theme/issues