cookiecutter-django-package

A minimalist Cookiecutter template for creating a Django reusable app.

The aim is to to the boring stuff you need for almost every package, without making any assumptions about what you're building.

Usage

1. Install Cookiecutter.
2. Run cookiecutter gh:knyghty/cookiecutter-django-package.

What this does

This template has an opinionated setup. It includes the following:

• pyproject.toml for configuration.

• A GitHub actions workflow that:

  • Runs the test across supported Python and Django versions.
  • Publishes to PyPI using Trusted Publisher Management.

• Ruff for linting and formatting, with pre-commit configuration.
• A working test setup.
• An empty Django app.
• dependabot configuration for updating GitHub Actions.

What this doesn't do

• It's assumed you'll run pre-commit CI, so linting isn't run through GitHub Actions.
• The linting configuration is quite minimal, you may want to add more Ruff rules.
• There's no documentation. Most projects can get away with a README until they grow. However, I'd welcome a PR adding optional Sphinx / readthedocs support.
• There's no changelog or version management support. I just change the version in pyproject.toml and commit it and make a GitHub release using their generated release notes, which is good enough for me.
• There isn't (yet) much configuration, if for example you want to use a different license or test on multiple databases. While this is a minimalist template I made for my own projects, I would welcome PRs for more (useful) configuration options.

Notes

You only need the apps.py if you're adding models, templates, static, template tags, or something else that Django needs in an app for auto-discovery. If you don't do any of these things, it can be removed, and it should also be removed from INSTALLED_APPS in tests/settings.py.