Top 102 most downloaded Django packages in 2020 (opens in new tab)

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57 pointskmmbvnr_5y ago14 comments

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...that contain “Django” in the package name.

  AND file.project like '%django%'

How reliable is that? Are there any well-known packages that don’t contain literal “Django” in their package names?

nerdbaggy5y ago

It does for sure miss some things. I love the simple queue library Huey. They have a Django module but it’s in the same package as their regular Huey code, so it wouldn’t show on this, but then again nobody knows how often that module is used. https://huey.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contrib.html#django

kmmbvnr_OP5y ago

I was surprised by low popularity of celery alternatives

dramatiq- 342536 huey - 330942

only django-rq went to top 100

tomwojcik5y ago

Djoser, most popular rest auth lib for drf.

kmmbvnr_OP5y ago

Thanks, for notice, I really missed `dj` packages.

djoser - 750208, a little away from top 100

yout25y ago

channels and dj_database_url, for example.

kmmbvnr_OP5y ago

Great. I almost forgot about it.

I'll place an update

dj-database-url - 7573407

vnglst5y ago

It’s probably not a good metric since Node/Express uses a more modular design but Express is downloaded more than 10 million times every WEEK.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/express

Does anyone know what would be a good metric to compare usage sizes of different frameworks?

savrajsingh5y ago

A lot of those have to be builds in test pipelines, would be interesting to know what percentage, I’d guess > 90%

Tajnymag5y ago

That would mean those packages are probably deployed somewhere. That would still count as an awesome number.

stanislavb5y ago

How about - the number of mentions on sites like Reddit and Hacker News?

vnglst5y ago

That would mean almost nobody uses Java these days...

Alex39175y ago

Amazing work. The idea of grouping similar packages together makes this post way better and more useful than any similar analysis I've seen.

khanguy5y ago

The article really should have mentioned

https://djangopackages.org/

Most popular Django packages can be found there.

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WalterGR5y ago

...that contain “Django” in the package name.

  AND file.project like '%django%'

How reliable is that? Are there any well-known packages that don’t contain literal “Django” in their package names?

nerdbaggy5y ago

kmmbvnr_OP5y ago

I was surprised by low popularity of celery alternatives

dramatiq- 342536 huey - 330942

only django-rq went to top 100

tomwojcik5y ago

Djoser, most popular rest auth lib for drf.

kmmbvnr_OP5y ago

Thanks, for notice, I really missed `dj` packages.

djoser - 750208, a little away from top 100

yout25y ago

channels and dj_database_url, for example.

kmmbvnr_OP5y ago

Great. I almost forgot about it.

I'll place an update

dj-database-url - 7573407

vnglst5y ago

It’s probably not a good metric since Node/Express uses a more modular design but Express is downloaded more than 10 million times every WEEK.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/express

Does anyone know what would be a good metric to compare usage sizes of different frameworks?

savrajsingh5y ago

A lot of those have to be builds in test pipelines, would be interesting to know what percentage, I’d guess > 90%

Tajnymag5y ago

That would mean those packages are probably deployed somewhere. That would still count as an awesome number.

stanislavb5y ago

How about - the number of mentions on sites like Reddit and Hacker News?

vnglst5y ago

That would mean almost nobody uses Java these days...

Alex39175y ago

Amazing work. The idea of grouping similar packages together makes this post way better and more useful than any similar analysis I've seen.

khanguy5y ago

The article really should have mentioned

https://djangopackages.org/

Most popular Django packages can be found there.

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