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Sidewinder

Configured Django on your own server in 10 minutes.

Sidewinder is an open-source Django starter kit that focuses on good defaults, developer experience, and deployment. Also, a snake.

Sidewinder is opinionated to provide smooth experience from starting a new project to deploying it on a single Virtual Private Server (VPS). It is ideal for indie hackers, educators, students and the like.

With Sidewinder you will:

Use all Django features like GeoDjango
Use a modern Python dependency manager Poetry to manage your application's virtual environment
Use environment variables instead of juggling multiple configuration files
Use HTMX for modern frontends
Use django-allauth to provide email-based and 3rd party authentication.
Have a custom User model for ultimate flexibility
Have Django REST Framework at your disposal right from the start, including modern API docs, standardized error responses, and CORS configuration
Have a Huey task queue for background and periodic tasks
Have state-of-the-art development tools including auto reloading, debugging and profiling tools, linters and formatters
Log anything you want with structured logging
Execute automated tests using the best testing library pytest
Write test fixtures efficiently using factoryboy and Faker
End-to-end test your frontend using Playwright
Deploy to your own VPS in the "It just works" style using Ansible
Have commands for backups and restores on your VPS
Not be limited in customization as all important files are exposed and ready to be changed

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