{"categories":[{"label":"Dynamic Content","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http-dynamic-content/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Configures Django cache backends from environment variables using the 12-factor app pattern, supporting multiple cache types (memcached, Redis, file, database, local memory) through a single CACHE_URL setting.","skillfed_tags":["configuration-management","twelve-factor"],"use_cases":["Deploying Django apps across multiple environments with different cache backends specified only via environment variables.","Migrating between cache backends without changing application code, only the CACHE_URL.","Supporting legacy projects already using django-cache-url or projects requiring multiple cache backend support with unified URL-based configuration.","Containerized or cloud-deployed Django applications where cache configuration must be externalized from code."],"what_it_does":"django-cache-url is a lightweight Django utility that reads cache configuration from a CACHE_URL environment variable and translates it into Django's native CACHES dictionary format. It follows the 12-factor app pattern, making cache backend selection environment-driven rather than code-driven\u2014useful for deploying the same codebase across development, staging, and production with different cache backends.\n\nThe package supports a wide range of cache backends including local memory, file-based, database, memcached variants, Redis (via django-redis), and uWSGI cache. It defaults to local memory cache if no CACHE_URL is set, making it safe to add to projects without immediate environment configuration. The library is intentionally minimal\u2014it has no runtime dependencies and focuses solely on URL parsing and configuration translation.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you need URL-based cache configuration for non-Redis backends or are maintaining a legacy project already using this library. For new Django 4.2+ projects using only Redis, use Django's native RedisCache backend instead. The package is stable, dependency-free, and has no known vulnerabilities, but maintenance is aging\u2014expect no active development, only maintenance fixes."},"id":"django-cache-url","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/django-cache-url","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/django-cache-url.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/django-cache-url/"},"maintenance":{"status":"aging"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-01-24","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"django-cache-url","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Use Cache URLs in your Django application."},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":226447,"position":9200,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.4.6"}