---
id: crispy-bootstrap3
version: "2024.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: dormant
---

# crispy-bootstrap3 — Bootstrap3 template pack for django-crispy-forms

License: permissive · Maintenance: dormant · Downloads: 342.9K/mo

## What it is and what it does

crispy-bootstrap3 is a template pack plugin for django-crispy-forms that renders Django forms using Bootstrap 3 HTML and CSS classes. It was originally bundled with django-crispy-forms but was extracted into a separate package starting with django-crispy-forms 2.0. The package provides pre-built form templates that automatically apply Bootstrap 3 styling to form fields, buttons, and layout structures, eliminating the need to manually write Bootstrap markup for each form.

To use it, you install the package alongside django-crispy-forms and django, then register it in your Django settings as the active template pack. Once configured, any form rendered through django-crispy-forms will automatically use Bootstrap 3 styling. The package supports Python 3.7 through 3.11 and Django 3.2 through 4.1.

Use it for:

- Render Django forms with Bootstrap 3 styling without writing custom HTML templates for each form field.
- Migrate a Django project from django-crispy-forms' bundled Bootstrap 3 templates (pre-2.0) to the standalone package.
- Build a web application that requires Bootstrap 3 form layout and styling in a Django environment.
- Quickly prototype forms in a Django admin or user-facing application with consistent Bootstrap 3 appearance.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Bootstrap 3 HTML templates for django-crispy-forms, enabling styled form rendering in Django projects using Bootstrap 3 CSS framework.

Yes, if your project uses Django and django-crispy-forms and requires Bootstrap 3 form styling. The package is lightweight, permissively licensed, and has no known vulnerabilities. However, note that maintenance is dormant—the last release was 2024-01-13—so if you need active support or are starting a new project, consider whether a more actively maintained alternative better suits your timeline.

## Install

pip install crispy-bootstrap3
uv add crispy-bootstrap3
poetry add crispy-bootstrap3

## Installing crispy-bootstrap3

Before you install: Low install friction; pure Python wheel with only two runtime dependencies (django and django-crispy-forms). Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2024-01-13 and last commit 2024-08-28, but the package remains archived-free and receives no known security issues.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

pip install crispy-bootstrap3

# In settings.py:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "crispy_forms",
    "crispy_bootstrap3",
]
CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = "bootstrap3"
CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "bootstrap3"

Requires Django 3.2 or later and django-crispy-forms to be installed and configured in your project.

Verify before relying:

- Whether Bootstrap 3 template pack remains compatible with current django-crispy-forms releases beyond what classifiers declare.
- Whether dormant maintenance status means critical bugs or Django compatibility issues will be addressed if they arise.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: dormant
- Downloads: 342.9K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

bootstrap 3 django forms, crispy forms template pack, django form styling bootstrap, bootstrap3 template pack, django-crispy-forms bootstrap, django-forms, bootstrap-templates

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