---
id: crispy-bootstrap4
version: "2026.2"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# crispy-bootstrap4 — Bootstrap4 template pack for django-crispy-forms

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 430.0K/mo

## What it is and what it does

crispy-bootstrap4 is a template pack that bridges django-crispy-forms and Bootstrap 4, providing pre-built HTML templates for rendering Django form fields and layouts with Bootstrap 4 classes and structure. It was originally part of django-crispy-forms but was extracted into a separate package starting with version 2.0.

When installed and configured, it allows developers to use django-crispy-forms' form rendering tags and filters to automatically output Bootstrap 4-compliant HTML without writing custom templates. The package depends on django and django-crispy-forms as its only runtime dependencies, making it a lightweight addition to existing Django projects.

Use it for:

- Render Django forms with Bootstrap 4 styling automatically without writing custom HTML templates.
- Migrate existing django-crispy-forms projects to Bootstrap 4 after the template pack was separated from core.
- Build Django admin interfaces or user-facing forms with consistent Bootstrap 4 appearance.
- Reduce boilerplate form markup by delegating layout and styling to the template pack.

## Worth the install?

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

Provides Bootstrap 4 HTML templates for django-crispy-forms, enabling automatic rendering of Django forms with Bootstrap 4 styling and layout.

Yes. This is a stable, actively maintained template pack with low install friction and no known vulnerabilities. It solves a specific, well-defined problem—rendering Django forms with Bootstrap 4—and is the standard way to do so after django-crispy-forms 2.0. Install it if you use django-crispy-forms and want Bootstrap 4 styling.

## Install

pip install crispy-bootstrap4
uv add crispy-bootstrap4
poetry add crispy-bootstrap4

## Installing crispy-bootstrap4

Before you install: Low friction install with only two runtime dependencies (django and django-crispy-forms). Repository is actively maintained with recent commits and marked production-stable.

License in practice: MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution in both open-source and commercial projects.

Quickstart:

pip install crispy-bootstrap4

# In settings.py:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    "crispy_forms",
    "crispy_bootstrap4",
]
CRISPY_ALLOWED_TEMPLATE_PACKS = "bootstrap4"
CRISPY_TEMPLATE_PACK = "bootstrap4"

Requires django and django-crispy-forms to be installed first; Python 3.10 or later.

Verify before relying:

- Whether this template pack supports Bootstrap 4 versions beyond the standard release cycle.
- Compatibility details with django-crispy-forms versions prior to 2.0 or after the latest tested release.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 430.0K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

django form bootstrap styling, crispy forms bootstrap4 templates, django bootstrap form rendering, form layout bootstrap django, crispy bootstrap template pack, django form html templates, bootstrap form components django, django-forms, bootstrap-ui

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