dj-email-url
Use an URL to configure email backend settings in your Django Application.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you use Django and want to externalize email configuration to environment variables. The package is stable, dependency-free, and permissively licensed. However, note that maintenance is dormant (no release since September 2022); verify compatibility with your Django and Python versions before adopting, especially if you require recent Django LTS releases.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Low install friction with no runtime dependencies.
- Maintenance is dormant—last release was 1420 days ago, though the repository remains active with a recent commit in June 2024.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Licensed under BSD-2-Clause (source code), CC-BY-4.0 (documentation), and CC0-1.0 (config files). Permissive terms allow commercial use with minimal restrictions.
last release 2022-09-24 (1420 days) · last repo commit 2024-06-10 · 64 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 220,339 downloads/mo, #9,303 on PyPI
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import dj_email_url
email_config = dj_email_url.config() # reads EMAIL_URL env var
# or parse directly:
email_config = dj_email_url.parse('smtp://user:pass@localhost')
vars().update(email_config) # apply to Django settings- Whether the package works with Django versions released after 2022-09-24
- Compatibility with Python 3.11+ (classifiers list only up to 3.10)
What it is and what it does
dj-email-url parses email backend configuration from URL-style environment variables and returns a dictionary of Django EMAIL_* settings. It eliminates the need to manually set EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_PORT, EMAIL_USE_TLS, and related settings by encoding them into a single EMAIL_URL variable, following the 12-factor application pattern.
The package supports multiple backends: SMTP (local or remote with STARTTLS), SMTP-over-SSL, file-based, console, in-memory, and dummy backends. It handles URL percent-encoding for special characters in passwords and allows optional query parameters to set EMAIL_TIMEOUT, SERVER_EMAIL, and DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL. With no runtime dependencies, it integrates directly into Django settings.py with minimal setup.
Use it for
- Store email configuration in environment variables for development, staging, and production without code changes
- Configure SendGrid or other third-party SMTP relays by parsing submission:// URLs with credentials
- Use file or console backends for local development by switching EMAIL_URL without modifying settings
- Set email timeout and origin addresses (SERVER_EMAIL, DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL) via query parameters in a single URL
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you use Django and want to externalize email configuration to environment variables.
The package is stable, dependency-free, and permissively licensed. However, note that maintenance is dormant (no release since September 2022); verify compatibility with your Django and Python versions before adopting, especially if you require recent Django LTS releases.
Install
dj-email-url on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with no runtime dependencies. Maintenance is dormant—last release was 1420 days ago, though the repository remains active with a recent commit in June 2024.
License in practice
Licensed under BSD-2-Clause (source code), CC-BY-4.0 (documentation), and CC0-1.0 (config files). Permissive terms allow commercial use with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
import dj_email_url
email_config = dj_email_url.config() # reads EMAIL_URL env var
# or parse directly:
email_config = dj_email_url.parse('smtp://user:pass@localhost')
vars().update(email_config) # apply to Django settingsVerify before relying
- Whether the package works with Django versions released after 2022-09-24
- Compatibility with Python 3.11+ (classifiers list only up to 3.10)
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Dormant 1,420 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 220,339 / month, #9,303 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Environment :: Web EnvironmentIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic ContentTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: dj_email_url-1.0.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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