---
id: dj-static
version: "0.0.6"
license: BSD
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# dj-static — Serve production static files with Django.

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 86.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

dj-static is a thin middleware wrapper that delegates static file serving to a dedicated WSGI application. The package wraps your WSGI application with Cling middleware to handle static assets in production, requiring only STATIC_ROOT and STATIC_URL configuration. However, the package has been abandoned since 2014-07-11 and its repository is archived, making it a legacy solution with no active maintenance or support.

Use it for:

- Serving static files in production deployments using a WSGI server without relying on the built-in static file handler.
- Wrapping an existing WSGI application to add static file serving with minimal code changes.
- Legacy projects that were built with dj-static and need to maintain the same approach.

## Worth the install?

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

Wraps a WSGI application to serve static files in production using a production-ready WSGI static file server, avoiding the built-in static file serving approach.

No. The package is abandoned (last updated 2014-07-11, repository archived) with no path forward for maintenance or security updates. Modern deployments use actively maintained alternatives. Installing this introduces technical debt.

## Install

pip install dj-static
uv add dj-static
poetry add dj-static

## Installing dj-static

Before you install: High install friction: the package is abandoned (last commit 2017-09-30, repository archived) and has not been updated since 2014-07-11. No runtime dependencies, but the lack of maintenance for over a decade means compatibility with current tooling is uncertain.

License in practice: BSD license (permissive) means you can use, modify, and distribute freely with minimal restrictions, but you assume all risk given the package's abandoned status.

Quickstart:

pip install dj-static==0.0.6

In wsgi.py:
from dj_static import Cling

application = Cling(application)

Package has not been maintained since 2014-07-11; compatibility with current versions of its intended environment is unknown.

Verify before relying:

- Compatibility with current versions of the WSGI servers and frameworks it was designed to work with.
- Whether the underlying Static WSGI application it wraps is still maintained or recommended.
- Whether this approach remains a best practice for production static file serving.

## Package facts

- License: BSD (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 86.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

static files production wsgi, wsgi static file serving, gunicorn static assets, production static middleware, serve static files wsgi, cling middleware, static asset serving, legacy, abandoned

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