---
id: django-admin-csvexport
version: "2.4.1"
license: BSD-2-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: aging
---

# django-admin-csvexport — Django-admin-action to export items as csv-formatted data.

License: permissive · Maintenance: aging · Downloads: 86.9K/mo

## What it is and what it does

django-admin-csvexport is a Django admin action that lets you export selected records from any Django admin changelist as CSV. It integrates directly into the admin interface—you select items, pick the action from the dropdown, and either view or download the resulting CSV file. The package supports field selection (including related model fields via dot notation), customizable CSV formatting (delimiter, quoting, line terminator), and optional deduplication of rows.

The export form is rendered by the action itself and respects Django settings like CSV_EXPORT_REFERENCE_DEPTH to control how deeply nested related models are included. You can pre-select fields, limit which fields are offered, and adjust CSV format parameters per ModelAdmin or globally. It works as a standard Django admin action with no special setup beyond adding it to your ModelAdmin's actions list.

Use it for:

- Export user records from Django admin for reporting or data analysis without writing custom views.
- Bulk download filtered queryset results (e.g., orders from a date range) as CSV for spreadsheet processing.
- Extract related model data (e.g., customer name and associated order details) in a single CSV export.
- Allow non-technical staff to download admin-filtered data without direct database access.
- Customize CSV format (delimiter, quoting) per export to match downstream system requirements.

## Worth the install?

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

Adds a Django admin action that exports selected model instances from the admin changelist as CSV data, with configurable field selection and format options.

Yes, if you need quick CSV export from Django admin. The package is stable (Production/Stable classifier), supports modern Django versions through 6.0, has no known vulnerabilities, and installs with low friction. Maintenance is aging (211 days since last release), but the repository is not archived and the feature set is mature. Install it if exporting from admin is a core workflow; skip it if you need heavy data transformation or real-time exports.

## Install

pip install django-admin-csvexport
uv add django-admin-csvexport
poetry add django-admin-csvexport

## Installing django-admin-csvexport

Before you install: Low friction installation as a pure Python wheel. Maintenance status is aging—last release was 211 days ago—but the repository remains active and the package supports Django versions through 6.0 and Python 3.8–3.13.

License in practice: BSD-2-Clause is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute this package with minimal restrictions, provided you include the license text and a notice of changes.

Quickstart:

pip install django-admin-csvexport

# In settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = ['csvexport', ...]

# In admin.py
from csvexport.actions import csvexport

class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    actions = [csvexport]

Requires Django and django-modeltree as runtime dependencies; Django must be installed and configured in your project.

Verify before relying:

- Whether django-modeltree is actively maintained and compatible with current Django versions.
- Performance characteristics when exporting large result sets or deeply nested related models.

## Package facts

- License: BSD-2-Clause (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: aging
- Downloads: 86.9K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

django admin csv export, export django models to csv, django admin action csv, bulk export django data, django changelist csv download, django admin data export, csv formatter django admin, django-admin, csv-export, data-extraction

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