django-coverage-plugin
Django template coverage.py plugin
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and solves a real gap in Django testing—template coverage is otherwise invisible to standard coverage.py. Install it if you use Django templates and want to measure test coverage comprehensively. The only gotcha is the requirement to enable template debugging in settings, which is documented clearly.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable must be set, and TEMPLATES.OPTIONS.debug must be True in your Django settings for template coverage to work.
- Low install friction with a wheel distribution.
- Actively maintained as of 2026-04-04, with recent fixes for template line reporting and support for Django 5.2 and 6.0.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions beyond attribution.
last release 2026-04-04 (132 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-09 · 203 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 1,057,576 downloads/mo, #4,430 on PyPI
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pip install django-coverage-plugin
# Add to .coveragerc:
# [run]
# plugins = django_coverage_plugin
# Then run:
coverage run --source='.' manage.py test
coverage report- Whether template coverage accuracy varies significantly across different Django template tag libraries or custom tags
- Performance impact on large projects with hundreds or thousands of templates
What it is and what it does
django-coverage-plugin extends coverage.py to track which lines of your Django HTML templates are executed during testing. Rather than treating templates as unmeasured code, it hooks into Django's template debugging system to record which template lines ran, which didn't, and which were conditionally skipped. You configure it by adding a single line to your .coveragerc file, then run your tests normally under coverage.py—templates appear in your coverage report just like Python modules.
The plugin requires Django templates to have debugging enabled (TEMPLATES.OPTIONS.debug = True) and works with Django 5.2 through 6.0 on Python 3.10 through 3.14. It can also discover unused template files in your templates directory and include them in results. Configuration supports filtering by file extension and respects standard coverage.py settings like source, include, and omit.
Use it for
- Measure test coverage of Django template rendering to identify untested template branches and conditional blocks
- Discover unused template files in your project that can be safely removed
- Enforce minimum coverage thresholds for templates as part of CI/CD pipelines
- Debug template execution paths by seeing which lines ran during specific test cases
- Generate unified coverage reports combining Python and template coverage metrics
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and solves a real gap in Django testing—template coverage is otherwise invisible to standard coverage.py. Install it if you use Django templates and want to measure test coverage comprehensively. The only gotcha is the requirement to enable template debugging in settings, which is documented clearly.
Install
django-coverage-plugin on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a wheel distribution. Actively maintained as of 2026-04-04, with recent fixes for template line reporting and support for Django 5.2 and 6.0. Requires only coverage and Django as runtime dependencies.
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable must be set, and TEMPLATES.OPTIONS.debug must be True in your Django settings for template coverage to work.
License in practice
Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions beyond attribution.
Quickstart
pip install django-coverage-plugin
# Add to .coveragerc:
# [run]
# plugins = django_coverage_plugin
# Then run:
coverage run --source='.' manage.py test
coverage reportVerify before relying
- Whether template coverage accuracy varies significantly across different Django template tag libraries or custom tags
- Performance impact on large projects with hundreds or thousands of templates
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagescoverageDjango |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 132 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 1,057,576 / month, #4,430 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableEnvironment :: ConsoleFramework :: DjangoFramework :: Django :: 5.2Framework :: Django :: 6.0Intended Audience :: DevelopersOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPythonProgramming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPyTopic :: Software Development :: Quality AssuranceTopic :: Software Development :: Testing |
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