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id: django-eventstream
version: "5.3.4"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# django-eventstream — Server-Sent Events for Django

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 84.3K/mo

## What it is and what it does

Django EventStream is a Django app that streams data to connected clients using the Server-Sent Events protocol (SSE). Instead of clients polling for updates, they open a persistent HTTP connection and receive events as they occur. The package handles the streaming protocol, connection management, and event delivery, making it straightforward to add real-time capabilities to Django views.

It supports per-user channel permissions, optional event persistence to the database for reliable delivery after disconnections, and integration with Django REST Framework. For scaling across multiple instances, it can use Redis or a GRIP proxy to coordinate event delivery. The package depends on Django, PyJWT, gripcontrol, django_grip, and six.

Use it for:

- Build a live notification feed where clients connect once and receive updates without polling.
- Stream real-time data to multiple connected browsers as events occur on the server.
- Implement a dashboard that updates automatically when backend data changes.
- Send event notifications from Django views to connected clients with reliable delivery.
- Create a live activity log or audit trail visible to multiple users simultaneously.

## Worth the install?

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

Adds Server-Sent Events (SSE) streaming to Django applications, allowing views to push data to connected clients over persistent HTTP connections.

Yes, if you need real-time push notifications or live data streaming in Django without WebSockets. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, uses a permissive MIT license, and requires only standard dependencies. It's well-suited for applications that need SSE but not the complexity of alternative infrastructure. Requires Python >=3.10.

## Install

pip install django-eventstream
uv add django-eventstream
poetry add django-eventstream

## Installing django-eventstream

Before you install: Low friction installation with a pure-Python wheel. Depends on Django, PyJWT, gripcontrol, django_grip, and six. Repository is active with recent commits and 865 stars; last release 77 days ago.

License in practice: MIT license (permissive) allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions; attribution required.

Quickstart:

pip install django-eventstream

# In urls.py
from django.urls import path, include
import django_eventstream
urlpatterns = [
    path("events/", include(django_eventstream.urls), {"channels": ["test"]}),
]

# Send events
from django_eventstream import send_event
send_event("test", "message", {"text": "hello world"})

Requires Python >=3.10. An ASGI server must be configured as ASGI_APPLICATION in settings.py for production deployment.

Verify before relying:

- Whether event storage persists for exactly 24 hours or if this is configurable.
- Whether Redis integration requires additional setup beyond the EVENTSTREAM_REDIS setting.
- Performance characteristics under high client connection counts or event throughput.
- Which ASGI server is recommended or required for production deployment.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 84.3K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

django server-sent events, sse streaming django, real-time push notifications django, django event streaming, http long-polling django, django live data feed, persistent http connection django, real-time-streaming, sse

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