django-health-check
Monitor the health of your Django app and its connected services.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. It is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. The package solves a concrete operational need—exposing standardized health checks—that is essential for production Django deployments in containerized or load-balanced environments. Install it if you need to integrate your Django app with orchestration systems or external monitoring.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Django and Python 3.10 or later; dnspython is a runtime dependency for DNS health checks.
- Low friction install with only Django and dnspython as runtime dependencies.
- Actively maintained with a release 7 days ago and 1423 repository stars; supports current Python versions from 3.10 through 3.14 and Django 5.2 through 6.1.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Licensed under MIT (permissive), so you can use it freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-08-07 (7 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-11 · 1,423 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 3,794,787 downloads/mo, #2,496 on PyPI
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pip install django-health-check
# In Django settings.py, add to INSTALLED_APPS:
# 'health_check',
# 'health_check.db',
# 'health_check.contrib.django_mailbox',
# Then access health status at /health/- Which specific services (database backends, caches, message queues) are supported by the pluggable health check system.
- Whether the health check endpoint requires authentication or can be exposed publicly.
- Performance impact of running health checks on application startup or per-request.
What it is and what it does
Django HealthCheck is a Django app that adds pluggable health check endpoints to your application. It lets you monitor the health of your Django app and its connected services—databases, DNS, and other dependencies—by exposing a standardized endpoint that external monitoring systems or load balancers can query. The package is designed to be extensible: you enable only the checks you need by adding them to your Django configuration.
The package has been maintained since 2011 and is currently in production-stable status. It depends only on Django and dnspython, making it lightweight to add to an existing project. It supports modern Python versions (3.10 through 3.14) and recent Django releases (5.2 through 6.1), so integration with contemporary stacks is straightforward.
Use it for
- Expose a health check endpoint for Kubernetes liveness and readiness probes in containerized Django deployments.
- Monitor database connectivity and other service dependencies as part of a load balancer health check strategy.
- Integrate with external monitoring systems (Datadog, New Relic, etc.) that poll a standard health endpoint.
- Verify DNS resolution and other network-dependent services are functioning before routing traffic to the app.
- Build custom health checks for application-specific services by extending the pluggable framework.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
It is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive license. The package solves a concrete operational need—exposing standardized health checks—that is essential for production Django deployments in containerized or load-balanced environments. Install it if you need to integrate your Django app with orchestration systems or external monitoring.
Install
django-health-check on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with only Django and dnspython as runtime dependencies. Actively maintained with a release 7 days ago and 1423 repository stars; supports current Python versions from 3.10 through 3.14 and Django 5.2 through 6.1.
Requires Django and Python 3.10 or later; dnspython is a runtime dependency for DNS health checks.
License in practice
Licensed under MIT (permissive), so you can use it freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install django-health-check
# In Django settings.py, add to INSTALLED_APPS:
# 'health_check',
# 'health_check.db',
# 'health_check.contrib.django_mailbox',
# Then access health status at /health/Verify before relying
- Which specific services (database backends, caches, message queues) are supported by the pluggable health check system.
- Whether the health check endpoint requires authentication or can be exposed publicly.
- Performance impact of running health checks on application startup or per-request.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesDjangodnspython |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 7 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 3,794,787 / month, #2,496 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/StableFramework :: DjangoFramework :: Django :: 5.2Framework :: Django :: 6.0Framework :: Django :: 6.1Intended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Software Development :: Quality AssuranceTopic :: System :: LoggingTopic :: System :: MonitoringTopic :: Utilities |
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