django-jsonfield
JSONField for django models
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. The package is abandoned (last commit June 2021, repository archived) and the maintainer explicitly recommends against using it on new projects. Use Django 3.1's native JSONField instead, or django-jsonfield-backport for older Django versions. Only install if maintaining legacy code already using this field.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Django 1.8 or later; not compatible with Django 3.1+ without conflicts (see issue #5 regarding django.contrib.postgres.fields.JSONField interference).
- Low install friction with only Django and six as runtime dependencies.
- However, the package is abandoned as of June 2021 and explicitly not recommended for new projects—Django 3.1+ includes a native cross-database JSONField that should be used instead.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Licensed under BSD (permissive), so no legal restrictions on use, but the abandoned status and explicit recommendation against new projects should weigh more heavily than the license.
last release 2020-10-28 (2116 days) · last repo commit 2021-06-22 · 30 stars · archived
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 125,407 downloads/mo, #11,821 on PyPI
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pip install django-jsonfield
from django.db import models
import jsonfield
class MyModel(models.Model):
the_json = jsonfield.JSONField()- Whether the package works reliably with modern Django versions beyond 2.2 (last tested version mentioned in history).
- Current state of compatibility with Python 3.8+ given the package's age and abandoned status.
What it is and what it does
django-jsonfield is a Django model field that stores JSON-encodable Python objects (dicts, lists, strings) as text in the database and automatically deserializes them back to Python on retrieval. It was created in 2010 to fill a gap when databases lacked native JSON support, but that landscape has changed significantly.
The package is now in maintenance-only mode and explicitly abandoned. Django 3.1 (released August 2020) introduced a native cross-database JSONField that supersedes this library. The maintainer recommends using either Django 3.1's built-in field, the django-jsonfield-backport package for older Django versions, or simply storing JSON in a TextField if you don't need database-level querying of JSON contents.
Use it for
- Storing flexible, schema-less JSON data in Django models on older Django versions (pre-3.1) that lack native JSONField support.
- Migrating legacy projects that already use this field and cannot yet upgrade to Django 3.1+.
- Adding a jsonify template tag to convert Python data structures to JSON within Django templates with XSS protection.
Worth the install?
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No.
The package is abandoned (last commit June 2021, repository archived) and the maintainer explicitly recommends against using it on new projects. Use Django 3.1's native JSONField instead, or django-jsonfield-backport for older Django versions. Only install if maintaining legacy code already using this field.
Install
django-jsonfield on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with only Django and six as runtime dependencies. However, the package is abandoned as of June 2021 and explicitly not recommended for new projects—Django 3.1+ includes a native cross-database JSONField that should be used instead.
Requires Django 1.8 or later; not compatible with Django 3.1+ without conflicts (see issue #5 regarding django.contrib.postgres.fields.JSONField interference).
License in practice
Licensed under BSD (permissive), so no legal restrictions on use, but the abandoned status and explicit recommendation against new projects should weigh more heavily than the license.
Quickstart
pip install django-jsonfield
from django.db import models
import jsonfield
class MyModel(models.Model):
the_json = jsonfield.JSONField()Verify before relying
- Whether the package works reliably with modern Django versions beyond 2.2 (last tested version mentioned in history).
- Current state of compatibility with Python 3.8+ given the package's age and abandoned status.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesDjangosix |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 2,116 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | repository archived |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 125,407 / month, #11,821 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 6 - MatureFramework :: DjangoFramework :: Django :: 1.11Framework :: Django :: 2.0Framework :: Django :: 2.1Framework :: Django :: 2.2Intended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 2Programming Language :: Python :: 3 |
Evidence: django_jsonfield-1.4.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
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