django-ordered-model
Allows Django models to be ordered and provides a simple admin interface for reordering them.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need model ordering in Django and can accept dormant maintenance. The package is stable, has no security vulnerabilities, installs with zero friction, and solves a common problem cleanly. However, verify compatibility with your Django version since the last release was 2023-03-17 and no updates are planned.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Django to be installed and configured; models must be migrated after inheriting from OrderedModel.
- Low friction install with no runtime dependencies.
- Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2023-03-17 and no commits since 2024-11-15—so expect no active bug fixes or feature updates, though marked Production/Stable.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Licensed under BSD (permissive), so you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2023-03-17 (1246 days) · last repo commit 2024-11-15 · 754 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 719,437 downloads/mo, #5,240 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install django-ordered-model
# In settings.py, add 'ordered_model' to INSTALLED_APPS
from django.db import models
class Item(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
# After inheriting from OrderedModel and migrating:
foo = Item.objects.create(name="Foo")
bar = Item.objects.create(name="Bar")
foo.swap(bar)
foo.up()
foo.to(5)- Whether the package works with Django versions released after 2023-03-17
- Whether subset ordering scales well with large datasets
- Current compatibility with modern Python and Django releases
What it is and what it does
django-ordered-model is a Django app that lets you add ordering to any model by inheriting from a base class instead of models.Model directly. It maintains an order field and provides methods to move instances relative to each other—up, down, to a specific position, above or below another instance, or to the top or bottom of the stack. It also supports subset ordering so you can order items independently within groups, such as each user's contacts ordered separately.
The package includes a custom manager and queryset with additional filtering methods, and integrates with Django's admin interface for reordering. It uses Django's update() method for performance when shifting other objects' positions. The codebase is marked Production/Stable but maintenance is dormant with no releases since 2023-03-17.
Use it for
- Manage a ranked or prioritized list of items in a Django app where users can reorder via admin.
- Order contacts, tasks, or other entities independently per user or group using subset ordering.
- Build a many-to-many relationship with custom ordering via a through model.
- Implement a sortable list of questions or content blocks where position matters and can change dynamically.
- Query for items above or below a threshold position without manually managing sort indices.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need model ordering in Django and can accept dormant maintenance.
The package is stable, has no security vulnerabilities, installs with zero friction, and solves a common problem cleanly. However, verify compatibility with your Django version since the last release was 2023-03-17 and no updates are planned.
Install
django-ordered-model on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with no runtime dependencies. Maintenance is dormant—last release was 2023-03-17 and no commits since 2024-11-15—so expect no active bug fixes or feature updates, though marked Production/Stable.
Requires Django to be installed and configured; models must be migrated after inheriting from OrderedModel.
License in practice
Licensed under BSD (permissive), so you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install django-ordered-model
# In settings.py, add 'ordered_model' to INSTALLED_APPS
from django.db import models
class Item(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
# After inheriting from OrderedModel and migrating:
foo = Item.objects.create(name="Foo")
bar = Item.objects.create(name="Bar")
foo.swap(bar)
foo.up()
foo.to(5)Verify before relying
- Whether the package works with Django versions released after 2023-03-17
- Whether subset ordering scales well with large datasets
- Current compatibility with modern Python and Django releases
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Dormant 1,246 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 719,437 / month, #5,240 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 :: DjangoIntended Audience :: DevelopersLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3 |
Evidence: django_ordered_model-3.7.4-py3-none-any.whl
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