django-rest-auth
Create a set of REST API endpoints for Authentication and Registration
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. The package is dormant (last release April 2019, last commit March 2024) with unclear licensing, high install friction, and unspecified Python support. Consider it only if you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on it.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Django and Django REST Framework to be installed separately; Python version support is unspecified.
- High install friction and dormant maintenance status.
- Last release was in April 2019 and last commit in March 2024, with no active development cycle.
License · maintenance · safety
(unclear) — License treatment is unclear—no SPDX identifier or raw license text is available in the package metadata. Verify the actual license before use in commercial or restricted contexts.
last release 2019-04-01 (2692 days) · last repo commit 2024-03-13 · 2,417 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 120,337 downloads/mo, #12,030 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install django-rest-auth==0.9.5
In Django settings.py, add to INSTALLED_APPS:
'rest_auth',
Then include URLs:
from rest_auth.views import LoginView
urlpatterns = [path('api/auth/login/', LoginView.as_view())]
- Compatibility with current Django and Django REST Framework versions.
- Whether the package works with modern Python versions (requires_python is unspecified).
- Active maintenance status and whether the dormant project accepts pull requests or security patches.
What it is and what it does
django-rest-auth is a Django package that exposes user authentication and registration as REST API endpoints, designed to work alongside Django REST Framework. It abstracts common auth workflows—login, logout, password reset, user registration—into HTTP endpoints rather than requiring you to build them yourself.
The package has been largely dormant since 2019, with minimal recent activity despite having 2417 GitHub stars. It carries high install friction, likely due to unspecified Python version support and potential dependency conflicts with newer Django releases. No runtime dependencies are declared, but it implicitly requires Django and Django REST Framework to function.
Use it for
- Building a REST API for a single-page application that needs standard login and registration endpoints.
- Adding token-based authentication to an existing Django REST Framework project without writing custom views.
- Providing password reset and user management endpoints for a mobile app backend.
- Rapid prototyping of an authenticated API when you want to skip boilerplate auth code.
Worth the install?
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No.
The package is dormant (last release April 2019, last commit March 2024) with unclear licensing, high install friction, and unspecified Python support. Consider it only if you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on it.
Install
django-rest-auth on PyPI
Before you install
High install friction and dormant maintenance status. Last release was in April 2019 and last commit in March 2024, with no active development cycle.
Requires Django and Django REST Framework to be installed separately; Python version support is unspecified.
License in practice
License treatment is unclear—no SPDX identifier or raw license text is available in the package metadata. Verify the actual license before use in commercial or restricted contexts.
Quickstart
pip install django-rest-auth==0.9.5
In Django settings.py, add to INSTALLED_APPS:
'rest_auth',
Then include URLs:
from rest_auth.views import LoginView
urlpatterns = [path('api/auth/login/', LoginView.as_view())]
Verify before relying
- Compatibility with current Django and Django REST Framework versions.
- Whether the package works with modern Python versions (requires_python is unspecified).
- Active maintenance status and whether the dormant project accepts pull requests or security patches.
Package facts
| License | Not declared unclear |
| Python support | Not specified |
| Install friction | High. Source build required |
| Runtime dependencies | None |
| Maintenance | Dormant 2,692 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 120,337 / month, #12,030 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Framework :: DjangoIntended Audience :: DevelopersIntended Audience :: System AdministratorsOperating System :: OS IndependentTopic :: Software Development |
Evidence: django-rest-auth-0.9.5.tar.gz
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