django-rich
Extensions for using Rich with Django.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. django-rich is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and adds meaningful developer experience improvements with minimal friction. Install it if you use Django's shell, write management commands, or want better test output readability—the setup is trivial and the benefits are immediate.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Django 4.2 to 6.0 and Python 3.9 to 3.14; features like automatic Rich imports in shell only activate on Django 5.2+.
- Low install friction with only two runtime dependencies (django and rich).
- Actively maintained with recent releases; last commit on 2026-08-13 and production-stable status.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for commercial and open-source projects alike.
last release 2025-09-18 (330 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-13 · 154 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 226,927 downloads/mo, #9,191 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install django-rich
# In settings.py, add to INSTALLED_APPS:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
...,
"django_rich",
]
# Or subclass RichCommand for custom management commands:
from django_rich.management import RichCommand
class Command(RichCommand):
def handle(self, *args, **options):
self.console.print("[bold]Hello[/bold]")- Whether the shell command integration works with IPython or only the standard Python REPL
- Performance impact of colorization on large test suites or CI environments
What it is and what it does
django-rich bridges Rich, a terminal formatting library, with Django's built-in development tools. It provides three main extensions: an enhanced shell command that enables Rich's pretty-printing and auto-imports key Rich functions (on Django 5.2+), a RichCommand base class for custom management commands that adds a Rich Console to your command's output, and a RichRunner test class that replaces Django's default test runner with colorized output and Rich's traceback rendering.
The package is designed to improve developer experience during local development and testing. It requires minimal setup—just add it to INSTALLED_APPS for shell integration, or point TEST_RUNNER to the RichRunner class. All features respect Django's color control flags (--no-color, --force-color), and the test runner's output width can be tuned via the COLUMNS environment variable for CI systems.
Use it for
- Run Django shell with automatic Rich pretty-printing and inspect/print/pprint functions available without manual import.
- Write custom management commands with colorized, formatted console output using self.console from RichCommand.
- Run tests with colorized output and Rich's traceback rendering to see source code and local values per frame.
- Debug test failures in CI by setting COLUMNS environment variable to control Rich's terminal width detection.
- Combine RichRunner with other test runner classes for customized test output while keeping Rich's formatting.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
django-rich is production-stable, actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and adds meaningful developer experience improvements with minimal friction. Install it if you use Django's shell, write management commands, or want better test output readability—the setup is trivial and the benefits are immediate.
Install
django-rich on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with only two runtime dependencies (django and rich). Actively maintained with recent releases; last commit on 2026-08-13 and production-stable status. No known vulnerabilities.
Requires Django 4.2 to 6.0 and Python 3.9 to 3.14; features like automatic Rich imports in shell only activate on Django 5.2+.
License in practice
MIT license permits unrestricted use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for commercial and open-source projects alike.
Quickstart
pip install django-rich
# In settings.py, add to INSTALLED_APPS:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
...,
"django_rich",
]
# Or subclass RichCommand for custom management commands:
from django_rich.management import RichCommand
class Command(RichCommand):
def handle(self, *args, **options):
self.console.print("[bold]Hello[/bold]")Verify before relying
- Whether the shell command integration works with IPython or only the standard Python REPL
- Performance impact of colorization on large test suites or CI environments
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 2 packagesdjangorich |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 330 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 226,927 / month, #9,191 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 :: Django :: 4.2Framework :: Django :: 5.0Framework :: Django :: 5.1Framework :: Django :: 5.2Framework :: Django :: 6.0Intended Audience :: DevelopersNatural Language :: EnglishOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPythonTyping :: Typed |
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