---
id: django-storages
version: "1.14.6"
license: BSD-3-Clause
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# django-storages — Support for many storage backends in Django

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 12.9M/mo

## What it is and what it does

django-storages is a library that extends Django's file storage system with support for multiple cloud and alternative storage backends. Instead of storing uploaded files on your server's filesystem, you can configure Django to use external storage services. The library acts as a bridge between Django's storage API and these services, handling authentication and file operations.

The package is production-stable (Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable) and actively maintained, supporting Django versions 3.2 through 5.1 and Python 3.7 and later. It has a large user base and is backed by Tidelift for enterprise support. Installation is straightforward with low friction and a single runtime dependency on Django.

Use it for:

- Store user uploads on external services instead of local disk to scale across multiple servers
- Offload media files to a CDN-backed storage service for faster delivery
- Use cloud storage in containerized deployments where local filesystem is ephemeral
- Centralize file storage across multiple Django application instances
- Comply with data residency requirements by choosing a specific storage region

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

django-storages provides pluggable storage backends for Django applications, allowing you to store uploaded files on cloud services or alternative storage systems instead of the local filesystem.

Yes. django-storages is a mature, widely-used library with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive BSD-3-Clause licensing. Install it if you need to store Django uploads on cloud storage or non-local backends. You will need to install and configure backend-specific SDKs separately depending on which storage service you choose.

## Install

pip install django-storages
uv add django-storages
poetry add django-storages

## Installing django-storages

Before you install: Low friction: pure Python wheel with a single runtime dependency on Django. Actively maintained with recent commits and a large user base (top 5000 on PyPI). Last commit was 2026-08-02; repository shows active development.

License in practice: BSD-3-Clause is permissive; you can use this in commercial projects with minimal restrictions, provided you include the license text and do not hold the authors liable.

Quickstart:

pip install django-storages

# In Django settings:
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage'
AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = 'my-bucket'

Requires Django to be installed; backend-specific SDKs must be configured separately.

Verify before relying:

- Which specific cloud storage backends (S3, Azure, GCS, etc.) are included in version 1.14.6
- Whether backend-specific credentials or SDKs must be installed separately
- Performance characteristics or limits for different storage backends
- Whether compiled dependencies are required for any backends

## Package facts

- License: BSD-3-Clause (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 12.9M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

django storage backends, cloud storage for django, django file storage, django media files cloud, alternative storage django, django s3 storage, django blob storage, django-integration, cloud-storage, file-handling

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