django-tenants
Tenant support for Django using PostgreSQL schemas.
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Yes. django-tenants is production-stable (Development Status 5), actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and solves a real architectural problem for SaaS applications. The single django dependency and permissive MIT license remove friction. Install if you need schema-based multitenancy on PostgreSQL; it requires Django 2+ and PostgreSQL, and you must be comfortable with PostgreSQL schema concepts.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires PostgreSQL database backend and Django 2+; Python 3.10 or later.
- Low install friction with a single runtime dependency on django.
- Actively maintained with recent releases and a stable codebase (1882 GitHub stars, last commit 2026-08-10).
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for proprietary SaaS applications.
last release 2026-08-05 (9 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-10 · 1,882 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 958,398 downloads/mo, #4,641 on PyPI
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# Install
pip install django-tenants
# In settings.py
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django_tenants.postgresql_backend',
# ...
}
}
MIDDLEWARE = (
'django_tenants.middleware.main.TenantMainMiddleware',
# ...
)
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django_tenants',
# ...
]
TENANT_MODEL = "customers.Client"
TENANT_DOMAIN_MODEL = "customers.Domain"
# In models.py
from django_tenants.models import TenantMixin, DomainMixin
class Client(TenantMixin):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
class Domain(DomainMixin):
pass
# Run migrations
python manage.py migrate_schemas --shared- Whether the package handles tenant-specific migrations automatically or requires manual intervention
- Performance characteristics under high tenant counts or concurrent request loads
- Compatibility with Django's async views and async ORM features
What it is and what it does
django-tenants is a Django extension that implements the semi-isolated multitenancy pattern: one PostgreSQL database with separate schemas per tenant. It intercepts requests by hostname, routes them to the correct tenant schema, and makes all ORM queries operate transparently within that schema without requiring changes to your view code. The package manages schema creation, migration routing (shared vs. tenant-specific), and provides middleware to automatically set the PostgreSQL search path on each request.
You define a tenant model (e.g., Client) and a domain model to map hostnames to tenants. When a request arrives at tenant.example.com, the middleware looks up the tenant, sets the schema, and all subsequent database operations happen in that tenant's isolated space. This approach balances simplicity—minimal code changes needed—with performance benefits of shared connections and buffers compared to fully separate databases.
Use it for
- Build a SaaS platform where each customer's data must be isolated but served from a single Django instance
- Implement different views or configurations per tenant while reusing the same codebase and database connection pool
- Manage shared data (e.g., billing, user accounts) in the public schema while keeping customer-specific tables in tenant schemas
- Scale horizontally by running multiple application instances against the same PostgreSQL database with automatic tenant routing
Worth the install?
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Yes.
django-tenants is production-stable (Development Status 5), actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and solves a real architectural problem for SaaS applications. The single django dependency and permissive MIT license remove friction. Install if you need schema-based multitenancy on PostgreSQL; it requires Django 2+ and PostgreSQL, and you must be comfortable with PostgreSQL schema concepts.
Install
django-tenants on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a single runtime dependency on django. Actively maintained with recent releases and a stable codebase (1882 GitHub stars, last commit 2026-08-10).
Requires PostgreSQL database backend and Django 2+; Python 3.10 or later.
License in practice
MIT license permits commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions—suitable for proprietary SaaS applications.
Quickstart
# Install
pip install django-tenants
# In settings.py
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django_tenants.postgresql_backend',
# ...
}
}
MIDDLEWARE = (
'django_tenants.middleware.main.TenantMainMiddleware',
# ...
)
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django_tenants',
# ...
]
TENANT_MODEL = "customers.Client"
TENANT_DOMAIN_MODEL = "customers.Domain"
# In models.py
from django_tenants.models import TenantMixin, DomainMixin
class Client(TenantMixin):
name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
class Domain(DomainMixin):
pass
# Run migrations
python manage.py migrate_schemas --sharedVerify before relying
- Whether the package handles tenant-specific migrations automatically or requires manual intervention
- Performance characteristics under high tenant counts or concurrent request loads
- Compatibility with Django's async views and async ORM features
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagedjango |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 9 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 958,398 / month, #4,641 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/StableEnvironment :: Web EnvironmentFramework :: DjangoFramework :: Django :: 5.2Framework :: Django :: 6.0Framework :: Django :: 6.1Programming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3 :: OnlyProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
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