social-auth-app-django
Python Social Authentication, Django integration.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, supports current Django and Python versions, and solves a common problem with low install friction. It is a mature, permissively licensed solution suitable for production Django projects. Install it if you need social authentication; skip it only if you are building a custom system or targeting unsupported Django versions.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python >=3.10 and a currently supported Django version; social-auth-core must be installed as a runtime dependency.
- Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution.
- Actively maintained with recent releases; the project targets currently supported Django versions and modern Python versions, so compatibility expectations are clear.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD-3-Clause (permissive) — BSD-3-Clause is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects, provided you include the license text and do not hold the authors liable.
last release 2026-07-24 (21 days) · last repo commit 2026-08-14 · 2,141 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 5,669,295 downloads/mo, #2,058 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install social-auth-app-django
import social_auth_app_django
from social_auth_app_django import models- Specific list of supported OAuth/OpenID/SAML providers beyond the general claim of 'several providers'.
- Whether the package handles provider-specific configuration or if that is delegated entirely to social-auth-core.
- Performance characteristics or rate-limiting behavior when handling many concurrent authentication requests.
- What Django models and views the package provides for integrating social authentication.
What it is and what it does
social-auth-app-django is the Django integration layer for the Python Social Auth ecosystem, enabling applications to add social login and registration via OAuth, OpenID, SAML, and other authentication protocols. It wraps social-auth-core to provide Django-specific functionality, so developers can add third-party authentication without building those integrations from scratch.
The package is designed for Django projects targeting currently supported releases and modern Python versions (3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14). It depends on Django, asgiref, and social-auth-core, and is actively maintained with recent releases. Setup is straightforward: install via pip and configure providers. The project focuses on supported Django versions only, so backward compatibility with older releases is not guaranteed.
Use it for
- Add social login to a Django site without building OAuth flows manually.
- Implement single sign-on (SSO) for enterprise users via SAML or OpenID.
- Allow users to register and log in using existing social media accounts.
- Migrate user authentication from a legacy system to social providers.
- Build a multi-tenant platform where each tenant configures its own social auth providers.
Worth the install?
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Yes.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, supports current Django and Python versions, and solves a common problem with low install friction. It is a mature, permissively licensed solution suitable for production Django projects. Install it if you need social authentication; skip it only if you are building a custom system or targeting unsupported Django versions.
Install
social-auth-app-django on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained with recent releases; the project targets currently supported Django versions and modern Python versions, so compatibility expectations are clear.
Requires Python >=3.10 and a currently supported Django version; social-auth-core must be installed as a runtime dependency.
License in practice
BSD-3-Clause is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects, provided you include the license text and do not hold the authors liable.
Quickstart
pip install social-auth-app-django
import social_auth_app_django
from social_auth_app_django import modelsVerify before relying
- Specific list of supported OAuth/OpenID/SAML providers beyond the general claim of 'several providers'.
- Whether the package handles provider-specific configuration or if that is delegated entirely to social-auth-core.
- Performance characteristics or rate-limiting behavior when handling many concurrent authentication requests.
- What Django models and views the package provides for integrating social authentication.
Package facts
| License | BSD-3-Clause permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.10 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesasgirefDjangosocial-auth-core |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 21 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 5,669,295 / month, #2,058 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 :: 6.0Intended Audience :: DevelopersProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14Topic :: Internet |
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