Django Releases

This page presensts the history of Django starting from the latest versions.

For newcomers, Django is a high-level, open-source Python web framework known for its rapid development capabilities and clean, pragmatic design.

✅ Django 5 alpha 1 (September 18, 2023)

• Django 5.x supports Python 3.10, 3.11, and 3.12
• Facets processing updates
• Simplified templates for form field rendering
• Database-computed default values
• Database generated model field

✅ Django 4.2.6 (October, 2023):

• Django 4.2.6 fixes several bugs in 4.2.5
• Fix Security Issue CVE-2023-41164
  • Potential denial of service vulnerability in django.utils.encoding.uri_to_iri()

✅ Django 4.2.4 (August, 2023):

• Fixed a regression in Django 4.2 that caused a crash of QuerySet.aggregate() with aggregates referencing window functions (#34717).
• Fixed a regression in Django 4.2 that caused a crash when grouping by a reference in a subquery (#34748).
• Fixed a regression in Django 4.2 that caused aggregation over query that uses explicit grouping by multi-valued annotations to group against the wrong columns (#34750).

✅ Django 4.2.2 (June, 2023):

BugFixes:

• Fixed a regression in Django 4.2 that caused an unnecessary DBMS_LOB.SUBSTR() wrapping in the isnull and exact=None lookups for TextField()/BinaryField() on Oracle (#34544).
• Restored, following a regression in Django 4.2, get_prep_value() call in JSONField subclasses (#34539).
• Fixed a regression in Django 4.2 that caused a crash of QuerySet.defer() when passing a ManyToManyField or GenericForeignKey reference. While doing so is a no-op, it was allowed in older version (#34570).
• Fixed a regression in Django 4.2 that caused a crash of QuerySet.only() when passing a reverse OneToOneField reference (#34612).
• Fixed a bug in Django 4.2 where makemigrations --update didn’t respect the --name option (#34568).
• Fixed a performance regression in Django 4.2 when compiling queries without ordering (#34580).

✅ Django 4.2 (April, 2023):

• Psycopg 3 support
  • Django now supports psycopg version 3.1.8 or higher. To update your code, install the psycopg library, you don`t need to change the ENGINE as django.db.backends.postgresql supports both libraries.
• Comments on columns and tables
  • The new Field.db_comment and Meta.db_table_comment options allow creating comments on columns and tables, respectively.

✅ Django 4.0 (December, 2021):

• zoneinfo default timezone implementation
• scrypt password hasher
• Redis cache backend
• Template based form rendering

✅ Django 3.2 (April 2021):

• Extended support for Python 3.9.
• Introduced improved speed and performance enhancements.

✅ Django 3.1 (August 2020):

• Extended support for Python 3.8 and 3.9.
• Introduced stricter database constraints.
• Enhanced security features.

✅ Django 3.0 (December 2019):

• Dropped support for Python 3.5.
• Added support for Python 3.8.
• Introduced path converters in URL routing.

✅ Django 2.2 (April 2019):

• Extended support for Python 3.7 and 3.8.
• Included database and performance improvements.

✅ Django 2.1 (August 2018):

• Added support for Python 3.7.
• Included features like multi-database support and easier handling of static files.

✅ Django 2.0 (December 2017):

• Dropped support for Python 2.x.
• Required Python 3.4 or later.
• Included various improvements and updates.

✅ Django 1.11 (April 2017):

• Extended support for Python 3.6.
• Introduced "subquery" expressions.
• Included an easier way to format template text.

✅ Django 1.10 (August 2016):

• Introduced full support for Python 3.5.
• Added features like template-based widget rendering.

✅ Django 1.9 (December 2015):

• Included support for PostgreSQL's "upsert" feature.
• Improved password hashing.
• Enhanced customizability of the admin interface.

✅ Django 1.8 (April 2015):

• Added support for the "Django Rest Framework."
• Included native support for complex database types like JSON.
• Other improvements.

✅ Django 1.7 (September 2014):

• Introduced the "migrations" framework as a core feature.
• Allowed database schema changes to be version-controlled.

✅ Django 1.6 (November 2013):

• Brought significant improvements in testing and authentication.
• Added support for database schema migrations.

✅ Django 1.5 (February 2013):

• Introduced custom user models.
• Added a new timezone support model.
• Configurable user authentication system.

✅ Django 1.4 (March 2012):

• Added timezone support.
• Supported user-uploaded static files.
• Improved scalability.

✅ Django 1.3 (March 2011):

• Added class-based views.
• Improved file handling.
• Better support for NoSQL databases.

✅ Django 1.2 (May 2010):

• Added support for multiple database connections.
• Improved form handling.
• Enhanced internationalization features.

✅ Django 1.1 (July 2009):

• Introduced features like aggregation and transaction-based testing.
• Improved support for PostgreSQL.

✅ Django 1.0 (September 2008):

• First official stable release.
• Included the admin interface, authentication, and many core features.

✅ Django 0.96 (March 2006):

• Focused on code quality and compatibility, laying the groundwork for future versions.

✅ Django 0.95 (January 2006):

• Added support for database migrations.
• Improved documentation and template support.

✅ Django 0.91 (October 2005):

• Introduced features like the automatic admin interface and template inheritance.

✅ Django 0.90 (July 2005):

• First public release of Django.
• Open-sourced under the BSD license.

This list covers the major releases of Django from the latest to the earliest versions.

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