1 Django was originally created in late 2003 at World Online, the Web division
2 of the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas.
4 The PRIMARY AUTHORS are (and/or have been):
6 Adrian Holovaty <http://www.holovaty.com/>, who originally created Django with
7 Simon and currently oversees things with Jacob.
9 Simon Willison <http://simon.incutio.com/>, who originally created Django with
10 Adrian during his year-long internship/placement at World Online and currently
11 helps from the sidelines.
13 Jacob Kaplan-Moss <http://www.jacobian.org/>, who joined the team shortly
14 before Simon departed and currently oversees things with Adrian.
16 Wilson Miner <http://www.wilsonminer.com/>, who designed Django's admin
17 interface, pretty error pages, official Web site (djangoproject.com) and has
18 made many other contributions. He makes us look good.
20 Malcolm Tredinnick <http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/>, who has made
21 significant contributions to all levels of the framework, from its database
22 layer to template system and documentation.
24 Georg "Hugo" Bauer <http://hugo.muensterland.org/>, who added
25 internationalization support, manages i18n contributions and has made a ton
26 of excellent tweaks, feature additions and bug fixes.
28 Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/>, who has contributed many excellent
29 improvements, including database-level improvements, the CSRF middleware and
32 Russell Keith-Magee <freakboy@iinet.net.au>, who has contributed many excellent
33 improvements, including refactoring of the Django ORM code and unit tests.
35 Robert Wittams <http://robert.wittams.com/>, who majorly refactored the Django
36 admin application to allow for easier reuse and has made a ton of excellent
37 tweaks, feature additions and bug fixes.
40 And here is an inevitably incomplete list of MUCH-APPRECIATED CONTRIBUTORS --
41 people who have submitted patches, reported bugs, added translations, helped
42 answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
44 alang@bright-green.com
45 Marty Alchin <gulopine@gamemusic.org>
46 Daniel Alves Barbosa de Oliveira Vaz <danielvaz@gmail.com>
47 AgarFu <heaven@croasanaso.sytes.net>
48 Dagur Páll Ammendrup <dagurp@gmail.com>
49 Collin Anderson <cmawebsite@gmail.com>
52 Fabrice Aneche <akh@nobugware.com>
55 arien <regexbot@gmail.com>
56 David Ascher <http://ascher.ca/>
57 Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson <jokullsolberg@gmail.com>
58 Arthur <avandorp@gmail.com>
59 David Avsajanishvili <avsd05@gmail.com>
62 Ned Batchelder <http://www.nedbatchelder.com/>
63 Shannon -jj Behrens <http://jjinux.blogspot.com/>
64 Esdras Beleza <linux@esdrasbeleza.com>
65 Chris Bennett <chrisrbennett@yahoo.com>
67 Ben <afternoon@uk2.net>
68 Paul Bissex <http://e-scribe.com/>
70 Matt Boersma <ogghead@gmail.com>
72 Andrew Brehaut <http://brehaut.net/blog>
75 Jonathan Buchanan <jonathan.buchanan@gmail.com>
76 Can Burak Çilingir <canburak@cs.bilgi.edu.tr>
77 Trevor Caira <trevor@caira.com>
78 Ricardo Javier Cárdenes Medina <ricardo.cardenes@gmail.com>
79 Graham Carlyle <graham.carlyle@maplecroft.net>
80 Antonio Cavedoni <http://cavedoni.com/>
83 Chris Chamberlin <dja@cdc.msbx.net>
84 Amit Chakradeo <http://amit.chakradeo.net/>
86 Sengtha Chay <sengtha@e-khmer.com>
87 ivan.chelubeev@gmail.com
88 Bryan Chow <bryan at verdjn dot com>
89 Michal Chruszcz <troll@pld-linux.org>
90 Ian Clelland <clelland@gmail.com>
91 Russell Cloran <russell@rucus.net>
94 Paul Collier <paul@paul-collier.com>
95 Pete Crosier <pete.crosier@gmail.com>
96 Matt Croydon <http://www.postneo.com/>
97 Leah Culver <leah@pownce.com>
98 flavio.curella@gmail.com
99 Jure Cuhalev <gandalf@owca.info>
100 John D'Agostino <john.dagostino@gmail.com>
101 dackze+django@gmail.com
102 David Danier <goliath.mailinglist@gmx.de>
103 Dirk Datzert <dummy@habmalnefrage.de>
104 Jonathan Daugherty (cygnus) <http://www.cprogrammer.org/>
105 dave@thebarproject.com
107 Jason Davies (Esaj) <http://www.jasondavies.com/>
110 Max Derkachev <mderk@yandex.ru>
111 Rajesh Dhawan <rajesh.dhawan@gmail.com>
112 Sander Dijkhuis <sander.dijkhuis@gmail.com>
113 Jordan Dimov <s3x3y1@gmail.com>
115 dready <wil@mojipage.com>
116 Maximillian Dornseif <md@hudora.de>
117 Jeremy Dunck <http://dunck.us/>
118 Andrew Durdin <adurdin@gmail.com>
120 Andy Dustman <farcepest@gmail.com>
122 Nick Efford <nick@efford.org>
125 Enrico <rico.bl@gmail.com>
126 A. Murat Eren <meren@pardus.org.tr>
127 Ludvig Ericson <ludvig.ericson@gmail.com>
129 Dirk Eschler <dirk.eschler@gmx.net>
130 Marc Fargas <telenieko@telenieko.com>
131 Szilveszter Farkas <szilveszter.farkas@gmail.com>
133 Dmitri Fedortchenko <zeraien@gmail.com>
134 Bill Fenner <fenner@gmail.com>
135 Stefane Fermgier <sf@fermigier.com>
136 Afonso Fernández Nogueira <fonzzo.django@gmail.com>
137 Matthew Flanagan <http://wadofstuff.blogspot.com>
138 Eric Floehr <eric@intellovations.com>
139 Vincent Foley <vfoleybourgon@yahoo.ca>
140 Rudolph Froger <rfroger@estrate.nl>
141 Jorge Gajon <gajon@gajon.org>
143 Marc Garcia <marc.garcia@accopensys.com>
144 Andy Gayton <andy-django@thecablelounge.com>
146 Dimitris Glezos <dimitris@glezos.com>
148 martin.glueck@gmail.com
149 Artyom Gnilov <boobsd@gmail.com>
150 GomoX <gomo@datafull.com>
151 Mario Gonzalez <gonzalemario@gmail.com>
152 pradeep.gowda@gmail.com
153 Simon Greenhill <dev@simon.net.nz>
155 Espen Grindhaug <http://grindhaug.org/>
156 Thomas Güttler <hv@tbz-pariv.de>
158 Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com>
161 Joe Heck <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/>
162 Joel Heenan <joelh-django@planetjoel.com>
163 hipertracker@gmail.com
164 Deryck Hodge <http://www.devurandom.org/>
165 Brett Hoerner <bretthoerner@bretthoerner.com>
166 Ian Holsman <http://feh.holsman.net/>
167 Kieran Holland <http://www.kieranholland.com>
168 Sung-Jin Hong <serialx.net@gmail.com>
169 Richard House <Richard.House@i-logue.com>
170 Robert Rock Howard <http://djangomojo.com/>
171 Rob Hudson <http://rob.cogit8.org/>
172 Jason Huggins <http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/>
174 Ibon <ibonso@gmail.com>
176 Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net>
179 Zak Johnson <zakj@nox.cx>
180 Michael Josephson <http://www.sdjournal.com/>
182 junzhang.jn@gmail.com
183 Antti Kaihola <http://akaihola.blogspot.com/>
184 Bahadır Kandemir <bahadir@pardus.org.tr>
185 Karderio <karderio@gmail.com>
186 Nagy Károly <charlie@rendszergazda.com>
187 Erik Karulf <erik@karulf.com>
188 Ben Dean Kawamura <ben.dean.kawamura@gmail.com>
189 Ian G. Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
190 Thomas Kerpe <thomas@kerpe.net>
191 Ben Khoo <khoobks@westnet.com.au>
192 Garth Kidd <http://www.deadlybloodyserious.com/>
193 kilian <kilian.cavalotti@lip6.fr>
194 Sune Kirkeby <http://ibofobi.dk/>
195 Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>
196 Cameron Knight (ckknight)
197 Nena Kojadin <nena@kiberpipa.org>
198 Igor Kolar <ike@email.si>
200 Martin Kosír <martin@martinkosir.net>
201 Meir Kriheli <http://mksoft.co.il/>
202 Bruce Kroeze <http://coderseye.com/>
203 krzysiek.pawlik@silvermedia.pl
206 knox <christobzr@gmail.com>
209 lakin.wecker@gmail.com
210 Nick Lane <nick.lane.au@gmail.com>
211 Stuart Langridge <http://www.kryogenix.org/>
212 Paul Lanier <planier@google.com>
213 Nicola Larosa <nico@teknico.net>
214 Eugene Lazutkin <http://lazutkin.com/blog/>
215 Jeong-Min Lee <falsetru@gmail.com>
216 Jannis Leidel <jl@websushi.org>
217 Christopher Lenz <http://www.cmlenz.net/>
219 Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com>
221 Philip Lindborg <philip.lindborg@gmail.com>
222 Trey Long <trey@ktrl.com>
223 msaelices <msaelices@gmail.com>
224 Matt McClanahan <http://mmcc.cx/>
225 Martin Maney <http://www.chipy.org/Martin_Maney>
226 masonsimon+django@gmail.com
228 Petr Marhoun <petr.marhoun@gmail.com>
229 Petar Marić <http://www.petarmaric.com/>
230 Nuno Mariz <nmariz@gmail.com>
231 Marijn Vriens <marijn@metronomo.cl>
233 Yasushi Masuda <whosaysni@gmail.com>
235 Jason McBrayer <http://www.carcosa.net/jason/>
237 michael.mcewan@gmail.com
239 Mikko Hellsing <mikko@sorl.net>
240 Slawek Mikula <slawek dot mikula at gmail dot com>
243 Andreas Mock <andreas.mock@web.de>
244 Reza Mohammadi <reza@zeerak.ir>
245 Aljosa Mohorovic <aljosa.mohorovic@gmail.com>
246 Ramiro Morales <rm0@gmx.net>
247 Eric Moritz <http://eric.themoritzfamily.com/>
248 mrmachine <real.human@mrmachine.net>
249 Robin Munn <http://www.geekforgod.com/>
250 Robert Myers <myer0052@gmail.com>
252 Gopal Narayanan <gopastro@gmail.com>
253 Fraser Nevett <mail@nevett.org>
254 Sam Newman <http://www.magpiebrain.com/>
255 Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@google.com>
256 Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan@mac.com>
257 oggie rob <oz.robharvey@gmail.com>
258 Jay Parlar <parlar@gmail.com>
259 pavithran s <pavithran.s@gmail.com>
260 Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org>
261 permonik@mesias.brnonet.cz
262 petr.marhoun@gmail.com
263 pgross@thoughtworks.com
264 phaedo <http://phaedo.cx/>
266 phil.h.smith@gmail.com
268 Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/>
270 Mihai Preda <mihai_preda@yahoo.com>
271 Daniel Poelzleithner <http://poelzi.org/>
273 Jyrki Pulliainen <jyrki.pulliainen@gmail.com>
274 Johann Queuniet <johann.queuniet@adh.naellia.eu>
276 Michael Radziej <mir@noris.de>
277 Laurent Rahuel <laurent.rahuel@gmail.com>
278 Amit Ramon <amit.ramon@gmail.com>
279 Philippe Raoult <philippe.raoult@n2nsoft.com>
280 Massimiliano Ravelli <massimiliano.ravelli@gmail.com>
281 Brian Ray <http://brianray.chipy.org/>
283 David Reynolds <david@reynoldsfamily.org.uk>
285 ricardojbarrios@gmail.com
287 Henrique Romano <onaiort@gmail.com>
289 Brian Rosner <brosner@gmail.com>
290 Oliver Rutherfurd <http://rutherfurd.net/>
292 Manuel Saelices <msaelices@yaco.es>
293 Ivan Sagalaev (Maniac) <http://www.softwaremaniacs.org/>
294 Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
297 Ilya Semenov <semenov@inetss.com>
299 John Shaffer <jshaffer2112@gmail.com>
300 Pete Shinners <pete@shinners.org>
301 jason.sidabras@gmail.com
302 Jozko Skrablin <jozko.skrablin@gmail.com>
303 Ben Slavin <benjamin.slavin@gmail.com>
304 SmileyChris <smileychris@gmail.com>
308 Leo Soto <leo.soto@gmail.com>
309 Wiliam Alves de Souza <wiliamsouza83@gmail.com>
310 Don Spaulding <donspauldingii@gmail.com>
311 Bjørn Stabell <bjorn@exoweb.net>
312 Georgi Stanojevski <glisha@gmail.com>
313 starrynight <cmorgh@gmail.com>
314 Vasiliy Stavenko <stavenko@gmail.com>
315 Thomas Steinacher <http://www.eggdrop.ch/>
316 Johan C. Stöver <johan@nilling.nl>
318 Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@google.com>
321 Radek Švarz <http://www.svarz.cz/translate/>
322 Swaroop C H <http://www.swaroopch.info>
323 Aaron Swartz <http://www.aaronsw.com/>
324 Ville Säävuori <http://www.unessa.net/>
325 Tyler Tarabula <tyler.tarabula@gmail.com>
326 Tyson Tate <tyson@fallingbullets.com>
327 Frank Tegtmeyer <fte@fte.to>
329 thebjorn <bp@datakortet.no>
330 Zach Thompson <zthompson47@gmail.com>
332 Deepak Thukral <deep.thukral@gmail.com>
336 Joe Topjian <http://joe.terrarum.net/geek/code/python/django/>
337 torne-django@wolfpuppy.org.uk
338 Karen Tracey <graybark@bellsouth.net>
339 tstromberg@google.com
340 Makoto Tsuyuki <mtsuyuki@gmail.com>
344 I.S. van Oostveen <v.oostveen@idca.nl>
345 viestards.lists@gmail.com
346 George Vilches <gav@thataddress.com>
347 Vlado <vlado@labath.org>
349 wam-djangobug@wamber.net
350 Wang Chun <wangchun@exoweb.net>
351 Filip Wasilewski <filip.wasilewski@gmail.com>
352 Dan Watson <http://theidioteque.net/>
353 Chris Wesseling <Chris.Wesseling@cwi.nl>
354 James Wheare <django@sparemint.com>
355 charly.wilhelm@gmail.com
356 Rachel Willmer <http://www.willmer.com/kb/>
357 Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@gmail.com>
358 Jakub Wiśniowski <restless.being@gmail.com>
359 Maciej Wiśniowski <pigletto@gmail.com>
361 Jason Yan <tailofthesun@gmail.com>
362 ye7cakf02@sneakemail.com
363 ymasuda@ethercube.com
364 Jarek Zgoda <jarek.zgoda@gmail.com>
367 A big THANK YOU goes to:
369 Rob Curley and Ralph Gage for letting us open-source Django.
371 Frank Wiles for making excellent arguments for open-sourcing, and for
372 his sage sysadmin advice.
374 Ian Bicking for convincing Adrian to ditch code generation.
376 Mark Pilgrim for diveintopython.org.
378 Guido van Rossum for creating Python.