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 atlithorn <atlithorn@gmail.com>
47 Daniel Alves Barbosa de Oliveira Vaz <danielvaz@gmail.com>
48 AgarFu <heaven@croasanaso.sytes.net>
49 Dagur Páll Ammendrup <dagurp@gmail.com>
50 Collin Anderson <cmawebsite@gmail.com>
53 Fabrice Aneche <akh@nobugware.com>
56 arien <regexbot@gmail.com>
57 David Ascher <http://ascher.ca/>
58 Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson <jokullsolberg@gmail.com>
59 Arthur <avandorp@gmail.com>
61 David Avsajanishvili <avsd05@gmail.com>
62 Mike Axiak <axiak@mit.edu>
63 Niran Babalola <niran@niran.org>
64 Morten Bagai <m@bagai.com>
65 Mikaël Barbero <mikael.barbero nospam at nospam free.fr>
67 Ned Batchelder <http://www.nedbatchelder.com/>
69 Shannon -jj Behrens <http://jjinux.blogspot.com/>
70 Esdras Beleza <linux@esdrasbeleza.com>
71 Chris Bennett <chrisrbennett@yahoo.com>
73 Ben Godfrey <http://aftnn.org>
74 Arvis Bickovskis <viestards.lists@gmail.com>
75 Paul Bissex <http://e-scribe.com/>
77 Matt Boersma <ogghead@gmail.com>
79 Andrew Brehaut <http://brehaut.net/blog>
82 Jonathan Buchanan <jonathan.buchanan@gmail.com>
83 Keith Bussell <kbussell@gmail.com>
84 Juan Manuel Caicedo <juan.manuel.caicedo@gmail.com>
85 Trevor Caira <trevor@caira.com>
86 Ricardo Javier Cárdenes Medina <ricardo.cardenes@gmail.com>
87 Graham Carlyle <graham.carlyle@maplecroft.net>
88 Antonio Cavedoni <http://cavedoni.com/>
91 Chris Chamberlin <dja@cdc.msbx.net>
92 Amit Chakradeo <http://amit.chakradeo.net/>
94 Sengtha Chay <sengtha@e-khmer.com>
95 ivan.chelubeev@gmail.com
96 Bryan Chow <bryan at verdjn dot com>
97 Antonis Christofides <anthony@itia.ntua.gr>
98 Michal Chruszcz <troll@pld-linux.org>
99 Can Burak Çilingir <canburak@cs.bilgi.edu.tr>
100 Ian Clelland <clelland@gmail.com>
101 Russell Cloran <russell@rucus.net>
103 crankycoder@gmail.com
104 Paul Collier <paul@paul-collier.com>
105 Pete Crosier <pete.crosier@gmail.com>
106 Matt Croydon <http://www.postneo.com/>
107 Leah Culver <leah@pownce.com>
108 flavio.curella@gmail.com
109 Jure Cuhalev <gandalf@owca.info>
110 John D'Agostino <john.dagostino@gmail.com>
111 dackze+django@gmail.com
112 Mihai Damian <yang_damian@yahoo.com>
113 David Danier <goliath.mailinglist@gmx.de>
114 Dirk Datzert <dummy@habmalnefrage.de>
115 Jonathan Daugherty (cygnus) <http://www.cprogrammer.org/>
116 dave@thebarproject.com
118 Jason Davies (Esaj) <http://www.jasondavies.com/>
121 Max Derkachev <mderk@yandex.ru>
122 Rajesh Dhawan <rajesh.dhawan@gmail.com>
123 Sander Dijkhuis <sander.dijkhuis@gmail.com>
124 Jordan Dimov <s3x3y1@gmail.com>
126 dready <wil@mojipage.com>
127 Maximillian Dornseif <md@hudora.de>
128 Jeremy Dunck <http://dunck.us/>
129 Andrew Durdin <adurdin@gmail.com>
131 Andy Dustman <farcepest@gmail.com>
133 Nick Efford <nick@efford.org>
136 Enrico <rico.bl@gmail.com>
137 A. Murat Eren <meren@pardus.org.tr>
138 Ludvig Ericson <ludvig.ericson@gmail.com>
140 Dirk Eschler <dirk.eschler@gmx.net>
141 Marc Fargas <telenieko@telenieko.com>
142 Szilveszter Farkas <szilveszter.farkas@gmail.com>
144 fdr <drfarina@gmail.com>
145 Dmitri Fedortchenko <zeraien@gmail.com>
146 Jonathan Feignberg <jdf@pobox.com>
147 Liang Feng <hutuworm@gmail.com>
148 Bill Fenner <fenner@gmail.com>
149 Stefane Fermgier <sf@fermigier.com>
150 Afonso Fernández Nogueira <fonzzo.django@gmail.com>
151 J. Pablo Fernandez <pupeno@pupeno.com>
152 Matthew Flanagan <http://wadofstuff.blogspot.com>
153 Eric Floehr <eric@intellovations.com>
154 Vincent Foley <vfoleybourgon@yahoo.ca>
155 Rudolph Froger <rfroger@estrate.nl>
156 Jorge Gajon <gajon@gajon.org>
158 Marc Garcia <marc.garcia@accopensys.com>
159 Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
160 Andy Gayton <andy-django@thecablelounge.com>
162 Dimitris Glezos <dimitris@glezos.com>
164 martin.glueck@gmail.com
165 Artyom Gnilov <boobsd@gmail.com>
166 GomoX <gomo@datafull.com>
167 Guilherme Mesquita Gondim <semente@taurinus.org>
168 Mario Gonzalez <gonzalemario@gmail.com>
169 pradeep.gowda@gmail.com
170 Simon Greenhill <dev@simon.net.nz>
172 Espen Grindhaug <http://grindhaug.org/>
173 Thomas Güttler <hv@tbz-pariv.de>
175 Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com>
178 Joe Heck <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/>
179 Joel Heenan <joelh-django@planetjoel.com>
180 Mikko Hellsing <mikko@sorl.net>
181 hipertracker@gmail.com
182 Deryck Hodge <http://www.devurandom.org/>
183 Brett Hoerner <bretthoerner@bretthoerner.com>
184 Ian Holsman <http://feh.holsman.net/>
185 Kieran Holland <http://www.kieranholland.com>
186 Sung-Jin Hong <serialx.net@gmail.com>
187 Richard House <Richard.House@i-logue.com>
188 Robert Rock Howard <http://djangomojo.com/>
189 Rob Hudson <http://rob.cogit8.org/>
190 Jason Huggins <http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/>
192 Ibon <ibonso@gmail.com>
194 Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net>
197 Zak Johnson <zakj@nox.cx>
198 Nis Jørgensen <nis@superlativ.dk>
199 Michael Josephson <http://www.sdjournal.com/>
201 junzhang.jn@gmail.com
202 Antti Kaihola <http://akaihola.blogspot.com/>
203 Bahadır Kandemir <bahadir@pardus.org.tr>
204 Karderio <karderio@gmail.com>
205 Nagy Károly <charlie@rendszergazda.com>
206 Erik Karulf <erik@karulf.com>
207 Ben Dean Kawamura <ben.dean.kawamura@gmail.com>
208 Ian G. Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
209 Thomas Kerpe <thomas@kerpe.net>
210 Ben Khoo <khoobks@westnet.com.au>
211 Garth Kidd <http://www.deadlybloodyserious.com/>
212 kilian <kilian.cavalotti@lip6.fr>
213 Sune Kirkeby <http://ibofobi.dk/>
214 Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>
215 Cameron Knight (ckknight)
216 Nena Kojadin <nena@kiberpipa.org>
217 Igor Kolar <ike@email.si>
219 Martin Kosír <martin@martinkosir.net>
220 Meir Kriheli <http://mksoft.co.il/>
221 Bruce Kroeze <http://coderseye.com/>
222 krzysiek.pawlik@silvermedia.pl
225 knox <christobzr@gmail.com>
228 Panos Laganakos <panos.laganakos@gmail.com>
229 lakin.wecker@gmail.com
230 Nick Lane <nick.lane.au@gmail.com>
231 Stuart Langridge <http://www.kryogenix.org/>
232 Paul Lanier <planier@google.com>
233 Nicola Larosa <nico@teknico.net>
234 Rune Rønde Laursen <runerl@skjoldhoej.dk>
235 Eugene Lazutkin <http://lazutkin.com/blog/>
237 Jeong-Min Lee <falsetru@gmail.com>
238 Jannis Leidel <jl@websushi.org>
239 Christopher Lenz <http://www.cmlenz.net/>
241 Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com>
243 Philip Lindborg <philip.lindborg@gmail.com>
244 Daniel Lindsley <polarcowz@gmail.com>
245 Trey Long <trey@ktrl.com>
246 msaelices <msaelices@gmail.com>
247 Matt McClanahan <http://mmcc.cx/>
248 Martin Maney <http://www.chipy.org/Martin_Maney>
249 masonsimon+django@gmail.com
251 Petr Marhoun <petr.marhoun@gmail.com>
252 Petar Marić <http://www.petarmaric.com/>
253 Nuno Mariz <nmariz@gmail.com>
254 Marijn Vriens <marijn@metronomo.cl>
256 Orestis Markou <orestis@orestis.gr>
257 Yasushi Masuda <whosaysni@gmail.com>
259 Jason McBrayer <http://www.carcosa.net/jason/>
261 michael.mcewan@gmail.com
263 Slawek Mikula <slawek dot mikula at gmail dot com>
266 Andreas Mock <andreas.mock@web.de>
267 Reza Mohammadi <reza@zeerak.ir>
268 Aljosa Mohorovic <aljosa.mohorovic@gmail.com>
269 Ramiro Morales <rm0@gmx.net>
270 Eric Moritz <http://eric.themoritzfamily.com/>
271 mrmachine <real.human@mrmachine.net>
272 Robin Munn <http://www.geekforgod.com/>
273 Robert Myers <myer0052@gmail.com>
275 Doug Napoleone <doug@dougma.com>
276 Gopal Narayanan <gopastro@gmail.com>
277 Fraser Nevett <mail@nevett.org>
278 Sam Newman <http://www.magpiebrain.com/>
279 Afonso Fernández Nogueira <fonzzo.django@gmail.com>
280 Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@google.com>
281 Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan@mac.com>
282 oggie rob <oz.robharvey@gmail.com>
283 Jay Parlar <parlar@gmail.com>
284 Carlos Eduardo de Paula <carlosedp@gmail.com>
285 pavithran s <pavithran.s@gmail.com>
286 Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org>
287 permonik@mesias.brnonet.cz
288 petr.marhoun@gmail.com
290 pgross@thoughtworks.com
291 phaedo <http://phaedo.cx/>
293 phil.h.smith@gmail.com
295 Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/>
297 Mihai Preda <mihai_preda@yahoo.com>
298 Daniel Poelzleithner <http://poelzi.org/>
300 Jyrki Pulliainen <jyrki.pulliainen@gmail.com>
301 Johann Queuniet <johann.queuniet@adh.naellia.eu>
303 Michael Radziej <mir@noris.de>
304 Laurent Rahuel <laurent.rahuel@gmail.com>
305 Amit Ramon <amit.ramon@gmail.com>
306 Philippe Raoult <philippe.raoult@n2nsoft.com>
307 Massimiliano Ravelli <massimiliano.ravelli@gmail.com>
308 Brian Ray <http://brianray.chipy.org/>
310 David Reynolds <david@reynoldsfamily.org.uk>
312 ricardojbarrios@gmail.com
314 Henrique Romano <onaiort@gmail.com>
316 Brian Rosner <brosner@gmail.com>
317 Oliver Rutherfurd <http://rutherfurd.net/>
319 Manuel Saelices <msaelices@yaco.es>
320 Ivan Sagalaev (Maniac) <http://www.softwaremaniacs.org/>
321 Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
324 Ilya Semenov <semenov@inetss.com>
326 John Shaffer <jshaffer2112@gmail.com>
327 Pete Shinners <pete@shinners.org>
329 jason.sidabras@gmail.com
330 Jozko Skrablin <jozko.skrablin@gmail.com>
331 Ben Slavin <benjamin.slavin@gmail.com>
332 SmileyChris <smileychris@gmail.com>
336 Leo Soto <leo.soto@gmail.com>
337 Wiliam Alves de Souza <wiliamsouza83@gmail.com>
338 Don Spaulding <donspauldingii@gmail.com>
339 Bjørn Stabell <bjorn@exoweb.net>
340 Georgi Stanojevski <glisha@gmail.com>
341 starrynight <cmorgh@gmail.com>
342 Vasiliy Stavenko <stavenko@gmail.com>
343 Thomas Steinacher <http://www.eggdrop.ch/>
344 Johan C. Stöver <johan@nilling.nl>
346 Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@google.com>
349 Radek Švarz <http://www.svarz.cz/translate/>
350 Swaroop C H <http://www.swaroopch.info>
351 Aaron Swartz <http://www.aaronsw.com/>
352 Ville Säävuori <http://www.unessa.net/>
353 Tyler Tarabula <tyler.tarabula@gmail.com>
354 Tyson Tate <tyson@fallingbullets.com>
355 Frank Tegtmeyer <fte@fte.to>
357 thebjorn <bp@datakortet.no>
358 Zach Thompson <zthompson47@gmail.com>
360 Deepak Thukral <deep.thukral@gmail.com>
364 Joe Topjian <http://joe.terrarum.net/geek/code/python/django/>
365 torne-django@wolfpuppy.org.uk
366 Karen Tracey <graybark@bellsouth.net>
367 tstromberg@google.com
368 Makoto Tsuyuki <mtsuyuki@gmail.com>
370 David Tulig <david.tulig@gmail.com>
371 Amit Upadhyay <http://www.amitu.com/blog/>
373 I.S. van Oostveen <v.oostveen@idca.nl>
374 viestards.lists@gmail.com
375 George Vilches <gav@thataddress.com>
376 Vlado <vlado@labath.org>
378 Chris Wagner <cw264701@ohio.edu>
379 wam-djangobug@wamber.net
380 Wang Chun <wangchun@exoweb.net>
381 Filip Wasilewski <filip.wasilewski@gmail.com>
382 Dan Watson <http://theidioteque.net/>
383 Joel Watts <joel@joelwatts.com>
384 Chris Wesseling <Chris.Wesseling@cwi.nl>
385 James Wheare <django@sparemint.com>
386 charly.wilhelm@gmail.com
387 Rachel Willmer <http://www.willmer.com/kb/>
388 Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@gmail.com>
389 Jakub Wiśniowski <restless.being@gmail.com>
390 Maciej Wiśniowski <pigletto@gmail.com>
392 Jason Yan <tailofthesun@gmail.com>
393 ye7cakf02@sneakemail.com
394 ymasuda@ethercube.com
395 Jarek Zgoda <jarek.zgoda@gmail.com>
398 A big THANK YOU goes to:
400 Rob Curley and Ralph Gage for letting us open-source Django.
402 Frank Wiles for making excellent arguments for open-sourcing, and for
403 his sage sysadmin advice.
405 Ian Bicking for convincing Adrian to ditch code generation.
407 Mark Pilgrim for diveintopython.org.
409 Guido van Rossum for creating Python.