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:
45 alang@bright-green.com
46 Marty Alchin <gulopine@gamemusic.org>
47 atlithorn <atlithorn@gmail.com>
48 Daniel Alves Barbosa de Oliveira Vaz <danielvaz@gmail.com>
49 AgarFu <heaven@croasanaso.sytes.net>
50 Dagur Páll Ammendrup <dagurp@gmail.com>
51 Collin Anderson <cmawebsite@gmail.com>
54 Fabrice Aneche <akh@nobugware.com>
56 Florian Apolloner <florian@apolloner.eu>
57 arien <regexbot@gmail.com>
58 David Ascher <http://ascher.ca/>
59 Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson <jokullsolberg@gmail.com>
60 Arthur <avandorp@gmail.com>
62 David Avsajanishvili <avsd05@gmail.com>
63 Mike Axiak <axiak@mit.edu>
64 Niran Babalola <niran@niran.org>
65 Morten Bagai <m@bagai.com>
66 Mikaël Barbero <mikael.barbero nospam at nospam free.fr>
68 Ned Batchelder <http://www.nedbatchelder.com/>
70 Shannon -jj Behrens <http://jjinux.blogspot.com/>
71 Esdras Beleza <linux@esdrasbeleza.com>
72 Chris Bennett <chrisrbennett@yahoo.com>
75 Arvis Bickovskis <viestards.lists@gmail.com>
76 Paul Bissex <http://e-scribe.com/>
78 David Blewett <david@dawninglight.net>
79 Matt Boersma <ogghead@gmail.com>
81 Andrew Brehaut <http://brehaut.net/blog>
84 Jonathan Buchanan <jonathan.buchanan@gmail.com>
85 Keith Bussell <kbussell@gmail.com>
86 Juan Manuel Caicedo <juan.manuel.caicedo@gmail.com>
87 Trevor Caira <trevor@caira.com>
88 Ricardo Javier Cárdenes Medina <ricardo.cardenes@gmail.com>
89 Graham Carlyle <graham.carlyle@maplecroft.net>
90 Antonio Cavedoni <http://cavedoni.com/>
93 Chris Chamberlin <dja@cdc.msbx.net>
94 Amit Chakradeo <http://amit.chakradeo.net/>
96 Sengtha Chay <sengtha@e-khmer.com>
97 ivan.chelubeev@gmail.com
98 Bryan Chow <bryan at verdjn dot com>
99 Antonis Christofides <anthony@itia.ntua.gr>
100 Michal Chruszcz <troll@pld-linux.org>
101 Can Burak Çilingir <canburak@cs.bilgi.edu.tr>
102 Ian Clelland <clelland@gmail.com>
103 Russell Cloran <russell@rucus.net>
105 crankycoder@gmail.com
106 Paul Collier <paul@paul-collier.com>
107 Pete Crosier <pete.crosier@gmail.com>
108 Matt Croydon <http://www.postneo.com/>
109 Leah Culver <leah@pownce.com>
110 flavio.curella@gmail.com
111 Jure Cuhalev <gandalf@owca.info>
112 John D'Agostino <john.dagostino@gmail.com>
113 dackze+django@gmail.com
114 Mihai Damian <yang_damian@yahoo.com>
115 David Danier <goliath.mailinglist@gmx.de>
116 Dirk Datzert <dummy@habmalnefrage.de>
117 Jonathan Daugherty (cygnus) <http://www.cprogrammer.org/>
118 dave@thebarproject.com
120 Jason Davies (Esaj) <http://www.jasondavies.com/>
123 Max Derkachev <mderk@yandex.ru>
124 Rajesh Dhawan <rajesh.dhawan@gmail.com>
125 Sander Dijkhuis <sander.dijkhuis@gmail.com>
126 Jordan Dimov <s3x3y1@gmail.com>
128 dready <wil@mojipage.com>
129 Maximillian Dornseif <md@hudora.de>
130 Jeremy Dunck <http://dunck.us/>
131 Andrew Durdin <adurdin@gmail.com>
133 Andy Dustman <farcepest@gmail.com>
135 Nick Efford <nick@efford.org>
138 Enrico <rico.bl@gmail.com>
139 A. Murat Eren <meren@pardus.org.tr>
140 Ludvig Ericson <ludvig.ericson@gmail.com>
142 Dirk Eschler <dirk.eschler@gmx.net>
143 Marc Fargas <telenieko@telenieko.com>
144 Szilveszter Farkas <szilveszter.farkas@gmail.com>
146 fdr <drfarina@gmail.com>
147 Dmitri Fedortchenko <zeraien@gmail.com>
148 Jonathan Feignberg <jdf@pobox.com>
149 Liang Feng <hutuworm@gmail.com>
150 Bill Fenner <fenner@gmail.com>
151 Stefane Fermgier <sf@fermigier.com>
152 Afonso Fernández Nogueira <fonzzo.django@gmail.com>
153 J. Pablo Fernandez <pupeno@pupeno.com>
155 Matthew Flanagan <http://wadofstuff.blogspot.com>
156 Eric Floehr <eric@intellovations.com>
157 Eric Florenzano <floguy@gmail.com>
158 Vincent Foley <vfoleybourgon@yahoo.ca>
159 Rudolph Froger <rfroger@estrate.nl>
160 Jorge Gajon <gajon@gajon.org>
162 Marc Garcia <marc.garcia@accopensys.com>
163 Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
164 Andy Gayton <andy-django@thecablelounge.com>
166 Dimitris Glezos <dimitris@glezos.com>
168 martin.glueck@gmail.com
169 Artyom Gnilov <boobsd@gmail.com>
170 Ben Godfrey <http://aftnn.org>
171 GomoX <gomo@datafull.com>
172 Guilherme Mesquita Gondim <semente@taurinus.org>
173 Mario Gonzalez <gonzalemario@gmail.com>
174 pradeep.gowda@gmail.com
175 Simon Greenhill <dev@simon.net.nz>
177 Espen Grindhaug <http://grindhaug.org/>
178 Thomas Güttler <hv@tbz-pariv.de>
179 Horst Gutmann <zerok@zerokspot.com>
182 Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com>
185 Joe Heck <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/>
186 Joel Heenan <joelh-django@planetjoel.com>
187 Mikko Hellsing <mikko@sorl.net>
188 hipertracker@gmail.com
189 Deryck Hodge <http://www.devurandom.org/>
190 Brett Hoerner <bretthoerner@bretthoerner.com>
191 Ian Holsman <http://feh.holsman.net/>
192 Kieran Holland <http://www.kieranholland.com>
193 Sung-Jin Hong <serialx.net@gmail.com>
194 Richard House <Richard.House@i-logue.com>
195 Robert Rock Howard <http://djangomojo.com/>
196 Rob Hudson <http://rob.cogit8.org/>
197 Jason Huggins <http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/>
199 Ibon <ibonso@gmail.com>
201 Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net>
205 Zak Johnson <zakj@nox.cx>
206 Nis Jørgensen <nis@superlativ.dk>
207 Michael Josephson <http://www.sdjournal.com/>
209 junzhang.jn@gmail.com
210 Antti Kaihola <http://akaihola.blogspot.com/>
211 Bahadır Kandemir <bahadir@pardus.org.tr>
212 Karderio <karderio@gmail.com>
213 Nagy Károly <charlie@rendszergazda.com>
214 Erik Karulf <erik@karulf.com>
215 Ben Dean Kawamura <ben.dean.kawamura@gmail.com>
216 Ian G. Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
217 Thomas Kerpe <thomas@kerpe.net>
218 Ben Khoo <khoobks@westnet.com.au>
219 Garth Kidd <http://www.deadlybloodyserious.com/>
220 kilian <kilian.cavalotti@lip6.fr>
221 Sune Kirkeby <http://ibofobi.dk/>
222 Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org>
223 Cameron Knight (ckknight)
224 Nena Kojadin <nena@kiberpipa.org>
225 Igor Kolar <ike@email.si>
227 Martin Kosír <martin@martinkosir.net>
228 Meir Kriheli <http://mksoft.co.il/>
229 Bruce Kroeze <http://coderseye.com/>
230 krzysiek.pawlik@silvermedia.pl
233 knox <christobzr@gmail.com>
236 Panos Laganakos <panos.laganakos@gmail.com>
237 lakin.wecker@gmail.com
238 Nick Lane <nick.lane.au@gmail.com>
239 Stuart Langridge <http://www.kryogenix.org/>
240 Paul Lanier <planier@google.com>
241 Nicola Larosa <nico@teknico.net>
243 Rune Rønde Laursen <runerl@skjoldhoej.dk>
244 Eugene Lazutkin <http://lazutkin.com/blog/>
246 Jeong-Min Lee <falsetru@gmail.com>
247 Jannis Leidel <jl@websushi.org>
248 Christopher Lenz <http://www.cmlenz.net/>
250 Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com>
252 Philip Lindborg <philip.lindborg@gmail.com>
253 Simon Litchfield <simon@quo.com.au>
254 Daniel Lindsley <polarcowz@gmail.com>
255 Trey Long <trey@ktrl.com>
256 msaelices <msaelices@gmail.com>
257 Matt McClanahan <http://mmcc.cx/>
258 Martin Maney <http://www.chipy.org/Martin_Maney>
259 Petr Marhoun <petr.marhoun@gmail.com>
260 masonsimon+django@gmail.com
262 Petr Marhoun <petr.marhoun@gmail.com>
263 Petar Marić <http://www.petarmaric.com/>
264 Nuno Mariz <nmariz@gmail.com>
265 Marijn Vriens <marijn@metronomo.cl>
267 Orestis Markou <orestis@orestis.gr>
268 Yasushi Masuda <whosaysni@gmail.com>
270 Jason McBrayer <http://www.carcosa.net/jason/>
273 michael.mcewan@gmail.com
275 Slawek Mikula <slawek dot mikula at gmail dot com>
278 Andreas Mock <andreas.mock@web.de>
279 Reza Mohammadi <reza@zeerak.ir>
280 Aljosa Mohorovic <aljosa.mohorovic@gmail.com>
281 Ramiro Morales <rm0@gmx.net>
282 Eric Moritz <http://eric.themoritzfamily.com/>
283 mrmachine <real.human@mrmachine.net>
284 Robin Munn <http://www.geekforgod.com/>
287 Robert Myers <myer0052@gmail.com>
289 Doug Napoleone <doug@dougma.com>
290 Gopal Narayanan <gopastro@gmail.com>
291 Fraser Nevett <mail@nevett.org>
292 Sam Newman <http://www.magpiebrain.com/>
293 Afonso Fernández Nogueira <fonzzo.django@gmail.com>
294 Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@google.com>
295 Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan@mac.com>
296 oggie rob <oz.robharvey@gmail.com>
297 oggy <ognjen.maric@gmail.com>
298 Jay Parlar <parlar@gmail.com>
299 Carlos Eduardo de Paula <carlosedp@gmail.com>
300 pavithran s <pavithran.s@gmail.com>
301 Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org>
302 permonik@mesias.brnonet.cz
303 petr.marhoun@gmail.com
305 pgross@thoughtworks.com
306 phaedo <http://phaedo.cx/>
307 Julien Phalip <http://www.julienphalip.com>
309 phil.h.smith@gmail.com
311 Michael Placentra II <someone@michaelplacentra2.net>
312 Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/>
314 Mihai Preda <mihai_preda@yahoo.com>
315 Daniel Poelzleithner <http://poelzi.org/>
317 Matthias Pronk <django@masida.nl>
318 Jyrki Pulliainen <jyrki.pulliainen@gmail.com>
319 Johann Queuniet <johann.queuniet@adh.naellia.eu>
321 Michael Radziej <mir@noris.de>
322 Laurent Rahuel <laurent.rahuel@gmail.com>
323 Amit Ramon <amit.ramon@gmail.com>
324 Philippe Raoult <philippe.raoult@n2nsoft.com>
325 Massimiliano Ravelli <massimiliano.ravelli@gmail.com>
326 Brian Ray <http://brianray.chipy.org/>
328 David Reynolds <david@reynoldsfamily.org.uk>
330 ricardojbarrios@gmail.com
332 Henrique Romano <onaiort@gmail.com>
334 Daniel Roseman <http://roseman.org.uk/>
335 Brian Rosner <brosner@gmail.com>
336 Oliver Rutherfurd <http://rutherfurd.net/>
338 Manuel Saelices <msaelices@yaco.es>
339 Ivan Sagalaev (Maniac) <http://www.softwaremaniacs.org/>
340 Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk>
343 Ilya Semenov <semenov@inetss.com>
345 John Shaffer <jshaffer2112@gmail.com>
346 Pete Shinners <pete@shinners.org>
348 jason.sidabras@gmail.com
349 Brenton Simpson <http://theillustratedlife.com>
350 Jozko Skrablin <jozko.skrablin@gmail.com>
351 Ben Slavin <benjamin.slavin@gmail.com>
352 sloonz <simon.lipp@insa-lyon.fr>
353 SmileyChris <smileychris@gmail.com>
357 Leo Soto <leo.soto@gmail.com>
358 Wiliam Alves de Souza <wiliamsouza83@gmail.com>
359 Don Spaulding <donspauldingii@gmail.com>
360 Bjørn Stabell <bjorn@exoweb.net>
361 Georgi Stanojevski <glisha@gmail.com>
362 starrynight <cmorgh@gmail.com>
363 Vasiliy Stavenko <stavenko@gmail.com>
364 Thomas Steinacher <http://www.eggdrop.ch/>
365 Johan C. Stöver <johan@nilling.nl>
367 Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@google.com>
370 Radek Švarz <http://www.svarz.cz/translate/>
371 Swaroop C H <http://www.swaroopch.info>
372 Aaron Swartz <http://www.aaronsw.com/>
373 Ville Säävuori <http://www.unessa.net/>
374 Christian Tanzer <tanzer@swing.co.at>
375 Tyler Tarabula <tyler.tarabula@gmail.com>
376 Tyson Tate <tyson@fallingbullets.com>
377 Frank Tegtmeyer <fte@fte.to>
379 thebjorn <bp@datakortet.no>
380 Zach Thompson <zthompson47@gmail.com>
382 Deepak Thukral <deep.thukral@gmail.com>
386 Joe Topjian <http://joe.terrarum.net/geek/code/python/django/>
387 torne-django@wolfpuppy.org.uk
388 Karen Tracey <graybark@bellsouth.net>
389 tstromberg@google.com
390 Makoto Tsuyuki <mtsuyuki@gmail.com>
392 David Tulig <david.tulig@gmail.com>
393 Amit Upadhyay <http://www.amitu.com/blog/>
395 I.S. van Oostveen <v.oostveen@idca.nl>
396 viestards.lists@gmail.com
397 George Vilches <gav@thataddress.com>
398 Vlado <vlado@labath.org>
400 Chris Wagner <cw264701@ohio.edu>
401 wam-djangobug@wamber.net
402 Wang Chun <wangchun@exoweb.net>
403 Filip Wasilewski <filip.wasilewski@gmail.com>
404 Dan Watson <http://theidioteque.net/>
405 Joel Watts <joel@joelwatts.com>
406 Chris Wesseling <Chris.Wesseling@cwi.nl>
407 James Wheare <django@sparemint.com>
408 charly.wilhelm@gmail.com
409 Rachel Willmer <http://www.willmer.com/kb/>
410 Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@gmail.com>
411 Jakub Wilk <ubanus@users.sf.net>
412 Jakub Wiśniowski <restless.being@gmail.com>
413 Maciej Wiśniowski <pigletto@gmail.com>
415 Jason Yan <tailofthesun@gmail.com>
416 ye7cakf02@sneakemail.com
417 ymasuda@ethercube.com
418 Jarek Zgoda <jarek.zgoda@gmail.com>
421 A big THANK YOU goes to:
423 Rob Curley and Ralph Gage for letting us open-source Django.
425 Frank Wiles for making excellent arguments for open-sourcing, and for
426 his sage sysadmin advice.
428 Ian Bicking for convincing Adrian to ditch code generation.
430 Mark Pilgrim for diveintopython.org.
432 Guido van Rossum for creating Python.