django-admin

django-admin command [options]

django-admin is Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks. It provides commands for project setup, database management, testing, and development server operation.The tool requires a Django settings module to function. When inside a project directory, it automatically discovers the settings; otherwise, the DJANGOSETTINGSMODULE environment variable or --settings flag specifies the configuration.django-admin is typically aliased or replaced by manage.py within projects, which automatically configures the settings module. Both provide identical functionality.

COMMAND

Django management command to execute.

Create new Django project.

Create new Django app.

Run development server.

Create migration files.

Apply migrations.

Create admin user.

Open interactive Python shell with Django context.

Settings module to use.

Display help information.

settings.py

Django project settings module controlling database, installed apps, middleware, and all configuration.

Project-specific wrapper around django-admin that sets the settings module automatically.

Requires Django installed. Some commands require configured settings and database. Development server not suitable for production. Migration commands require database access.

django-admin is part of Django, created by Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison at the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper. Django was released as open source in 2005 and has become one of the most popular Python web frameworks.

python(1), pip(1)