Complete user profile management, auto-created on signup.

• Photo & cover image uploads with Pillow
• Bio, location, website and display name
• Color palette preference saved per user
• Extend with your own fields — standard Django model

Zero-config request logging with a staff dashboard.

• Middleware-based — captures every request automatically
• Staff dashboard with stat cards and filterable log table
• Live refresh via htmx polling — no WebSockets
• Auto-pruning — configurable retention, background task cleanup

Light and dark modes with selectable color palettes.

• Dark mode toggle — user preference saved in localStorage
• 5 built-in palettes — Django, Contrast, Blue, Orange, Purple
• CSS custom properties for colors, spacing, shadows
• Built on Django admin's responsive CSS foundation

Built on Django's battle-tested contrib.auth — no third-party packages.

• Custom User model ready for email login
• Signup control — enable/disable registration with a setting
• Password reset via Django's built-in views and email
• Feature flags to toggle app sections on and off

File-based documentation viewer — the system you're looking at right now.

• YAML-driven navigation with sections, icons, and ordering
• Markdown rendering with code blocks, tables, and TOC
• Full-text search with client-side indexing
• Slide viewer for focused presentations and walkthroughs

Django 6's Tasks framework, pre-configured with a database backend.

• No Redis or Celery — uses django-tasks-db
• Background worker via manage.py db_worker
• Handles email, data processing, scheduled cleanup
• Docker & Kamal run the worker automatically; only local dev needs manage.py db_worker

@task
def send_notification_email(user_email, message):
    return send_mail(
        subject="Notification",
        message=message,
        from_email=None,
        recipient_list=[user_email],
    )

# In your view — returns instantly
send_notification_email.enqueue(
    user_email="user@example.com",
    message="Hello!",
)

Production-ready containers with zero-downtime deployment.

• Docker Compose with web, worker, and health checks
• Kamal — deploy to any VPS with kamal deploy
• Automatic HTTPS — Kamal provisions TLS via Let's Encrypt
• Typical deploy under 60 seconds including build, push, and health check

$ kamal deploy

Building image...
Pushing to registry...
Starting container...
Container is healthy!
Releasing the deploy lock...
  Finished all in 38.4 seconds