Django was originally created in late 2003 at World Online, the Web division of the Lawrence Journal-World newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas. The PRIMARY AUTHORS are (and/or have been): Adrian Holovaty <http://www.holovaty.com/>, who originally created Django with Simon and currently oversees things with Jacob. Simon Willison <http://simon.incutio.com/>, who originally created Django with Adrian during his year-long internship/placement at World Online and currently helps from the sidelines. Jacob Kaplan-Moss <http://www.jacobian.org/>, who joined the team shortly before Simon departed and currently oversees things with Adrian. Wilson Miner <http://www.wilsonminer.com/>, who designed Django's admin interface, pretty error pages, official Web site (djangoproject.com) and has made many other contributions. He makes us look good. Malcolm Tredinnick <http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/>, who has made significant contributions to all levels of the framework, from its database layer to template system and documentation. Georg "Hugo" Bauer <http://hugo.muensterland.org/>, who added internationalization support, manages i18n contributions and has made a ton of excellent tweaks, feature additions and bug fixes. Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/>, who has contributed many excellent improvements, including database-level improvements, the CSRF middleware and unit tests. Russell Keith-Magee <freakboy@iinet.net.au>, who has contributed many excellent improvements, including refactoring of the Django ORM code and unit tests. Robert Wittams <http://robert.wittams.com/>, who majorly refactored the Django admin application to allow for easier reuse and has made a ton of excellent tweaks, feature additions and bug fixes. And here is an inevitably incomplete list of MUCH-APPRECIATED CONTRIBUTORS -- people who have submitted patches, reported bugs, added translations, helped answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better: alang@bright-green.com Marty Alchin <gulopine@gamemusic.org> Daniel Alves Barbosa de Oliveira Vaz <danielvaz@gmail.com> AgarFu <heaven@croasanaso.sytes.net> Andreas andy@jadedplanet.net Fabrice Aneche <akh@nobugware.com> ant9000@netwise.it Florian Apolloner arien <regexbot@gmail.com> David Ascher <http://ascher.ca/> david@kazserve.org Arthur <avandorp@gmail.com> axiak@mit.edu Jiri Barton Ned Batchelder <http://www.nedbatchelder.com/> Shannon -jj Behrens <http://jjinux.blogspot.com/> Esdras Beleza <linux@esdrasbeleza.com> Chris Bennett <chrisrbennett@yahoo.com> James Bennett Ben <afternoon@uk2.net> Paul Bissex <http://e-scribe.com/> Simon Blanchard Matt Boersma <ogghead@gmail.com> boobsd@gmail.com Andrew Brehaut <http://brehaut.net/blog> brut.alll@gmail.com Jonathan Buchanan <jonathan.buchanan@gmail.com> Trevor Caira <trevor@caira.com> Ricardo Javier Cárdenes Medina <ricardo.cardenes@gmail.com> Graham Carlyle <graham.carlyle@maplecroft.net> Antonio Cavedoni <http://cavedoni.com/> C8E cedric@terramater.net Chris Chamberlin <dja@cdc.msbx.net> Amit Chakradeo <http://amit.chakradeo.net/> ChaosKCW Sengtha Chay <sengtha@e-khmer.com> ivan.chelubeev@gmail.com Bryan Chow <bryan at verdjn dot com> Michal Chruszcz <troll@pld-linux.org> Ian Clelland <clelland@gmail.com> Russell Cloran <russell@rucus.net> colin@owlfish.com crankycoder@gmail.com Paul Collier <paul@paul-collier.com> Pete Crosier <pete.crosier@gmail.com> Matt Croydon <http://www.postneo.com/> Leah Culver <leah@pownce.com> flavio.curella@gmail.com Jure Cuhalev <gandalf@owca.info> John D'Agostino <john.dagostino@gmail.com> dackze+django@gmail.com David Danier <goliath.mailinglist@gmx.de> Dirk Datzert <dummy@habmalnefrage.de> Jonathan Daugherty (cygnus) <http://www.cprogrammer.org/> dave@thebarproject.com Jason Davies (Esaj) <http://www.jasondavies.com/> Alex Dedul deric@monowerks.com Max Derkachev <mderk@yandex.ru> Rajesh Dhawan <rajesh.dhawan@gmail.com> Sander Dijkhuis <sander.dijkhuis@gmail.com> Jordan Dimov <s3x3y1@gmail.com> dne@mayonnaise.net Maximillian Dornseif <md@hudora.de> Jeremy Dunck <http://dunck.us/> Andrew Durdin <adurdin@gmail.com> dusk@woofle.net Andy Dustman <farcepest@gmail.com> Clint Ecker Nick Efford <nick@efford.org> eibaan@gmail.com enlight Enrico <rico.bl@gmail.com> A. Murat Eren <meren@pardus.org.tr> Ludvig Ericson <ludvig.ericson@gmail.com> eriks@win.tue.nl Dirk Eschler <dirk.eschler@gmx.net> Marc Fargas <telenieko@telenieko.com> Szilveszter Farkas <szilveszter.farkas@gmail.com> favo@exoweb.net Dmitri Fedortchenko <zeraien@gmail.com> Bill Fenner <fenner@gmail.com> Stefane Fermgier <sf@fermigier.com> Afonso Fernández Nogueira <fonzzo.django@gmail.com> Matthew Flanagan <http://wadofstuff.blogspot.com> Eric Floehr <eric@intellovations.com> Vincent Foley <vfoleybourgon@yahoo.ca> Jorge Gajon <gajon@gajon.org> gandalf@owca.info Marc Garcia <marc.garcia@accopensys.com> Andy Gayton <andy-django@thecablelounge.com> Baishampayan Ghose Dimitris Glezos <dimitris@glezos.com> glin@seznam.cz martin.glueck@gmail.com Artyom Gnilov <boobsd@gmail.com> GomoX <gomo@datafull.com> Mario Gonzalez <gonzalemario@gmail.com> pradeep.gowda@gmail.com Simon Greenhill <dev@simon.net.nz> Owen Griffiths Espen Grindhaug <http://grindhaug.org/> Thomas Güttler <hv@tbz-pariv.de> dAniel hAhler Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com> Brant Harris Hawkeye Joe Heck <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/> Joel Heenan <joelh-django@planetjoel.com> hipertracker@gmail.com Deryck Hodge <http://www.devurandom.org/> Brett Hoerner <bretthoerner@bretthoerner.com> Ian Holsman <http://feh.holsman.net/> Kieran Holland <http://www.kieranholland.com> Sung-Jin Hong <serialx.net@gmail.com> Richard House <Richard.House@i-logue.com> Robert Rock Howard <http://djangomojo.com/> Rob Hudson <http://rob.cogit8.org/> Jason Huggins <http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/> Hyun Mi Ae Tom Insam Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net> james_027@yahoo.com jcrasta@gmail.com Zak Johnson <zakj@nox.cx> Michael Josephson <http://www.sdjournal.com/> jpellerin@gmail.com junzhang.jn@gmail.com Antti Kaihola <http://akaihola.blogspot.com/> Nagy Károly <charlie@rendszergazda.com> Erik Karulf <erik@karulf.com> Ben Dean Kawamura <ben.dean.kawamura@gmail.com> Ian G. Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> Thomas Kerpe <thomas@kerpe.net> Ben Khoo <khoobks@westnet.com.au> Garth Kidd <http://www.deadlybloodyserious.com/> kilian <kilian.cavalotti@lip6.fr> Sune Kirkeby <http://ibofobi.dk/> Bastian Kleineidam <calvin@debian.org> Cameron Knight (ckknight) Nena Kojadin <nena@kiberpipa.org> Igor Kolar <ike@email.si> Gasper Koren Martin Kosír <martin@martinkosir.net> Meir Kriheli <http://mksoft.co.il/> Bruce Kroeze <http://coderseye.com/> krzysiek.pawlik@silvermedia.pl Joseph Kocherhans konrad@gwu.edu knox <christobzr@gmail.com> David Krauth kurtiss@meetro.com lakin.wecker@gmail.com Nick Lane <nick.lane.au@gmail.com> Stuart Langridge <http://www.kryogenix.org/> Paul Lanier <planier@google.com> Nicola Larosa <nico@teknico.net> Eugene Lazutkin <http://lazutkin.com/blog/> Jeong-Min Lee <falsetru@gmail.com> Jannis Leidel <jl@websushi.org> Christopher Lenz <http://www.cmlenz.net/> lerouxb@gmail.com Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com> limodou Philip Lindborg <philip.lindborg@gmail.com> Trey Long <trey@ktrl.com> msaelices <msaelices@gmail.com> Matt McClanahan <http://mmcc.cx/> Martin Maney <http://www.chipy.org/Martin_Maney> masonsimon+django@gmail.com Manuzhai Petr Marhoun <petr.marhoun@gmail.com> Petar Marić <http://www.petarmaric.com/> Nuno Mariz <nmariz@gmail.com> Marijn Vriens <marijn@metronomo.cl> mark@junklight.com Yasushi Masuda <whosaysni@gmail.com> mattycakes@gmail.com Jason McBrayer <http://www.carcosa.net/jason/> mccutchen@gmail.com michael.mcewan@gmail.com michal@plovarna.cz mikko@sorl.net Slawek Mikula <slawek dot mikula at gmail dot com> mitakummaa@gmail.com mmarshall Andreas Mock <andreas.mock@web.de> Reza Mohammadi <reza@zeerak.ir> Aljosa Mohorovic <aljosa.mohorovic@gmail.com> Ramiro Morales <rm0@gmx.net> Eric Moritz <http://eric.themoritzfamily.com/> mrmachine <real.human@mrmachine.net> Robin Munn <http://www.geekforgod.com/> Robert Myers <myer0052@gmail.com> Nebojša Dorđević Gopal Narayanan <gopastro@gmail.com> Fraser Nevett <mail@nevett.org> Sam Newman <http://www.magpiebrain.com/> Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@google.com> Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan@mac.com> oggie rob <oz.robharvey@gmail.com> Jay Parlar <parlar@gmail.com> pavithran s <pavithran.s@gmail.com> Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org> permonik@mesias.brnonet.cz petr.marhoun@gmail.com pgross@thoughtworks.com phaedo <http://phaedo.cx/> phil@produxion.net phil.h.smith@gmail.com Gustavo Picon Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/> plisk Mihai Preda <mihai_preda@yahoo.com> Daniel Poelzleithner <http://poelzi.org/> polpak@yahoo.com Jyrki Pulliainen <jyrki.pulliainen@gmail.com> Johann Queuniet <johann.queuniet@adh.naellia.eu> Jan Rademaker Michael Radziej <mir@noris.de> Amit Ramon <amit.ramon@gmail.com> Philippe Raoult <philippe.raoult@n2nsoft.com> Massimiliano Ravelli <massimiliano.ravelli@gmail.com> Brian Ray <http://brianray.chipy.org/> remco@diji.biz rhettg@gmail.com ricardojbarrios@gmail.com Matt Riggott Henrique Romano <onaiort@gmail.com> Armin Ronacher Brian Rosner <brosner@gmail.com> Oliver Rutherfurd <http://rutherfurd.net/> ryankanno Manuel Saelices <msaelices@yaco.es> Ivan Sagalaev (Maniac) <http://www.softwaremaniacs.org/> Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip@yahoo.co.uk> David Schein scott@staplefish.com Ilya Semenov <semenov@inetss.com> serbaut@gmail.com John Shaffer <jshaffer2112@gmail.com> Pete Shinners <pete@shinners.org> jason.sidabras@gmail.com Jozko Skrablin <jozko.skrablin@gmail.com> Ben Slavin <benjamin.slavin@gmail.com> SmileyChris <smileychris@gmail.com> smurf@smurf.noris.de Vsevolod Solovyov sopel Leo Soto <leo.soto@gmail.com> Wiliam Alves de Souza <wiliamsouza83@gmail.com> Don Spaulding <donspauldingii@gmail.com> Bjørn Stabell <bjorn@exoweb.net> Georgi Stanojevski <glisha@gmail.com> Vasiliy Stavenko <stavenko@gmail.com> Thomas Steinacher <http://www.eggdrop.ch/> nowell strite Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@google.com> Sundance SuperJared Radek Švarz <http://www.svarz.cz/translate/> Swaroop C H <http://www.swaroopch.info> Aaron Swartz <http://www.aaronsw.com/> Ville Säävuori <http://www.unessa.net/> Tyler Tarabula <tyler.tarabula@gmail.com> Tyson Tate <tyson@fallingbullets.com> Frank Tegtmeyer <fte@fte.to> terryh.tp@gmail.com thebjorn <bp@datakortet.no> Zach Thompson <zthompson47@gmail.com> Michael Thornhill Deepak Thukral <deep.thukral@gmail.com> tibimicu@gmax.net tobias@neuyork.de Tom Tobin Joe Topjian <http://joe.terrarum.net/geek/code/python/django/> torne-django@wolfpuppy.org.uk Karen Tracey <graybark@bellsouth.net> tstromberg@google.com Makoto Tsuyuki <mtsuyuki@gmail.com> tt@gurgle.no Amit Upadhyay Geert Vanderkelen viestards.lists@gmail.com George Vilches <gav@thataddress.com> Vlado <vlado@labath.org> Milton Waddams wam-djangobug@wamber.net Wang Chun <wangchun@exoweb.net> Filip Wasilewski <filip.wasilewski@gmail.com> Dan Watson <http://theidioteque.net/> Chris Wesseling <Chris.Wesseling@cwi.nl> James Wheare <django@sparemint.com> charly.wilhelm@gmail.com Rachel Willmer <http://www.willmer.com/kb/> Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@gmail.com> Jakub Wiśniowski <restless.being@gmail.com> Maciej Wiśniowski <pigletto@gmail.com> wojtek Jason Yan <tailofthesun@gmail.com> ye7cakf02@sneakemail.com ymasuda@ethercube.com Jarek Zgoda <jarek.zgoda@gmail.com> Cheng Zhang A big THANK YOU goes to: Rob Curley and Ralph Gage for letting us open-source Django. Frank Wiles for making excellent arguments for open-sourcing, and for his sage sysadmin advice. Ian Bicking for convincing Adrian to ditch code generation. Mark Pilgrim for diveintopython.org. Guido van Rossum for creating Python.