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 * Simon Willison * Jacob Kaplan-Moss * Wilson Miner * Malcolm Tredinnick * Georg "Hugo" Bauer * Luke Plant * Russell Keith-Magee * Robert Wittams * Gary Wilson * Brian Rosner * Karen Tracey More information on the main contributors to Django can be found in docs/internals/committers.txt. 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: ajs <adi@sieker.info> alang@bright-green.com Marty Alchin <gulopine@gamemusic.org> Ahmad Alhashemi <trans@ahmadh.com> Daniel Alves Barbosa de Oliveira Vaz <danielvaz@gmail.com> AgarFu <heaven@croasanaso.sytes.net> Dagur Páll Ammendrup <dagurp@gmail.com> Collin Anderson <cmawebsite@gmail.com> Nicolas Lara <nicolaslara@gmail.com> Jeff Anderson <jefferya@programmerq.net> Marian Andre <django@andre.sk> Andreas Victor Andrée andy@jadedplanet.net Fabrice Aneche <akh@nobugware.com> ant9000@netwise.it Florian Apolloner <florian@apolloner.eu> arien <regexbot@gmail.com> David Ascher <http://ascher.ca/> atlithorn <atlithorn@gmail.com> Jökull Sólberg Auðunsson <jokullsolberg@gmail.com> Arthur <avandorp@gmail.com> av0000@mail.ru David Avsajanishvili <avsd05@gmail.com> Mike Axiak <axiak@mit.edu> Niran Babalola <niran@niran.org> Morten Bagai <m@bagai.com> Mikaël Barbero <mikael.barbero nospam at nospam free.fr> Scott Barr <scott@divisionbyzero.com.au> Jiri Barton Ned Batchelder <http://www.nedbatchelder.com/> batiste@dosimple.ch Batman Brian Beck <http://blog.brianbeck.com/> Shannon -jj Behrens <http://jjinux.blogspot.com/> Esdras Beleza <linux@esdrasbeleza.com> Chris Bennett <chrisrbennett@yahoo.com> James Bennett Julian Bez Arvis Bickovskis <viestards.lists@gmail.com> Natalia Bidart Paul Bissex <http://e-scribe.com/> Simon Blanchard David Blewett <david@dawninglight.net> Matt Boersma <matt@sprout.org> boobsd@gmail.com Matías Bordese Andrew Brehaut <http://brehaut.net/blog> brut.alll@gmail.com btoll@bestweb.net Jonathan Buchanan <jonathan.buchanan@gmail.com> Keith Bussell <kbussell@gmail.com> Chris Cahoon <chris.cahoon@gmail.com> Juan Manuel Caicedo <juan.manuel.caicedo@gmail.com> Trevor Caira <trevor@caira.com> Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> Ricardo Javier Cárdenes Medina <ricardo.cardenes@gmail.com> Jeremy Carbaugh <jcarbaugh@gmail.com> Carl Meyer <carl@dirtcircle.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 Kowito Charoenratchatabhan <kowito@felspar.com> Sengtha Chay <sengtha@e-khmer.com> ivan.chelubeev@gmail.com Bryan Chow <bryan at verdjn dot com> Antonis Christofides <anthony@itia.ntua.gr> Michal Chruszcz <troll@pld-linux.org> Can Burak Çilingir <canburak@cs.bilgi.edu.tr> Ian Clelland <clelland@gmail.com> Russell Cloran <russell@rucus.net> colin@owlfish.com crankycoder@gmail.com Paul Collier <paul@paul-collier.com> Robert Coup 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 Mihai Damian <yang_damian@yahoo.com> David Danier <goliath.mailinglist@gmx.de> Dirk Datzert <dummy@habmalnefrage.de> Jonathan Daugherty (cygnus) <http://www.cprogrammer.org/> dave@thebarproject.com david@kazserve.org Jason Davies (Esaj) <http://www.jasondavies.com/> Richard Davies <richard.davies@elastichosts.com> Alex Dedul Matt Dennenbaum 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 dready <wil@mojipage.com> 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 Julia Elman enlight Enrico <rico.bl@gmail.com> A. Murat Eren <meren@pardus.org.tr> Ludvig Ericson <ludvig.ericson@gmail.com> eriks@win.tue.nl Tomáš Ehrlich <tomas.ehrlich@gmail.com> Dirk Eschler <dirk.eschler@gmx.net> Marc Fargas <telenieko@telenieko.com> Szilveszter Farkas <szilveszter.farkas@gmail.com> Grigory Fateyev <greg@dial.com.ru> favo@exoweb.net fdr <drfarina@gmail.com> Dmitri Fedortchenko <zeraien@gmail.com> Jonathan Feignberg <jdf@pobox.com> Liang Feng <hutuworm@gmail.com> Bill Fenner <fenner@gmail.com> Stefane Fermgier <sf@fermigier.com> Afonso Fernández Nogueira <fonzzo.django@gmail.com> J. Pablo Fernandez <pupeno@pupeno.com> Maciej Fijalkowski Matthew Flanagan <http://wadofstuff.blogspot.com> Eric Floehr <eric@intellovations.com> Eric Florenzano <floguy@gmail.com> Vincent Foley <vfoleybourgon@yahoo.ca> Rudolph Froger <rfroger@estrate.nl> Jorge Gajon <gajon@gajon.org> gandalf@owca.info Marc Garcia <marc.garcia@accopensys.com> Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> Andy Gayton <andy-django@thecablelounge.com> Idan Gazit Baishampayan Ghose Dimitris Glezos <dimitris@glezos.com> glin@seznam.cz martin.glueck@gmail.com Artyom Gnilov <boobsd@gmail.com> Ben Godfrey <http://aftnn.org> GomoX <gomo@datafull.com> Guilherme Mesquita Gondim <semente@taurinus.org> Mario Gonzalez <gonzalemario@gmail.com> pradeep.gowda@gmail.com Collin Grady <collin@collingrady.com> Simon Greenhill <dev@simon.net.nz> Owen Griffiths Espen Grindhaug <http://grindhaug.org/> Thomas Güttler <hv@tbz-pariv.de> Horst Gutmann <zerok@zerokspot.com> Scot Hacker <shacker@birdhouse.org> dAniel hAhler hambaloney Brian Harring <ferringb@gmail.com> Brant Harris Hawkeye Joe Heck <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/> Joel Heenan <joelh-django@planetjoel.com> Mikko Hellsing <mikko@sorl.net> Sebastian Hillig <sebastian.hillig@gmail.com> hipertracker@gmail.com Deryck Hodge <http://www.devurandom.org/> Brett Hoerner <bretthoerner@bretthoerner.com> Eric Holscher <http://ericholscher.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/> John Huddleston <huddlej@wwu.edu> Rob Hudson <http://rob.cogit8.org/> Jason Huggins <http://www.jrandolph.com/blog/> Hyun Mi Ae Ibon <ibonso@gmail.com> Tom Insam Baurzhan Ismagulov <ibr@radix50.net> james_027@yahoo.com jcrasta@gmail.com jdetaeye jhenry <jhenry@theonion.com> Zak Johnson <zakj@nox.cx> Nis Jørgensen <nis@superlativ.dk> Michael Josephson <http://www.sdjournal.com/> jpellerin@gmail.com junzhang.jn@gmail.com Antti Kaihola <http://akaihola.blogspot.com/> Bahadır Kandemir <bahadir@pardus.org.tr> Karderio <karderio@gmail.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> Ryan Kelly <ryan@rfk.id.au> Thomas Kerpe <thomas@kerpe.net> Ossama M. Khayat <okhayat@yahoo.com> 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 Kevin Kubasik <kevin@kubasik.net> kurtiss@meetro.com Denis Kuzmichyov <kuzmichyov@gmail.com> Panos Laganakos <panos.laganakos@gmail.com> lakin.wecker@gmail.com Nick Lane <nick.lane.au@gmail.com> Stuart Langridge <http://www.kryogenix.org/> Paul Lanier <planier@google.com> David Larlet <http://david.larlet.fr> Nicola Larosa <nico@teknico.net> Finn Gruwier Larsen <finn@gruwier.dk> Lau Bech Lauritzen Rune Rønde Laursen <runerl@skjoldhoej.dk> Eugene Lazutkin <http://lazutkin.com/blog/> lcordier@point45.com Jeong-Min Lee <falsetru@gmail.com> Tai Lee <real.human@mrmachine.net> Jannis Leidel <jl@websushi.org> Christopher Lenz <http://www.cmlenz.net/> lerouxb@gmail.com Piotr Lewandowski <piotr.lewandowski@gmail.com> Justin Lilly <justinlilly@gmail.com> Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com> limodou Philip Lindborg <philip.lindborg@gmail.com> Simon Litchfield <simon@quo.com.au> Daniel Lindsley <polarcowz@gmail.com> Trey Long <trey@ktrl.com> msaelices <msaelices@gmail.com> Martin Mahner <http://www.mahner.org/> Matt McClanahan <http://mmcc.cx/> Frantisek Malina <vizualbod@vizualbod.com> 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 Orestis Markou <orestis@orestis.gr> Takashi Matsuo <matsuo.takashi@gmail.com> Yasushi Masuda <whosaysni@gmail.com> mattycakes@gmail.com Jason McBrayer <http://www.carcosa.net/jason/> Kevin McConnell <kevin.mcconnell@gmail.com> mccutchen@gmail.com Christian Metts michael.mcewan@gmail.com michal@plovarna.cz 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/> Robin Munn <http://www.geekforgod.com/> James Murty msundstr Robert Myers <myer0052@gmail.com> Alexander Myodov <alex@myodov.com> Nebojša Dorđević Doug Napoleone <doug@dougma.com> Gopal Narayanan <gopastro@gmail.com> Fraser Nevett <mail@nevett.org> Sam Newman <http://www.magpiebrain.com/> Afonso Fernández Nogueira <fonzzo.django@gmail.com> Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@google.com> Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan@mac.com> oggie rob <oz.robharvey@gmail.com> oggy <ognjen.maric@gmail.com> Jay Parlar <parlar@gmail.com> Claude Paroz <claude@2xlibre.net> Carlos Eduardo de Paula <carlosedp@gmail.com> pavithran s <pavithran.s@gmail.com> Barry Pederson <bp@barryp.org> permonik@mesias.brnonet.cz peter@mymart.com pgross@thoughtworks.com phaedo <http://phaedo.cx/> Julien Phalip <http://www.julienphalip.com> phil@produxion.net phil.h.smith@gmail.com Gustavo Picon Michael Placentra II <someone@michaelplacentra2.net> Luke Plant <http://lukeplant.me.uk/> plisk Daniel Poelzleithner <http://poelzi.org/> polpak@yahoo.com Ross Poulton <ross@rossp.org> Mihai Preda <mihai_preda@yahoo.com> Matthias Pronk <django@masida.nl> Jyrki Pulliainen <jyrki.pulliainen@gmail.com> Thejaswi Puthraya <thejaswi.puthraya@gmail.com> Johann Queuniet <johann.queuniet@adh.naellia.eu> Jan Rademaker Michael Radziej <mir@noris.de> Laurent Rahuel <laurent.rahuel@gmail.com> Stéphane Raimbault <stephane.raimbault@gmail.com> Luciano Ramalho 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 Marc Remolt <m.remolt@webmasters.de> David Reynolds <david@reynoldsfamily.org.uk> rhettg@gmail.com ricardojbarrios@gmail.com Mike Richardson Matt Riggott Henrique Romano <onaiort@gmail.com> Armin Ronacher Daniel Roseman <http://roseman.org.uk/> Brian Rosner <brosner@gmail.com> Rozza <ross.lawley@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> Kadesarin Sanjek Massimo Scamarcia <massimo.scamarcia@gmail.com> David Schein Bernd Schlapsi scott@staplefish.com Ilya Semenov <semenov@inetss.com> serbaut@gmail.com John Shaffer <jshaffer2112@gmail.com> Pete Shinners <pete@shinners.org> Leo Shklovskii jason.sidabras@gmail.com Brenton Simpson <http://theillustratedlife.com> Jozko Skrablin <jozko.skrablin@gmail.com> Ben Slavin <benjamin.slavin@gmail.com> sloonz <simon.lipp@insa-lyon.fr> SmileyChris <smileychris@gmail.com> Warren Smith <warren@wandrsmith.net> 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> starrynight <cmorgh@gmail.com> Vasiliy Stavenko <stavenko@gmail.com> Thomas Steinacher <http://www.eggdrop.ch/> Johan C. Stöver <johan@nilling.nl> nowell strite Thomas Stromberg <tstromberg@google.com> Pascal Varet 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/> Mart Sõmermaa <http://mrts.pri.ee/> Christian Tanzer <tanzer@swing.co.at> Tyler Tarabula <tyler.tarabula@gmail.com> Tyson Tate <tyson@fallingbullets.com> Aryeh Leib Taurog <http://www.aryehleib.com/> Frank Tegtmeyer <fte@fte.to> Marcel Telka <marcel@telka.sk> Terry Huang <terryh.tp@gmail.com> Travis Terry <tdterry7@gmail.com> thebjorn <bp@datakortet.no> Zach Thompson <zthompson47@gmail.com> Michael Thornhill Deepak Thukral <deep.thukral@gmail.com> tibimicu@gmx.net tobias@neuyork.de Tom Tobin Joe Topjian <http://joe.terrarum.net/geek/code/python/django/> torne-django@wolfpuppy.org.uk Jeff Triplett <jeff.triplett@gmail.com> tstromberg@google.com Makoto Tsuyuki <mtsuyuki@gmail.com> tt@gurgle.no David Tulig <david.tulig@gmail.com> Amit Upadhyay <http://www.amitu.com/blog/> Geert Vanderkelen Vasil Vangelovski I.S. van Oostveen <v.oostveen@idca.nl> viestards.lists@gmail.com George Vilches <gav@thataddress.com> Vlado <vlado@labath.org> Milton Waddams Chris Wagner <cw264701@ohio.edu> Rick Wagner <rwagner@physics.ucsd.edu> wam-djangobug@wamber.net Wang Chun <wangchun@exoweb.net> Filip Wasilewski <filip.wasilewski@gmail.com> Dan Watson <http://theidioteque.net/> Joel Watts <joel@joelwatts.com> Chris Wesseling <Chris.Wesseling@cwi.nl> James Wheare <django@sparemint.com> Mike Wiacek <mjwiacek@google.com> Frank Wierzbicki charly.wilhelm@gmail.com Rachel Willmer <http://www.willmer.com/kb/> Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@gmail.com> Jakub Wilk <ubanus@users.sf.net> Jakub Wiśniowski <restless.being@gmail.com> Maciej Wiśniowski <pigletto@gmail.com> wojtek Jason Yan <tailofthesun@gmail.com> Lars Yencken <lars.yencken@gmail.com> ye7cakf02@sneakemail.com ymasuda@ethercube.com Jesse Young <adunar@gmail.com> Mykola Zamkovoi <nickzam@gmail.com> Gasper Zejn <zejn@kiberpipa.org> 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.