Django Admin Theme Roundup 2025

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One of Django’s most appreciated features is the built-in admin functionality. In fact, it was ranked as the most useful contrib app in the 2023 Django developer survey.

With a few lines of code, Django automatically generates an administrative interface to add, update, and edit objects in your database. While it's not meant to replace a full-featured frontend, the admin makes rapid prototyping possible and provides a lot of functionality out of the box.

However, the admin’s focus is not on a flashy user interface and some people have found it to be a little plain – some have even called it ugly! But fortunately, like all Django applications, the admin’s CSS and HTML templates can be overridden and tweaked. Here are a few projects which have done that, and are recently updated as of early 2025.

Chime in on the Django forum thread here with your favorite Django admin theme or if I missed any other options!

Note that these packages are listed in the order of the “easiest” integration to the hardest. However, the later libraries also tend to provide more features.

Dracula

A dark (and light) theme for the Django Admin based on the very popular Dracula which has themes for 400+ applications. This library is a quick win to give the admin a bit of pizazz without requiring much setup or changing the default admin functionality.

• Dracula Homepage
• Dracula Code</a...

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