Project Generation Options

project_name:
Your project’s human-readable name, capitals and spaces allowed.
project_slug:
Your project’s slug without dashes or spaces. Used to name your repo and in other places where a Python-importable version of your project name is needed.
description:
Describes your project and gets used in places like README.rst and such.
author_name:
This is you! The value goes into places like LICENSE and such.
email:
The email address you want to identify yourself in the project.
domain_name:
The domain name you plan to use for your project once it goes live. Note that it can be safely changed later on whenever you need to.
version:
The version of the project at its inception.
open_source_license:

A software license for the project. The choices are:

  1. MIT
  2. BSD
  3. GPLv3
  4. Apache Software License 2.0
  5. Not open source
timezone:
The value to be used for the TIME_ZONE setting of the project.
windows:
Indicates whether the project should be configured for development on Windows.
use_pycharm:
Indicates whether the project should be configured for development with PyCharm.
use_docker:
Indicates whether the project should be configured to use Docker and Docker Compose.
postgresql_version:

Select a PostgreSQL version to use. The choices are:

  1. 11.3
  2. 10.8
  3. 9.6
  4. 9.5
  5. 9.4
js_task_runner:

Select a JavaScript task runner. The choices are:

  1. None
  2. Gulp
cloud_provider:

Select a cloud provider for static & media files. The choices are:

  1. AWS
  2. GCP
  3. None

Note that if you choose no cloud provider, media files won’t work.

custom_bootstrap_compilation:
Indicates whether the project should support Bootstrap recompilation via the selected JavaScript task runner’s task. This can be useful for real-time Bootstrap variable alteration.
use_compressor:
Indicates whether the project should be configured to use Django Compressor.
use_celery:
Indicates whether the project should be configured to use Celery.
use_mailhog:
Indicates whether the project should be configured to use MailHog.
use_sentry:
Indicates whether the project should be configured to use Sentry.
use_whitenoise:
Indicates whether the project should be configured to use WhiteNoise.
use_heroku:
Indicates whether the project should be configured so as to be deployable to Heroku.
use_travisci:
Indicates whether the project should be configured to use Travis CI.
keep_local_envs_in_vcs:
Indicates whether the project’s .envs/.local/ should be kept in VCS (comes in handy when working in teams where local environment reproducibility is strongly encouraged). Note: .env(s) are only utilized when Docker Compose and/or Heroku support is enabled.
debug:
Indicates whether the project should be configured for debugging. This option is relevant for Cookiecutter Django developers only.