Quick start guide

For using Grappelli 3.0.5, Django 4.0 needs to be installed and an Admin Site has to be activated.

Installation

$ pip install django-grappelli

Go to https://github.com/sehmaschine/django-grappelli if you need to download a package or clone/fork the repository.

Setup

Open settings.py and add grappelli to your INSTALLED_APPS (before django.contrib.admin):

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'grappelli',
    'django.contrib.admin',
)

Add URL-patterns. The grappelli URLs are needed for related–lookups and autocompletes. Your admin interface is available with the URL you defined for admin.site:

from django.conf.urls import include

urlpatterns = [
    path('grappelli/', include('grappelli.urls')), # grappelli URLS
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls), # admin site
]

Add the request context processor (needed for the Dashboard and the Switch User feature):

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        ...
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                ...
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                ...
            ],
        },
    },
]

Collect the media files:

$ python manage.py collectstatic

Testing

Start the devserver and login to your admin site:

$ python manage.py runserver <IP-address>:8000

Check if everything looks/works as expected. If you’re having problems, see Troubleshooting.