Django + Vite + Tailwind CSS (+ React)

A modern, minimal Django starter with a full-featured Vite pipeline for JavaScript and CSS

What You Get

Lightning Fast Development

Hot Module Replacement (HMR) for instant updates without page refreshes

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Tailwind CSS Ready

Production-optimized builds with automatic class pruning

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React Support

Optional React integration with JSX support out of the box

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Production Ready

Optimized build pipeline for deployment to any platform

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Modern JavaScript

Use ES modules, imports, and all modern JS features

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Minimal & Focused

Intentionally bare—perfect for learning or building upon

How It Works

This guide explains the complete set up process and rationale behind the choices made.

Read: Modern JavaScript for Django Developers →
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Building a SaaS Product?

This starter is great for learning, but if you're building a real application, check out SaaS Pegasus —a full-featured Django SaaS boilerplate that includes everything you need:

  • User authentication, teams, and role-based permissions
  • Stripe subscriptions and payment processing
  • AI features, like agents, chat, images, and code assistance
  • Production deployment to various platforms
  • And much more
Learn more about SaaS Pegasus →

Disclosure: This page was quickly vibe-coded by an AI. Which is something you can easily do with a Tailwind pipeline set up! ✨

Everything else in the project was manually written and reviewed.

Open source under the MIT License

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