zostera/django-bootstrap3

Bootstrap 3 integration with Django.

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updated Oct 13, 2026

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django-bootstrap3

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Bootstrap 3 for Django.

Goal

The goal of this project is to seamlessly blend Django and Bootstrap 3.

Maintenance Mode

Bootstrap 3 has been superseded by Bootstrap 4, which has since been superseded by Bootstrap 5. As a result, this package is now in maintenance mode and will only receive bug fixes and security updates. No new features or enhancements will be added. We recommend that new projects use Bootstrap 5 and encourage existing projects to consider migrating when feasible.

For Bootstrap 4, please refer to our dedicated package: django-bootstrap4.

For Bootstrap 5, please refer to our dedicated package: django-bootstrap5.

To migrate, see From django-bootstrap3 in the django-bootstrap5 migration guide. It covers the settings that disappear or change meaning, renamed tag arguments such as size="large", and the removed {% buttons %} tag.

For icons, we recommend our dedicated package: django-icons.

Requirements

This package requires a combination of Python and Django that is currently supported.

See "Supported Versions" on https://www.djangoproject.com/download/.

Documentation

The full documentation is at https://django-bootstrap3.readthedocs.io/

Installation

  1. Install using pip:

    pip install django-bootstrap3
    

    Alternatively, you can install download or clone this repo and call pip install -e ..

  2. Add to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py:

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        "bootstrap3",
        # ...
    )
    
  3. In your templates, load the bootstrap3 library and use the bootstrap_* tags:

Example template

{% load bootstrap3 %}

{# Display a form #}

<form action="/url/to/submit/" method="post" class="form">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {% bootstrap_form form %}
    {% buttons %}
        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
    {% endbuttons %}
</form>

Example app

An example app is provided in the folder example. You can run the example app with this command:

just example

Bugs and suggestions

If you have found a bug or if you have a request for additional functionality, please use the issue tracker on GitHub.

https://github.com/zostera/django-bootstrap3/issues

License

You can use this under BSD-3-Clause. See LICENSE file for details.

Author

Developed and maintained by Zostera.

Original author: Dylan Verheul.

Thanks to everybody that has contributed pull requests, ideas, issues, comments and kind words.

Please see AUTHORS for a list of contributors.

bootstrap3
django
python

zostera/django-bootstrap3

Bootstrap 3 integration with Django.

Python

2,326

1,073 commits

updated Oct 13, 2026

See the code

README

django-bootstrap3

CI Coverage Status Latest PyPI version

Bootstrap 3 for Django.

Goal

The goal of this project is to seamlessly blend Django and Bootstrap 3.

Maintenance Mode

Bootstrap 3 has been superseded by Bootstrap 4, which has since been superseded by Bootstrap 5. As a result, this package is now in maintenance mode and will only receive bug fixes and security updates. No new features or enhancements will be added. We recommend that new projects use Bootstrap 5 and encourage existing projects to consider migrating when feasible.

For Bootstrap 4, please refer to our dedicated package: django-bootstrap4.

For Bootstrap 5, please refer to our dedicated package: django-bootstrap5.

To migrate, see From django-bootstrap3 in the django-bootstrap5 migration guide. It covers the settings that disappear or change meaning, renamed tag arguments such as size="large", and the removed {% buttons %} tag.

For icons, we recommend our dedicated package: django-icons.

Requirements

This package requires a combination of Python and Django that is currently supported.

See "Supported Versions" on https://www.djangoproject.com/download/.

Documentation

The full documentation is at https://django-bootstrap3.readthedocs.io/

Installation

  1. Install using pip:

    pip install django-bootstrap3
    

    Alternatively, you can install download or clone this repo and call pip install -e ..

  2. Add to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py:

    INSTALLED_APPS = (
        # ...
        "bootstrap3",
        # ...
    )
    
  3. In your templates, load the bootstrap3 library and use the bootstrap_* tags:

Example template

{% load bootstrap3 %}

{# Display a form #}

<form action="/url/to/submit/" method="post" class="form">
    {% csrf_token %}
    {% bootstrap_form form %}
    {% buttons %}
        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
    {% endbuttons %}
</form>

Example app

An example app is provided in the folder example. You can run the example app with this command:

just example

Bugs and suggestions

If you have found a bug or if you have a request for additional functionality, please use the issue tracker on GitHub.

https://github.com/zostera/django-bootstrap3/issues

License

You can use this under BSD-3-Clause. See LICENSE file for details.

Author

Developed and maintained by Zostera.

Original author: Dylan Verheul.

Thanks to everybody that has contributed pull requests, ideas, issues, comments and kind words.

Please see AUTHORS for a list of contributors.

bootstrap3
django
python

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5.0/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

0/10
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Latest release

26.3.0 · Oct 11, 2026

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