Django Messaging by Websightful UG

Looking for a straightforward way to add real‑time chat to your Django app? Django Messaging delivers

If you’re a Django developer or product team, building chat from scratch is time‑consuming and full of edge cases. Django Messaging gives you a reliable, flexible messaging layer you can integrate quickly, with sensible defaults and clear extension points.

Why It’s Worth Your Attention

Built to work on both ASGI and classic WSGI, Django Messaging provides live conversations over WebSocket with a simple polling fallback. It handles delivery, read receipts, reactions, editing and deletion, file attachments, and search so you can focus on your product instead of plumbing.

It enables you to focus on your core app while Django Messaging handles:

Instant delivery and read receipts
Reactions, edits, and deletions with live updates
File attachments and message search
Group roles and member management

Save Months of Development

Instead of assembling chat primitives, Django Messaging ships a ready‑to‑use solution. Features include:

Direct messages, group chats, and chat rooms attached to any content object
Embeddable DM and room widgets via template includes
Works on ASGI and WSGI with a single setting
Clean API, views, and DRF endpoints

Customizable and Developer‑Friendly

The UI is built with Tailwind CSS and every template is overridable. Settings are well‑scoped with safe defaults, and the code plays nicely with Django‑CSP and i18n.

Designed for Production Django Projects From internal tools to marketplaces and communities, Django Messaging scales with your needs and supports real‑time experiences without exotic hosting.

Trusted by Its Creators

Django Messaging is used in production by its authors on PyBazaar and Make‑Impact.org, which keeps the focus on practical reliability.

Why It’s a Smart Choice

MIT licensed, proven in production, and saves weeks of engineering time while staying easy to maintain.

Explore the documentation and demo:

Docs: https://websightful.github.io/django-messaging-docs/
Demo project: https://github.com/websightful/django-messaging-demo-project

Visit the website: https://websightful.gumroad.com/l/django-messaging