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 - [`VueJS`](https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose/tree/master/vuejs)
 - [`Flask`](https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose/tree/master/flask)
 - [`PHP`](https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose/tree/master/apache-php)
+- [`Django`](https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose/tree/master/django)
 ## Basic setups for different platforms (not production ready - useful for personal use) 
 - [`Gitea / PostgreSQL`](https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose/tree/master/gitea-postgres)
 - [`Nextcloud / PostgreSQL`](https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose/tree/master/nextcloud-postgres)
diff --git a/django/README.md b/django/README.md
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+## Compose sample application
+### Django application in dev mode
+
+Project structure:
+```
+.
+├── docker-compose.yaml
+├── app
+    ├── Dockerfile
+    ├── requirements.txt
+    └── manage.py
+
+```
+
+[_docker-compose.yaml_](docker-compose.yaml)
+```
+services: 
+  web: 
+    build: app 
+    ports: 
+      - '8000:8000'
+```
+
+## Deploy with docker-compose
+
+```
+$ docker-compose up -d
+Creating network "django_default" with the default driver
+Building web
+Step 1/6 : FROM python:3.7-alpine
+...
+...
+Status: Downloaded newer image for python:3.7-alpine
+Creating django_web_1 ... done
+
+```
+
+## Expected result
+
+Listing containers must show two containers running and the port mapping as below:
+```
+$ docker ps
+CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                    NAMES
+3adaea94142d        django_web          "python3 manage.py r…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   0.0.0.0:8000->8000/tcp   django_web_1
+```
+
+After the application starts, navigate to `http://localhost:8000` in your web browser:
+
+Stop and remove the containers
+```
+$ docker-compose down
+```
diff --git a/django/app/Dockerfile b/django/app/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.7-alpine 
+EXPOSE 8000
+WORKDIR /app 
+COPY requirements.txt /app
+RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt 
+COPY . /app 
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3"] 
+CMD ["manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000"]
diff --git a/django/app/example/__init__.py b/django/app/example/__init__.py
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diff --git a/django/app/example/settings.py b/django/app/example/settings.py
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+"""
+Django settings for example project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 1.11.22.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from environs import Env
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+from dotenv import find_dotenv
+
+
+env = Env()
+load_dotenv(find_dotenv())
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = env('SECRET_KEY',
+                'h8+mu_iy6%5j%7+hp**+gsq$nmy!!mjd8z_qkd94@z!%9%!+qn')
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = env.bool('DEBUG', True)
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = env.list("ALLOWED_HOSTS", ("localhost", "127.0.0.1"))
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'example.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'example.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
diff --git a/django/app/example/urls.py b/django/app/example/urls.py
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+"""example URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^$', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^$', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.conf.urls import url, include
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/django/app/example/wsgi.py b/django/app/example/wsgi.py
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+"""
+WSGI config for example project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "example.settings")
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/django/app/manage.py b/django/app/manage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "example.settings")
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError:
+        # The above import may fail for some other reason. Ensure that the
+        # issue is really that Django is missing to avoid masking other
+        # exceptions on Python 2.
+        try:
+            import django
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+                "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+                "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+            )
+        raise
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/django/app/requirements.txt b/django/app/requirements.txt
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+Django==3.0.5
+environs==7.3.1
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diff --git a/django/docker-compose.yml b/django/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3.7' 
+services: 
+  web: 
+    build: app 
+    ports: 
+      - '8000:8000'