# pytest-django

> A Django plugin for pytest.

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/pytest-django
- **Author**: pypi
- **Category**: Frameworks
- **Latest version**: `4.12.0` (2026-04-21)
- **License**: non-standard
- **Source**: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django
- **Homepage**: https://pypi.org/project/pytest-django/
- **Language**: Python
- **GitHub**: 1,527 stars, 358 forks
- **Registry**: pypi (`pytest-django`)
- **Tags**: `pypi`

## Description

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Welcome to pytest-django!
=========================

pytest-django allows you to test your Django project/applications with the
`pytest testing tool <https://pytest.org/>`_.

* `Quick start / tutorial
  <https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial.html>`_
* `Changelog <https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog.html>`_
* Full documentation: https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
* `Contribution docs
  <https://pytest-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html>`_
* Version compatibility:

  * Django: 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0 and latest main branch (compatible at the time
    of each release)
  * Python: CPython>=3.10 or PyPy 3
  * pytest: >=7.0

  For compatibility with older versions, use previous pytest-django releases.

* Licence: BSD
* `All contributors <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/contributors>`_
* GitHub repository: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django
* `Issue tracker <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/issues>`_
* `Python Package Index (PyPI) <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest-django/>`_

Install pytest-django
---------------------

::

    pip install pytest-django

Why would I use this instead of Django's `manage.py test` command?
------------------------------------------------------------------

Running your test suite with pytest-django allows you to tap into the features
that are already present in pytest. Here are some advantages:

* `Manage test dependencies with pytest fixtures. <https://pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/fixtures.html>`_
* Less boilerplate tests: no need to import unittest, create a subclass with methods. Write tests as regular functions.
* Database re-use: no need to re-create the test database for every test run.
* Run tests in multiple processes for increased speed (with the pytest-xdist plugin).
* Make use of other `pytest plugins <https://pytest.org/en/latest/how-to/plugins.html>`_.
* Works with both worlds: Existing unittest-style TestCase's still work without any modifications.

See the `pytest documentation <https://pytest.org/en/latest/>`_ for more information on pytest itself.

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `4.12.0` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (4.12.0) |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |
| `v4.11.1` | 2025-04-03 | Low | https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-django/blob/main/docs/changelog.rst#v4111-2025-04-03 |

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