Django OAuth Toolkit

July 28, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

OAuth2 goodies for the Djangonauts!

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Django OAuth Toolkit is an OAuth 2.0 authorization server for teams already running Django. It provides, out of the box, the endpoints, models, and logic to issue and manage OAuth2 tokens from your existing Django project, instead of standing up and operating a separate service.

As of 3.4.0, Django OAuth Toolkit supports the authorization server role required by the Model Context Protocol (MCP) authorization specification: PKCE is required by default, and the authorization server metadata (RFC 8414) and protected resource metadata (RFC 9728) discovery endpoints are included in the default URLconf. Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591/7592) and Client ID Metadata Documents can be enabled with the DCR_ENABLED and CIMD_ENABLED settings. See the 3.4.0 release discussion <https://github.com/django-oauth/django-oauth-toolkit/discussions/1775>_ for the supported specifications and current gaps.

Django OAuth Toolkit can also act as a resource server to protect a Django or Django REST Framework API with OAuth2. It makes extensive use of the excellent OAuthLib <https://github.com/idan/oauthlib>, so that everything is rfc-compliant <https://rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6749.html>.

Reporting security issues

Please use GitHub's private vulnerability reporting form <https://github.com/django-oauth/django-oauth-toolkit/security/advisories/new>_ and follow the repository security policy <https://github.com/django-oauth/django-oauth-toolkit/security/policy>. Do not file a public issue or pull request for an undisclosed vulnerability. If private reporting is unavailable, email the Django OAuth security team <mailto:django-oauth-security@googlegroups.com>.

Requirements

  • Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 or 3.14
  • Django 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 or 6.0
  • oauthlib 3.2.2+

Installation

Install with pip::

pip install django-oauth-toolkit

Add oauth2_provider to your INSTALLED_APPS

.. code-block:: python

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'oauth2_provider',
)

If you need an OAuth 2.0 authorization server you'll want to add the following to your urls.py.

.. code-block:: python

from oauth2_provider import urls as oauth2_urls

urlpatterns = [
    ...
    path('o/', include(oauth2_urls)),
]

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md <https://github.com/django-oauth/django-oauth-toolkit/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md>_.

Documentation

The full documentation <https://django-oauth-toolkit.readthedocs.io/>_ is on Read the Docs.

License

django-oauth-toolkit is released under the terms of the BSD license. Full details in LICENSE file.

Help Wanted

We need help maintaining and enhancing django-oauth-toolkit (DOT).

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There are no barriers to participation. Anyone can open an issue, pr, or review a pull request. Please
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How you can help

See our contributing <https://django-oauth-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html>__ info and the open issues <https://github.com/django-oauth/django-oauth-toolkit/issues>__ and PRs <https://github.com/django-oauth/django-oauth-toolkit/pulls>, especially those labeled help-wanted <https://github.com/django-oauth/django-oauth-toolkit/labels/help-wanted>.

Discussions

Have questions or want to discuss the project?
See `the discussions <https://github.com/django-oauth/django-oauth-toolkit/discussions>`__.


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