The Box — Django Edition: Secure, convenient, fast & free forever!

Production ready zero-config Django deployment and development on your own hardware:

• 🏗️ 12-factor app principles
• 🚀 continues deployment
• 🔐 environment & key management
• 🗄️ managed PostgreSQL databases
• 🔔 managed updates & security alerts
• 🔒 SSL via Let's Encrypt

No config, no costs, just GitHub and your own server.

Check out our Demo running on a Raspberry Pi 5 8GB: https://django.the-box.sh

Getting Started

1. Use the "Use this template" button to create a new repository for your project.
2. Make sure you have a fresh linux server (VPS or RaspberryPi) that you can connect to via SSH.
3. Make sure you have both GitHub CLI, Docker or Podman, and dtop installed on your development.
4. Run the installer on you development machine:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://the-box.sh/install.sh)

The installer will guide you through the setup process and get your first application up and running in seconds!

Do connect to the Box, use:

dtop

DNS Setup

If you haven't done so already, here are the steps to set up your DNS records:

A @ YOUR_SERVER_IP
AAAA @ YOUR_SERVER_IPV6
CNAME * your.domain

Find out more at the-box.sh.