Just to add my 2p. These are the packages I install every time I start a project in Django. I know some are not strictly Django but they make Django awesome!<p>Fabric: for deployment
Sphinx: the only way to write documentation
Sphinx RTD Theme: because the default them looks outdated.
Django Nose: No need to explain this one!
Pillow: because it's better!
Django-class-based-auth-views: class based views to reset orgotten passwords by email confirmation.
django-storages:
Nice to have this in one place. South is on the list - don't use this for new projects, upgrade to Django 1.7 instead, that has migrations built in.
I noticed django-sendfile on the list but I personally prefer <a href="https://github.com/benoitbryon/django-downloadview" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/benoitbryon/django-downloadview</a> now. Until very recently, django-sendfile didn't support python3. django-downloadview also works with storages, and allows you to serve files with the development server based on rules.
Any recommendation for a notifications framework that supports multiple backends? I would also like to have the notifications saved in the database. Is there a standard out there for this type of action?