Django Appointment

Judgement

What it is

Building block

What it does

A Django app for booking appointments with configurable time slots, staff availability, breaks and conflict handling.

Adopt it when

Your Django site needs appointment booking for a service business.

Watch out

Mostly one maintainer.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Library

Built with

Python and Django

How established

Established: started 3 years ago, latest release v3.13.1.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Django Appointment → CPython → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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