As I was going over some notes on our internal wiki, I ran across a list of rejected names for the framework that become Django:
- brazos
- superglue
- bodhisattva
- webbing
- boidae
- bohdi
- skoro
- consolidata
- piston
- physique
- silhouette
- valance
- anson
- The Python Web Framework (PWF)
- Tornado Publishing System
- Web Type Framework
- Pypeline
- super magic machine
- magic machine
- private dancer
- “the CMS”
- The Give-a-Damn machine
- boltdozer
- banister
- garbonzo
- Simon
- fizgig
- palmy
- cogent
- pith
- pithy
- pyth
- pythy
- festoon
- poeks
- lavalier
- clerisy
- bandwidth
- django
Simon Willison
Sept. 9th, 2005
10:25 a.m.
I still think you should have got The Tornado Publishing system in there somewhere. Just think of those lovely reports...
david ryan
Sept. 9th, 2005
12:43 p.m.
Ha. I'd forgotten most of these.
Brazos cracks me up. SXSW/Austin inspired, and it rolls of the tongue.
Adrian Holovaty
Sept. 9th, 2005
1:23 p.m.
BRAZOS!
Eric Moritz
Oct. 8th, 2005
12:02 a.m.
Who's the Buddhist, with suggestions like, Bodhisattva and Bodhi, someone has to be :)
Levi
Oct. 26th, 2005
11:11 p.m.
Man, I wish I'd been in on some of these discussions. You guys had all the fun downstairs.
Rune
March 23rd, 2006
2:26 p.m.
Both silhouette and Pypeline were good names!
Mikkel
July 18th, 2006
1:37 p.m.
OMG, I'm glad they went with Django!
Dylan
July 12th, 2007
10:55 a.m.
This is hilarious! I am a web developer (I just do the programming-other people do the Flash and graphics and what not) and sometimes meet with clients. Every once in a while, we decide that Django is the best solution for their goal. I could just imagine the conversation with some other name:
"Well, yes sir, after looking over the information you have given us, we decided it would be best to proceed using the Give-A-Damn Machine."