Django Control Room
All Your Tools Inside the Django Admin
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Over the past year I’ve been building a set of operational panels for Django:- Redis inspection - cache visibility - Celery task introspection - URL discovery and testingAll of these tools have been built inside the Django admin.Instead of jumping between tools like Flower, redis-cli, Swagger, or external services, I wanted something that sits where I’m already working.I’ve grouped these under a single umbrella: Django Control Room.The idea is pretty simple: the Django admin already gives you authentication, permissions, and a familiar interface. It can also act as an operational layer for your app.Each panel is just a small Django app with a simple interface, so it’s easy to build your own and plug it in.I’m working on more panels (signals, errors, etc.) and also thinking about how far this pattern can go.Curious how others think about this. Does it make sense to consolidate this kind of tooling inside the admin, or do you prefer keeping it separate?
HN · launched Feb 25, 2026 · 134 upvotes (top 8%) · 0 views
Niche: admin dashboard templates and builders · 32 launches, 0 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a Django package that builds custom admin panel views displaying stats and management commands from redis-py, django-cache, and Celery inspection APIs.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Quarkus, dj-redis-panel
Concerns raised: LLMs will eventually make coding tools obsolete, Diminishing returns on optimization vs. cost of LLM subscriptions, Limited extensibility hook points in Django admin, Difficult to add confirmation screens to custom admin actions
Feature requests: Panel to run management commands and see output, More extensibility hook points for Django admin, Tutorial on how to create custom panels
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