Understand
We work through the workflows, codebase, dependencies and deployment with your team, including the knowledge needed for a handover.
Django development for complex operational platforms
DabApps designs, builds, modernises and supports Django platforms that sit at the heart of day-to-day operations. We bring more than 15 years of Django experience to new builds and existing products, with long-term responsibility for the software people depend on.
Keep the business moving as the platform changes
When a platform runs your service, changes affect staff, customers and the systems around them. Different roles, workflow exceptions and sensitive data need to be understood before development starts.
We help organisations build software around those constraints and take over products that have become difficult to change. Our work with Futrli's founding team brought product thinking and Django development together to build the foundations of its financial forecasting platform.
WHAT WE DELIVER
Django development around real operations
Our Django development service covers the application, its data and the systems it connects to. We design for operational detail, including approvals, access rules and migration, and put the tests and release processes in place to support continued change.
- Multi-stage workflows, approvals and exceptions
- Permissions and access to sensitive data
- Audit trails and compliance-sensitive records
- APIs, single sign-on and system integrations
- Data migration and Django upgrades
- Testing, monitoring and repeatable releases
COMMON STARTING POINTS
A new build, a takeover or a platform that needs attention
You may need a delivery partner for the next stage, or a clearer view of the work before committing to it. If your immediate need is an assessment, start with a Django code and architecture review. We can then help put the recommendations into practice.
- A new platform for a complex service or operation
- An inherited codebase that needs a reliable team
- Features taking longer to deliver as the product grows
- Unsupported dependencies or recurring maintenance problems
- A long-term development and support partnership
How we take your platform forward
Prioritise
We review architecture and tests, identify technical risks and agree a plan around business priorities and continuity.
Deliver
We build or improve the platform in manageable stages, with testing and release planning around the people already using it.
Support
We maintain dependencies, monitor the application and continue development, keeping you in control of your code, infrastructure and data.
WHY DABAPPS
Experience your next team can build on
We took over WeThrive as a partially developed product and helped it grow into a wider employee feedback platform. Our work with Agilio began with a technical review of the legacy system and has continued since 2015. That experience also informs Django RAPID Architecture, the public guide by DabApps co-founder Jamie Matthews.
- Experience taking responsibility for existing products
- Architecture decisions grounded in production Django work
- Clear priorities for maintenance and continued development
- Code your team can understand, review and build on
Django platforms in practice
For Firefly, the platform brings live equipment data into operational dashboards. For Book My Garage, we connected bookings and CRM data. At WeThrive, we took over an existing product and continued its development.
Firefly Glow
Glow helps Firefly investigate equipment remotely, reducing travel, while customers can check performance, CO2 and fuel savings themselves.
Book My Garage
We helped a marketplace serving 8,000+ garages grow with less manual admin, connecting its booking platform and CRM.
WeThrive
We help employers act on employee feedback through clearer survey reporting and action tracking.
What our clients say
“DabApps have quickly become our trusted development partner and we won't be going anywhere else.”
Richard Adams, Chief Operating Officer at WeThrive
Specialist help where you need it
For an API serving web, mobile or partner systems, see our Django REST Framework development service. If you're introducing coding agents, our Django consultancy can review how the codebase is structured, tested and documented so people can check and take responsibility for the changes.
We also build MCP integrations for Django applications, letting customers' AI agents access defined capabilities through your product's existing business logic and permissions.
We've written about where Django business logic belongs for years. Our 2014 article on models, encapsulation and data integrity records that early thinking. Our recommendations have since evolved; Django RAPID Architecture explains the structure we recommend today.
Questions about Django development and support
Can you take over our existing Django application?
Yes. We start with the code, data, dependencies, tests and deployment, alongside your team's knowledge of the product. That gives us a basis for agreeing the handover and the first improvements. A takeover does not automatically mean a rewrite.
Do you build new Django platforms too?
Yes. We help shape the first release, design the product and build the application. We plan permissions, integrations and data ownership early, with support and continued development available after launch.
Can you help us understand rising maintenance costs?
We can investigate where time is going, such as recurring faults, fragile integrations or code that is difficult to test. Addressing those causes can reduce repeated work. The right changes depend on the application and its priorities, so we assess it before recommending an investment.
Who owns the code and infrastructure?
You stay in control of your code, infrastructure and data. We agree access, responsibilities and knowledge transfer as part of the engagement, whether we're joining your team or taking responsibility for ongoing delivery.
How we think about maintainable Django
Practical writing on architecture, predictable codebases and database performance, for technical leaders assessing how their platform can evolve.
