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A Django Admin panel for browsing, inspecting, and managing Redis keys. No postgres/mysql models or changes required.

https://yassi.github.io/dj-redis-panel/

Browse Redis Keys: Search and filter Redis keys with pattern matching
Instance Overview: Monitor Redis instance metrics and database statistics
Key Management: View, edit, and delete Redis keys with support for all data types
Feature Toggles: Granular control over operations (delete, edit, TTL updates)
Pagination: Both traditional page-based and cursor-based pagination support
Django Admin Integration: Seamless integration with Django admin styling and dark mode
Permission Control: Respects Django admin permissions and staff-only access
Multiple Instances: Support for multiple Redis instances with different configurations

Supported Redis Data Types

String: View and edit string values, including binary data
List: Browse list items with pagination
Set: View set members
Hash: Display hash fields and values in a table format
Sorted Set: Show sorted set members with scores

Django Redis Panel provides full support for displaying and editing arbitrary byte strings:

Safe Display: Binary data is displayed as bytes literals (e.g., b'\x80\x04\x95...') when it can't be decoded as text
Editable: You can edit binary data directly using the bytes literal format (b'...' or b"...")
Round-trip Safe: Binary data maintains integrity through view/edit cycles
Multiple Formats: Handles both single-quoted (b'...') and double-quoted (b"...") bytes literals

dj-redis-panel/ ├── dj_redis_panel/ # Main package │ ├── templates/ # Django templates │ ├── redis_utils.py # Redis utilities │ ├── views.py # Django views │ └── urls.py # URL patterns ├── example_project/ # Example Django project ├── tests/ # Test suite ├── images/ # Screenshots for README └── requirements.txt # Development dependencies

Python 3.9+
Django 4.2+
Redis 4.0+
redis-py 4.0+

Seamlessly integrated into your Django admin interface. A new section for dj-redis-panel will appear in the same places where your models appear.

NOTE: This application does not actually introduce any model or migrations.

Monitor your Redis instances with detailed metrics and database information.

Key Search - Page-based Pagination

Search for keys with traditional page-based navigation.

Key Search - Cursor-based Pagination

Efficient cursor-based pagination for large datasets.

Key Detail - String Values

View and edit string key values with TTL management.

Key Detail - Other data structures

Browse keys with more complex data structures such as hashes, lists, etc.

pip install dj-redis-panel

2. Add to Django Settings

Add dj_redis_panel to your INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'dj_redis_panel', # Add this line # ... your other apps ]

3. Configure Redis Instances

Add the Django Redis Panel configuration to your Django settings:

DJ_REDIS_PANEL_SETTINGS = { # Global feature flags (can be overridden per instance) "ALLOW_KEY_DELETE": False, "ALLOW_KEY_EDIT": True, "ALLOW_TTL_UPDATE": True, "CURSOR_PAGINATED_SCAN": False, "CURSOR_PAGINATED_COLLECTIONS": False, "INSTANCES": { "default": { "description": "Default Redis Instance", "host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 6379, # Optional: override global settings for this instance "features": { "ALLOW_KEY_DELETE": True, "CURSOR_PAGINATED_SCAN": True, }, }, "other_instance": { "description": "Cache Redis Instance", "url": "rediss://127.0.0.1:6379", }, } }

Add the Redis Panel URLs to your main urls.py:

from django.contrib import admin from django.urls import path, include urlpatterns = [ path('admin/redis/', include('dj_redis_panel.urls')), # Add this line path('admin/', admin.site.urls), ]

5. Run Migrations and Create Superuser

python manage.py migrate python manage.py createsuperuser # If you don't have an admin user

Start your Django development server:

python manage.py runserver
Navigate to the Django admin at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/
Look for the "DJ_REDIS_PANEL" section in the admin interface
Click "Manage Redis keys and values" to start browsing your Redis instances

The following options are set globally but can also be configured on a per instance basis: Note that settings using all caps are feature flags meant to affect how dj-redis-panel operates. settings using lower case names are actually settings that can be passed directly into the underlying redis client (redis-py)

Setting Default Description

ALLOW_KEY_DELETE	False	Allow deletion of Redis keys
ALLOW_KEY_EDIT	True	Allow editing of key values
ALLOW_TTL_UPDATE	True	Allow updating key TTL (expiration)
CURSOR_PAGINATED_SCAN	False	Use cursor-based pagination instead of page-based
CURSOR_PAGINATED_COLLECTIONS	False	Use cursor based pagination for key values like lists and hashs
encoder	"utf-8"	Encoding to use for decoding/encoding Redis values
socket_timeout	5.0	timeout for redis opertation after established connection
socket_connect_timeout	3.0	timeout for initial connection to redis instance

Each Redis instance can be configured with:

Connection via Host/Port:

"instance_name": { "description": "Human-readable description", "host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 6379, "socket_timeout": 1.0, # Optional: will use sane default "socket_connect_timeout": 1.0, # Optional: will use sane default "password": "password", # Optional "features": { # Optional: override global settings "ALLOW_KEY_DELETE": True, }, }

"instance_name": { "description": "Human-readable description", "url": "redis://user:password@host:port", "socket_timeout": 1.0, # Optional: will use sane default "socket_connect_timeout": 1.0, # Optional: will use sane default "features": { # Optional: override global settings "CURSOR_PAGINATED_SCAN": True, }, }

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

If you want to contribute to this project or set it up for local development:

Python 3.9 or higher
Redis server running locally
Git
Autoconf

git clone https://github.com/yassi/dj-redis-panel.git cd dj-redis-panel

2. Create Virtual Environment

python -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dj-redis-panel inside of your virtualenv

A make file is included in the repository root with multiple commands for building and maintaining this project. The best approach is to start by using one of the package installation commands found below:

# Install all dependencies and dj-redis-panel into your current env make install

4. Set Up Example Project

The repository includes an example Django project for development and testing:

cd example_project python manage.py migrate python manage.py createsuperuser

5. Populate Test Data (Optional)

An optional CLI tool for populating redis keys automatically is included in the example django project in this code base.

python manage.py populate_redis

This command will populate your Redis instance with sample data for testing.

6. Run the Development Server

python manage.py runserver

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ to access the Django admin with Redis Panel.

The project includes a comprehensive test suite. You can run them by using make or by invoking pytest directly:

# build and install all dev dependencies and run all tests make test # Additionally generate coverage reports in multiple formats make test_coverage

Note: Tests require a running Redis server on 127.0.0.1:6379. The tests use databases 13, 14, and 15 for isolation and automatically clean up after each test.

Test for this project (as well as any active development) require an active redis installation. Although not required, a docker-compose file is included to allow for easy creation of local redis instances.

# Start Redis on localhost and the usual port 6379 docker-compose up redis -d

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