State of Django 2025 report cites rising usage of AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and Anthropic Claude for both learning and coding assistance. Credit: Apichatn / Shutterstock AI is becoming an important learning resource for users of Django, the well-established Python web framework. The recently published State of Django 2025 report notes that 38% of Django Developers Survey respondents said they were using AI tools to educate themselves on Django. For Django development, 69% reported using ChatGPT, while 34% said they were using GitHub Copilot, 15% using Anthropic Claude, and 9% using JetBrains AI Assistant. The most popular tasks for developers using AI assistance were autocomplete (56%), generating code (51%), and writing boilerplate code (44%). AI trailed documentation on Djangoproject.com (79%) and Stack Overflow (39%) for learning about Django, though greater rates of AI adoption are anticipated in next year’s survey results, said the report. Published October 27, the report features insights from more than 4,600 Django developers surveyed worldwide, and was done through a partnership between the Django Software Foundation and JetBrains, makers of the PyCharm Python IDE. The report also covered JavaScript frameworks that are compatible with Django. HTMX and Alpine.js were cited as the fastest growing JavaScript frameworks used with Django, although HTMX leverages HTML. Meanwhile, React and jQuery, still the two most-popular JavaScript frameworks used with Django, continue to decline in overall usage. HTMX has grown from 5% in 2021 to 24%, while Alpine.js has grown from 3% to 14% usage, according to the report. Meanwhile, React and jQuery have consistently declined from 37% in 2021 to 32% for React and 26% for jQuery in 2025. Elsewhere in the report: Type hints had strong support, with 63% of developers already using type hints and another 17% planning to adopt them, resulting in an 80% overall rate. PostgreSQL leads the field in back-end database usage. Of respondents 76% reported using PostgreSQL, followed by SQLite at 42%, MySQL at 27%, and MariaDB at 9%. These percentages have remained consistent over the past four years. Django developers are seasoned; 77% have three or more years of professional experience, with 82% using Django professionally. Django REST Framework is the most-popular third-party Django package, used by 49% of respondents. Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIJavaScriptProgramming LanguagesPythonSoftware DevelopmentLibraries and FrameworksDevelopment Tools