Open Source • MIT License

Satellite Observability
for Django

A modern debugging dashboard that lives at its own URL. Track requests, SQL queries, logs, and exceptions — without touching your templates.

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$ pip install django-orbit

Everything You Need to Debug Django

A complete observability toolkit that works silently in the background.

🌐

Request Tracking

Every HTTP request logged with method, path, status code, duration, and full headers. See exactly what's happening in your app.

🗄️

SQL Query Recording

Automatic detection of slow queries and N+1 problems. See every database call with timing and stack traces.

📝

Log Aggregation

All Python logs captured automatically. Filter by level, search messages, and trace logs back to specific requests.

🚨

Exception Capture

Full tracebacks with context. Never lose track of an error — even if you closed the browser tab.

🔗

Request Grouping

All events for a single request linked together. See the queries, logs, and exceptions for any request.

⚡

Zero Config

Just add the middleware and you're done. Works out of the box with any Django project.

Why Django Orbit?

A different approach to Django debugging.

Feature	Debug Toolbar	Django Orbit
Injects into DOM	Yes ❌	No ✅
Works with APIs/JSON	No ❌	Yes ✅
Works with SPAs	Limited ❌	Full ✅
Persistent history	No ❌	Yes ✅
Separate dashboard	No ❌	Yes ✅
Modern UI	Basic	✨ Space-themed

Installation

Up and running in less than 5 minutes. Just add the package and a few lines of config.

                    
                    Quick Start
                
# Step 1: Install the package

pip install django-orbit

# Step 2: Add to INSTALLED_APPS (settings.py)

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'orbit',
    ...
]

# Step 3: Add middleware first (settings.py)

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'orbit.middleware.OrbitMiddleware',
    ...
]

# Step 4: Include URLs (urls.py)

urlpatterns = [
    path('orbit/', include('orbit.urls')),
]

# Step 5: Run migrations

python manage.py migrate orbit

# 🚀 Done! Visit http://localhost:8000/orbit/

Satellite Observabilityfor Django