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Django debug toolbar for development

Priya Sharma Jan 2026

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# Debug Toolbar setup
INSTALLED_APPS += ['debug_toolbar']

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware',
] + MIDDLEWARE

# Show toolbar only for localhost
INTERNAL_IPS = ['127.0.0.1', '::1']

# Custom callback for showing toolbar
def show_toolbar(request):
    return DEBUG and request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR') in INTERNAL_IPS

DEBUG_TOOLBAR_CONFIG = {
    'SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK': show_toolbar,
    'SHOW_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT': True,
}

DEBUG_TOOLBAR_PANELS = [
    'debug_toolbar.panels.versions.VersionsPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.timer.TimerPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.settings.SettingsPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.headers.HeadersPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.request.RequestPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.sql.SQLPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.staticfiles.StaticFilesPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.templates.TemplatesPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.cache.CachePanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.signals.SignalsPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.logging.LoggingPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.redirects.RedirectsPanel',
    'debug_toolbar.panels.profiling.ProfilingPanel',
]

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Django Debug Toolbar reveals query counts, cache hits, and template rendering time. I add it only in development settings. The toolbar shows all SQL queries which helps identify N+1 problems. I use the profiler panel to find slow code. The cache panel shows hit rates. For AJAX requests, I enable SHOW_TOOLBAR_CALLBACK to display toolbar selectively. I avoid running it in production—the performance overhead is significant. This tool is essential for Django performance optimization during development.

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