django-select2 vs django-autocomplete-light

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django-select2		django-autocomplete-light
	Project
4	Mentions	3
152	Stars	1,772
-	Growth	1.1%
7.3	Activity	6.1
4 days ago	Latest Commit	12 days ago
Python	Language	Python
MIT License	License	MIT License

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django-select2

Posts with mentions or reviews of django-select2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-24.

I add a log database for my Django project what to do ??
3 projects | /r/django | 24 May 2023
Is there any magicians who are able to connect django formset_factory with an autocomplete widget like select2?
2 projects | /r/django | 19 Jul 2021

django-select2 might be what you're looking for.
Using CreateView model form and custom validation.
1 project | /r/djangolearning | 23 Dec 2020

django-select2 is a package that will do much of the work for you if you're using django forms.

django-autocomplete-light

Posts with mentions or reviews of django-autocomplete-light. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

django-autocomplete-light simple usage
1 project | /r/codehunter | 5 Apr 2022

I am trying to understand how to use django-autocomplete-light for an existing project. This seems like a good autocomplete solution for django for which I am already using normal ModelChoiceFields.
Django ModelMultipleChoiceField with huge queryset
1 project | /r/djangolearning | 24 Jan 2021

This is where django-autocomplete-light and related packages which lazy-load selections comes in really handy.
How to disable "searching..." message in django-autocomplete-light dropdown
1 project | /r/django | 16 Jan 2021

It's located in a language file, perhaps you can make your own and change things from there.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing django-select2 and django-autocomplete-light you can also consider the following projects:

django-ajax-selects - jQuery UI-powered auto-complete fields for ForeignKey, ManyToMany and text fields

fast-autocomplete - Fast Autocomplete: When Elastcsearch suggestions are not fast and flexible enough

Choices.js - A vanilla JS customisable select box/text input plugin ⚡️

suggestion - Democratizing auto-complete(suggest) for Python desktop applications

django-dynamic-formset-select2-poc - Working example that django-select2 can work with django-dynamic-formset

kube-shell - Kubernetes shell: An integrated shell for working with the Kubernetes

CodeGenX - Code Generation using GPT-J!

walrus - Lightweight Python utilities for working with Redis

HTTP Prompt - An interactive command-line HTTP and API testing client built on top of HTTPie featuring autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and more. https://twitter.com/httpie

select2 - Select2 is a jQuery based replacement for select boxes. It supports searching, remote data sets, and infinite scrolling of results.