Pengin Open Source

A Django starter skeleton and the community of volunteers who build it - sponsored by Tobu Pengin L.L.C.

Tobu Pengin L.L.C. sponsors the Pengin Open Source Project - the same way Red Hat sponsors Fedora.

Pengin Pi 3

A Django starter skeleton: the core project scaffolding, dynamic-page (Slug) system, and account/auth flow, with the Docker/nginx deployment shape already wired up. This is a bones-only skeleton - no business apps are included by default, so every project built on it starts from the same solid, generic foundation instead of copy-pasting boilerplate.

Everything lives inside a single main app (organized into submodules) with generic, non-auth infrastructure in util/ - a deliberate departure from the "one Django app per feature" convention that keeps permissions, models, and views consolidated instead of scattered across dozens of small apps.

Our Projects

Pengin Pi 3
The core skeleton - Slug CMS, auth/RBAC, and deployment shape every Pengin Open Source project builds on.
Events & Calendar
A calendar app with reservable time slots, built on Pengin Pi 3's core Event model.
Staff Tools
User and department/role management for any project's internal team.
Jobs & Applications
The volunteer application flow you're looking at right now.

Get Involved

Contribute Code
Pick up an issue on GitLab, or propose something new. All skill levels welcome.
Write Documentation
Help keep PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md and the install guides accurate as the project grows.
Test & Report Issues
Deploy it yourself, break things, and tell us what you found.

Community Resources

GitLab
code.penginopensource.org - source, issues, and merge requests.
Documentation
Every repo ships a README and PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md explaining the conventions.
Get Involved
Apply as a volunteer contributor or log in if you're already one of us.

Built by Volunteers, Sponsored by Tobu Pengin

Every line of Pengin Open Source is community-contributed. Tobu Pengin L.L.C. sponsors the infrastructure - the code is ours together.

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