I think most Django developers would love to use their toolkit elsewhere (eg the ORM) but in practice, everything it held together by so much Django glue (setti

I think most Django developers would love to use their toolkit elsewhere (eg the ORM) but in practice, everything it held together by so much Django glue (setting and convention) that I don't see how it would be practical. By that point you may as well just import Django, bootstrap it and use what you need. The other side of this argument, is you allow each component to be developed at its own speed. Again, the integration between elements (Models→ModelForm→Forms etc) is so tight this isn't practical. Just as making them less integrated [probably] makes them harder to use for people who just want to use Django.