From my quick stint with django-userena, it felt very constrained. At that time, my application's login requirements were simple, but needed a few minor tweaks.

From my quick stint with django-userena, it felt very constrained. At that time, my application's login requirements were simple, but needed a few minor tweaks. It's been a while, but I recall that doing so didn't seem like an easy task, so I switched to django-registration then eventually using the Django 1.5 custom user model. Overall, I'd say do a quick run through of both. If one of them has exactly what you need, stick with it. Otherwise, you are probably better off using the default User model or extending the default.