From a development standpoint, it's good to have Django administration be a separate app, because a modular codebase is easy to develop. If you're a Django use

From a development standpoint, it's good to have Django administration be a separate app, because a modular codebase is easy to develop. If you're a Django user, modular is good, because you can get performance and security benefits by turning off parts of the framework you don't use. From a distribution or marketing standpoint, however, one of the best features for Django beginners -- and one of the project's original motivations -- is the ability to quickly get a basic CRUD app running, so basic usage and data entry can start to happen while advanced features are still under development. If Django doesn't have the admin functionality out of the box, and instead the user has to confront a bewildering array of third-party add-ons, it makes the framework less attractive to new users. If Django is trying to morph into a minimalist framework like Flask, where only the most basic functionality is included, it might lose too much of what makes it strong.