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So this has nothing to do with Django, other than being built with it? It took me a while to realize that.

(app author here)

It is tied to Django. When generating the schema information to show fields, etc, it introspects the Django application metadata. So in that sense it is tied to Django and expects to be querying a Django application DB. I would actually love to remove this requirement though, and have it just be SQL Explorer.

What does something that does "have to do with Django" look like to you?

I was expecting a "Django SQL" Explorer, for example a Django ORM -> SQL compiler playground, but got a Django "SQL Explorer".

I think the parent was expecting this to be more like a plugin for Django.

But it is a Django plugin. The readme.md includes instructions for integrating it into your Django app and the use case provided is for exploring your Django database.

It's a Django app, so it is pretty much a plugin isn't it?

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