pip install django-unfold

# config/settings.py (with Dynaconf)
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "unfold",
    "unfold.contrib.filters",
    "unfold.contrib.forms",
    "unfold.contrib.inlines",
    "unfold.contrib.import_export",  # Optional
    "django.contrib.admin",
    # ... other apps
]

# Unfold configuration
UNFOLD = {
    "SITE_TITLE": "My Admin",
    "SITE_HEADER": "My Admin",
    "SITE_URL": "/",
    "SITE_SYMBOL": "speed",  # Material Symbols icon
    "SHOW_HISTORY": True,
    "SHOW_VIEW_ON_SITE": True,
    "ENVIRONMENT": "config.settings.environment_callback",
    "COLORS": {
        "primary": {
            "50": "250 245 255",
            "100": "243 232 255",
            "200": "233 213 255",
            "300": "216 180 254",
            "400": "192 132 252",
            "500": "168 85 247",
            "600": "147 51 234",
            "700": "126 34 206",
            "800": "107 33 168",
            "900": "88 28 135",
            "950": "59 7 100",
        },
    },
    "SIDEBAR": {
        "show_search": True,
        "show_all_applications": True,
        "navigation": [
            {
                "title": "Navigation",
                "items": [
                    {
                        "title": "Dashboard",
                        "icon": "dashboard",
                        "link": reverse_lazy("admin:index"),
                    },
                    {
                        "title": "Users",
                        "icon": "people",
                        "link": reverse_lazy("admin:users_user_changelist"),
                    },
                ],
            },
        ],
    },
}


def environment_callback(request):
    """Show environment badge in admin."""
    from config.settings import settings
    env = settings.current_env
    if env == "production":
        return ["Production", "danger"]
    elif env == "staging":
        return ["Staging", "warning"]
    return ["Development", "info"]

myapp/
└── admin/
    ├── __init__.py           # Register all admins
    ├── base.py               # Base admin classes
    ├── user.py               # UserAdmin
    ├── product.py            # ProductAdmin
    └── order.py              # OrderAdmin

from django.contrib import admin
from unfold.admin import ModelAdmin


class BaseModelAdmin(ModelAdmin):
    """Base admin with common configuration."""

    list_per_page = 25
    show_full_result_count = False

    # Unfold features
    compressed_fields = True
    warn_unsaved_form = True

    def get_queryset(self, request):
        """Exclude soft-deleted by default."""
        qs = super().get_queryset(request)
        if hasattr(self.model, "deleted_at"):
            qs = qs.filter(deleted_at__isnull=True)
        return qs


class ReadOnlyModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
    """Admin for read-only models."""

    def has_add_permission(self, request):
        return False

    def has_change_permission(self, request, obj=None):
        return False

    def has_delete_permission(self, request, obj=None):
        return False

from django.contrib import admin
from django.utils.html import format_html
from unfold.admin import ModelAdmin
from unfold.decorators import display

from ..models import User
from .base import BaseModelAdmin


@admin.register(User)
class UserAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
    list_display = ["email", "name", "display_status", "created_at"]
    list_filter = ["is_active", "created_at"]
    search_fields = ["email", "name"]
    ordering = ["-created_at"]

    readonly_fields = ["id", "created_at", "updated_at"]

    fieldsets = [
        (None, {
            "fields": ["id", "email", "name"],
        }),
        ("Status", {
            "fields": ["is_active"],
            "classes": ["collapse"],
        }),
        ("Timestamps", {
            "fields": ["created_at", "updated_at"],
            "classes": ["collapse"],
        }),
    ]

    @display(
        description="Status",
        label={
            True: "success",
            False: "danger",
        },
    )
    def display_status(self, obj):
        return obj.is_active

from .user import UserAdmin
from .product import ProductAdmin
from .order import OrderAdmin

__all__ = [
    "UserAdmin",
    "ProductAdmin",
    "OrderAdmin",
]

from unfold.decorators import display


@display(
    description="Status",
    label={
        "active": "success",
        "pending": "warning",
        "cancelled": "danger",
    },
)
def display_status(self, obj):
    return obj.status


@display(
    description="Amount",
    ordering="total_amount",
)
def display_amount(self, obj):
    return f"${obj.total_amount:,.2f}"


@display(
    description="Actions",
    header=True,  # Show in header row
)
def display_actions(self, obj):
    return format_html(
        '<a href="{}" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">View</a>',
        obj.get_absolute_url(),
    )

from unfold.contrib.filters.admin import (
    RangeDateFilter,
    RangeDateTimeFilter,
    SingleNumericFilter,
    RangeNumericFilter,
    SliderNumericFilter,
    DropdownFilter,
    ChoicesDropdownFilter,
    RelatedDropdownFilter,
    AutocompleteSelectFilter,
)


@admin.register(Order)
class OrderAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
    list_filter = [
        ("created_at", RangeDateFilter),
        ("total_amount", RangeNumericFilter),
        ("status", ChoicesDropdownFilter),
        ("user", RelatedDropdownFilter),
    ]

from unfold.admin import TabularInline, StackedInline


class OrderItemInline(TabularInline):
    model = OrderItem
    extra = 0
    readonly_fields = ["subtotal"]

    def subtotal(self, obj):
        return obj.quantity * obj.unit_price


@admin.register(Order)
class OrderAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
    inlines = [OrderItemInline]