--- title: Djangonaut Space - Session 7 Accepting Applications description: Djangonaut Space, a free 8-week mentorship program for contributing to Django, is opening applications for its seventh cohort. Session 7 begins October 12,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/djangonaut-space---session-7-accepting-applications-puhgrc3pt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Djangonaut Space - Session 7 Accepting Applications | daily.dev og:description: Djangonaut Space, a free 8-week mentorship program for contributing to Django, is opening applications for its seventh cohort. Session 7 begins October 12,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/djangonaut-space---session-7-accepting-applications-puhgrc3pt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/puHgRC3pt.png og:image:alt: Djangonaut Space - Session 7 Accepting Applications og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Djangonaut Space - Session 7 Accepting Applications **[Django](https://daily.dev/sources/django)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Djangonaut Space, a free 8-week mentorship program for contributing to Django, is opening applications for its seventh cohort. Session 7 begins October 12, 2026, with applications due September 6, 2026. The program pairs mentees with Django Fellows and long-time maintainers to help them navigate the codebase, find issues, and submit pull requests, with testimonials from past participants describing it as welcoming and formative for new contributors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I get started contributing to the Django framework as a beginner? Djangonaut Space offers a free, 8-week group mentoring program designed to help community members level up their Django contributions. Mentees receive step-by-step guidance on navigating the core framework, finding suitable issues, and submitting pull requests, with support from Django Fellows and long-time maintainers, plus an active Discord community of newcomers worldwide. _daily.dev surfaces open source contribution opportunities like Django mentorships for developers looking to get involved._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Issue 351: DjangoCon US last call, Djangonaut Space applications open](https://daily.dev/posts/issue-351-djangocon-us-last-call-djangonaut-space-applications-open-iq78utxhf) · Django News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#django](https://daily.dev/tags/django) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/djangonaut-space---session-7-accepting-applications-puhgrc3pt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Djangonaut Space - Session 7 Accepting Applications","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/djangonaut-space---session-7-accepting-applications-puhgrc3pt","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/djangonaut-space---session-7-accepting-applications-puhgrc3pt"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T17:17:28.025Z","dateModified":"2026-09-01T17:50:59.289Z","description":"Djangonaut Space, a free 8-week mentorship program for contributing to Django, is opening applications for its seventh cohort. 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