--- title: "Django SECRET_KEY Generator – pwgen.de" description: "50 characters from Django’s own alphabet, identical to get_random_secret_key()." canonical_url: "https://pwgen.de/en/django-secret-key-generator" meta: "og:description": "50 characters from Django’s own alphabet, identical to get_random_secret_key()." "og:image": "https://pwgen.de/_og/s/o_b8ad2e8700ed98d7.png" "og:image:height": "630" "og:image:type": image/png "og:image:width": "1200" "og:title": "Django SECRET_KEY Generator – pwgen.de" "twitter:image": "https://pwgen.de/_og/s/o_b8ad2e8700ed98d7.png" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://pwgen.de/llms.txt) # **Django SECRET\_KEY Generator** 50 characters from Django’s own alphabet, identical to get\_random\_secret\_key(). Very strong**0 bits**Generated in your browser ## **Local alternative** `python -c "from django.core.management.utils import get_random_secret_key; print(get_random_secret_key())"` Prefer generating secrets on the machine that uses them? This command produces an equivalent value. [Official documentation](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/settings/#secret-key) Django uses the SECRET\_KEY for session signatures, CSRF tokens and password reset links. It draws from a fixed 50-character alphabet: lowercase letters, digits and a set of symbols, but no uppercase letters. Rotating it invalidates all sessions and any outstanding reset links. ## **Frequently asked questions** Into the SECRET\_KEY setting, which should read the value from an environment variable. The one django-admin startproject writes into settings.py is meant for development and does not belong in production. The generator uses the same 50-character alphabet as Django's own get\_random\_secret\_key(). That keeps the value compatible with everything Django derives from it. Sessions, password reset links, messages-framework signatures and every other value produced through signing lose their validity. Users are signed out and open reset links stop working. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://pwgen.de/en#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Kostenloser, datenschutzfreundlicher Passwort-Generator. 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