soon to be released Django 1.5 (currently in alpha 1) will have custom user models https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/EI... I guess then you could just replicate your rails user model in django, of course if django-drip by will be upgraded to support those custom models (https://github.com/freakboy3742/django/blob/t3011/docs/topic... models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)), you will just have to make sure you include the fields referenced by django-drip.