id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 18028 "manage.py startapp creates apps in ""wrong"" path" Aviral Dasgupta Aviral Dasgupta Historically (before Django 1.4), manage.py startapp created apps in the project directory (since it was inside it), but now, apps are created alongside the project directory unless you specifically indicate otherwise. Since the standard organisation of Django projects places apps inside projects, manage.py should create new apps inside the project directory, as was the case before Bug closed Core (Management commands) 1.4 Normal invalid Aviral Dasgupta Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 1 0