How to Deploy Django on Heroku in 2025

Prerequisites

• A working Django project
• Heroku CLI installed
• Git initialized in your project

Step 1 — Install Required Packages

pip install gunicorn whitenoise psycopg2-binary django-environ

Step 2 — Create Procfile

Create a file named Procfile (no extension) in your root directory:

web: gunicorn config.wsgi --log-file -

Step 3 — Configure WhiteNoise

MIDDLEWARE = [
    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
    # ... other middleware
]
STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'

Step 4 — Deploy

heroku create your-app-name
heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:mini
heroku config:set SECRET_KEY="your-secret" DEBUG=False
git push heroku main
heroku run python manage.py migrate
heroku run python manage.py createsuperuser

Conclusion

Your Django app is now live! Heroku handles SSL, scaling, and server management automatically.