[megaman821]

That's not true. Django doesn't install any other libraries. It simply includes them in Django itself, like simplejson or six.

I think the packaging and setup tools are getting better so maybe it doesn't always have to be that way.

[tga]

I see what you mean, but arguably those aren't really dependencies if they are included in the Django tree. Also, it's definitely not something that would work with a large library like SQLAlchemy.

You can also see the "no dependencies" claim on the Django website: https://www.djangoproject.com/download/, it's a selling point.