Polls Website - Pollify

A full-featured polling application built with Django that allows users to create, vote on, and view poll results with real-time visualizations.

📗 Table of Contents

• 📖 About the Project
  • 💻 Demo
  • 🛠 Built With
    • Tech Stack
    • Key Features
• 💻 Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Setup & Install
  • Usage
• 🤝 Contributing
• ⭐️ Show your support
• 📝 License

📖 Django Polls Website

Django polls website implementing models, views, templates, forms, and authentication for voting and adding questions

💻 Demo

🛠 Built With

Tech Stack

• Language: Python (recommendation: Python 3.13+)
• Libraries: Django 6+, SQLite
• Tools: Git, Pycharm

Key Features

• User Authentication: Register, login, logout, and password reset functionality

• Poll Management:

  • Create polls with multiple choice questions
  • Set poll duration and visibility
  • Edit and delete your own polls

• Voting System:

  • Single vote per user per poll
  • Anonymous voting option
  • Real-time results visualization

💻 Getting Started

Prerequisites

 git
 python 3.13+
 Django 6.0+

Setup & Install

Follow these steps to run project locally.

Clone this repository to your desired folder:

  # 1. Clone
  git clone https://github.com/geekmanesh/pollify.git
  cd pollify
  # 2. create a virtual environment
  python -m venv venv

  # 3. Activate it:
  # macOS / Linux (bash / zsh)
  source venv/bin/activate

  # Windows
  .\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

  # 3. Install dependencies
  pip install -r requirements.txt

Make migrations:

python3 manage.py makemigrations

Now migrate:

python3 manage.py migrate

Create a superuser:

python3 manage.py createsuperuser

Usage

To run the project, execute the following command:

Run server on localhost:

python3 manage.py runserver

Open it on browser:

Go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ on your favorite web-browser

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! see here for more information.

⭐️ Show your support

If this repo helped you practice Django, please give it a ⭐ and share with others learning Django. Issues, PRs and suggestions are welcome!

📝 License

This project is MIT licensed.