
Your Partner for Ambitious Django Projects
For nearly two decades, we’ve built and maintained data-intensive Python & Django applications that few teams can tackle.
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Challenges We Love
We thrive on high-stakes, complex projects—especially those without a
clear roadmap. We’ve
built a national voter registration platform, supported
hundreds of thousands of simultaneous survey users, and helped a city of 1.5 million
automate vital health data
during a pandemic. In every case, we partner with clients to deliver
results and drive impact.
If you have a bold vision, we’ll help make it real. With deep Django
and data expertise, we turn ambitious ideas into secure, scalable
applications.
“While Caktus is a great technical partner—their Python and Django expertise is world class—it’s their ability to communicate that sets them apart from other software firms... [T]hey are a go-to partner when we need reliable, scalable, and secure solutions.”
– Evan Wheeler, UNICEF Global Innovation Centre
Services
Custom Web Application Development
Come to us with your ideas or requirements. We'll work with you to optimize the architecture and build a reliable and scalable application. Learn more.
Team Augmentation
Alleviate temporary resource constraints, meet deadlines, and improve code quality. We have a full bench to help augment your team. Learn more.
Offline Data Capture
Capture data reliably, securely, and comprehensively without an Internet connection. Learn more.
Bare Metal and On-Prem Deployment
Ensure the highest degree of security and exercise greater control over your application hosting costs. Learn more.
Discovery Workshops
Pinpoint your experience, build a shared understanding of the product, and clarify project requirements and solutions to achieve your business objectives. Learn more.
Upgrades and Sustainability
Improve your software design and user experience, increase security, and reduce long-term development and maintenance costs. Learn more.
DevOps / Cloud Services
We help you get the benefits of cloud services - mobility, speed, reliability, automatic software integrations, and unlimited storage capacity. Learn more.
Complex Data Requirements
Whether it's ensuring the integrity of data captured online and offline, or complex data modeling, Caktus takes care of your data needs. Learn more.
Quality Assurance
Ensure complete alignment between your application and your requirements. Save time and money and provide an optimal user experience. Learn more.
Our Work
Explore some of the impactful solutions we’ve delivered for clients.

Country of Libya
World’s First SMS Voter Registration System
World’s first SMS and web platform for voter registration and elections management. Learn more.

University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research
An auto-scaling survey tool to make survey administration easy. Learn more.

Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH)
Caktus Completes Major Data Integration to Enable COVID-19 Contact Tracing in Philadelphia
During the first wave of the coronavirus in the US, cities like Philadelphia were entering lockdown and grappling with the extraordinary challenges presented by a global pandemic. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s newly formed COVID Containment Division was responsible for COVID-19 contact tracing and turned to Caktus Group for help. Learn more.
Meet the Team
Our team of Django pioneers, creative problem solvers, and tech innovators brings over 18 years of expertise to every project. Together, we deliver solutions that make a lasting impact.

Hire Caktus
We’ll work with you to test assumptions and connect with the needs of your audience early and often, using our agile approach.
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