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+# Core Django
+django>=5.0,<6.0
+djangorestframework>=3.15
+
+# Authentication
+djangorestframework-simplejwt>=5.3
+
+# Database
+mysqlclient>=2.2
+
+# CORS
+django-cors-headers>=4.3
+
+# Environment Variables
+python-dotenv>=1.0
+
+# Caching (Redis)
+django-redis>=5.4
+redis>=5.0
+
+# Async Tasks
+celery>=5.3
+kombu>=5.3
+
+# File Storage (AWS S3)
+boto3>=1.34
+django-storages>=1.14
+
+# Dev / Debug Utilities
+ipython>=8.0
+django-extensions>=3.2
+
+# API Documentation
+drf-spectacular>=0.27
+
+# Type checking / code quality
+black>=24.0
+flake8>=7.0
+isort>=5.13
+django-filter>=23.5
+
+# Nested REST framework routers (used in projects/urls.py for task nesting)
+drf-nested-routers>=0.94