Generating an ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) can be helpful to understand what your database looks like, and is also really easy to generate if you’re running a Python/Django Application.
Step 1: Install django-extensions and graphviz
pip install django-extensions && pip install graphviz
Step 2: Add django_extensions to settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [ ... 'django_extensions', ... ]
Step 3 Create the .dot output and convert to .png
Run manage.py graph_models
from the environment you may normally use:
python manage.py graph_models -a > output.dot
From your mac, change the format to png using graphviz
brew install graphviz dot -Tpng output.dot -o output.png
References
Django Extensions graph_models docs
Django Extensions Commands Unavailable?
Opening .dot files on mac