Make sure try this by creating a new virtual environment and also make sure this is done using django 1.8.14 and python 3.5. Make sure you have django1.8.14 installed. If not you can check the isntallation steps here : https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/intro/install/ Once, you clone this project, please make sure to makemigrations followed by migrate. Command for making migrations : python manage.py makemigrations Command for migrating : python manage.py migrate