Misago/misago/core/__init__.py

from django.conf import settings
from django.core.checks import register, Critical

SUPPORTED_ENGINES = [
    "django.db.backends.postgresql",
    "django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2",
]


@register()
def check_db_engine(app_configs, **kwargs):
    errors = []

    try:
        if settings.DATABASES["default"]["ENGINE"] not in SUPPORTED_ENGINES:
            raise ValueError()
    except (AttributeError, KeyError, ValueError):
        errors.append(
            Critical(msg="Misago requires PostgreSQL database.", id="misago.001")
        )

    return errors


default_app_config = "misago.core.apps.MisagoCoreConfig"