diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 9bfe9d90d1c137583fa523e54cbfa20769379457..8474764667159c1aa0312efa1c5528bf29964655 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ In order to use the templates, you will need a supported version of Django.
 Project templates are supplied for the following Django versions::
 
 * Django 1.8.x
+* Django 1.10.x
 
 
 Cloning the repository
diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 208e50f391fbede16020f7c1c763cb226e1a77c4..2540f68dc5ccf726523fc0bfd81bf897c74236b4 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ variation.
 The following projects templates are currently available:
 
 - ``project-django-1.8``
+- ``project-django-1.10``
 
 For example, in order to start a new Django project using version 1.8, run the
 command::
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ you would run::
 
 
 Serving of static and media files
----------------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Out of the box, project templates will configure ``/static/`` as base URL for
 static files, and ``/media/`` as base URL for media.
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ specific static file from some other application.
 
 
 Working with the project
-------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 When running ``manage.py`` commands for a project, Django by default expects all
 settings to be found within the project's settings module. Specifically, it
@@ -193,3 +194,16 @@ will reduce possibility of making a mistake. It should be noted that for running
 
 If you happen to be using a virtual environment, you can easily set up the
 post-activation script to set the ``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE`` value.
+
+
+Version specifics
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This section outlines any specific differences between project templates. These
+are mostly present due to differences in Django itself.
+
+- ``project-django-1.10`` sets-up password validation out of the box for all
+  environments except the development. In development environment the password
+  validation is explicitly disabled to allow short passwords (which should
+  result in faster develpment times as well). ``project-1.8.0`` does not have
+  this option enabled out of the box.
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/manage.py b/project-django-1.10/manage.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1421d37e1eba38c0a5ebb96cfc44c06b04f99274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "{{ project_name }}.settings")
+
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError:
+        # The above import may fail for some other reason. Ensure that the
+        # issue is really that Django is missing to avoid masking other
+        # exceptions on Python 2.
+        try:
+            import django
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+                "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+                "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+            )
+        raise
+
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/__init__.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/__init__.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/base.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..24c24f162f084620c69eba179bb8097eb6b0301c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#
+# Base settings for Django project {{ project_name }}. These settings are shared
+# across all environments.
+#
+# Project created from template using Django {{ django_version }}.
+#
+# In order to specify environment-specific settings, use files:
+#
+# development.py
+# testing.py
+# staging.py
+# production.py
+#
+# For more information on this file see
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/topics/settings/
+#
+# For the full list of settings and their values, see
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/
+
+
+# Base paths for accessing project root directory and directory where assets are
+# stored. Other paths can be built relative to these directories with:
+# os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+# os.path.join(ASSETS_DIR, ...)
+import os
+
+# Import the exception for signalling invalid configuration. No other
+# Django-specific definitions should be imported here.
+from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+# Base and assets project directories.
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+ASSETS_ROOT = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(BASE_DIR), "assets"))
+
+# List of installed applications.
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+]
+
+# List of middleware classes to apply to incoming requests.
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+)
+
+# URL configuration to use for serving project root.
+ROOT_URLCONF = '{{ project_name }}.urls'
+
+# Template lookup and rendering configuration.
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+# WSGI application module for running the project.
+WSGI_APPLICATION = '{{ project_name }}.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Language, internationalisation, and time configuration.
+#
+# For details see
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/topics/i18n/
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Stockholm'
+USE_I18N = True
+USE_L10N = True
+USE_TZ = True
+
+# URLs for serving the static and media files.
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
+
+# Directory for storing and serving user-uploaded files.
+MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(ASSETS_ROOT, "media"))
+
+# Directory for storing and serving static files.
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(ASSETS_ROOT, "static"))
+
+# Additional directories from which to read the static files. This can be
+# used for overriding application static files on project basis.
+STATICFILES_DIRS = (
+    os.path.normpath(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '{{ project_name }}' , "static")),
+)
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/development.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/development.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..edf5857ded59bda8f422ee069803b87cc40a265d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/development.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Development environment settings for project {{ project_name }}.
+
+# Import the base settings.
+from .base import *
+
+# Credentials in development environment are static.
+SECRET_KEY="{{ secret_key }}"
+
+# Enable debugging in development environment.
+DEBUG = True
+for template_config in TEMPLATES:
+    template_config['OPTIONS']['debug']=True
+
+# Site administrators and managers.
+ADMINS = (
+    # ('Your Name', 'your_email@example.com'),
+)
+MANAGERS = ADMINS
+
+# Use SQLite3 for simplicity in development environment.
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': 'development.sqlite3',
+        'USER': '',
+        'PASSWORD': '',
+        'HOST': '',
+        'PORT': '',
+    }
+}
+
+# Hostnames/FQDNs considered valid for accessing the installation.
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+# Disable password validation in development.
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = []
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/production.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/production.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dfbb9e7fba36c095540a6c52a84cd3951da863e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/production.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Production environment settings for project {{ project_name }}.
+
+# Import the base settings.
+from .base import *
+
+# Import credentials.
+try:
+    from .credentials import DATABASE_PASSWORD
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please configure DATABASE_PASSWORD in credentials.py.")
+
+try:
+    from .credentials import SECRET_KEY
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please configure SECRET_KEY in credentials.py.")
+
+# Disable debugging.
+DEBUG = False
+for template_config in TEMPLATES:
+    template_config['OPTIONS']['debug']=False
+
+# Site administrators and managers.
+ADMINS = (
+    # ('Your Name', 'your_email@example.com'),
+)
+MANAGERS = ADMINS
+
+# Database configuration.
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'NAME': '{{ project_name }}',
+        'USER': '{{ project_name }}',
+        'PASSWORD': DATABASE_PASSWORD,
+        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
+        'PORT': '',
+    }
+}
+
+# Hostnames/FQDNs considered valid for accessing the installation.
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/staging.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/staging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fde3c84449622ebaa778044b956b5ef91b5453a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/staging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Staging environment settings for project {{ project_name }}.
+
+# Import the base settings.
+from .base import *
+
+# Import credentials.
+try:
+    from .credentials import DATABASE_PASSWORD
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please configure DATABASE_PASSWORD in credentials.py.")
+
+try:
+    from .credentials import SECRET_KEY
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please configure SECRET_KEY in credentials.py.")
+
+# Disable debugging.
+DEBUG = False
+for template_config in TEMPLATES:
+    template_config['OPTIONS']['debug']=False
+
+# Site administrators and managers.
+ADMINS = (
+    # ('Your Name', 'your_email@example.com'),
+)
+MANAGERS = ADMINS
+
+# Database configuration.
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'NAME': '{{ project_name }}',
+        'USER': '{{ project_name }}',
+        'PASSWORD': DATABASE_PASSWORD,
+        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
+        'PORT': '',
+    }
+}
+
+# Hostnames/FQDNs considered valid for accessing the installation.
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/test.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..98c4939e1e1405f77801c8968293442282e7e6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/project_name/settings/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Testing environment settings for project {{ project_name }}.
+
+# Import the base settings.
+from .base import *
+
+# Import credentials.
+try:
+    from .credentials import DATABASE_PASSWORD
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please configure DATABASE_PASSWORD in credentials.py.")
+
+try:
+    from .credentials import SECRET_KEY
+except ImportError:
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please configure SECRET_KEY in credentials.py.")
+
+# Disable debugging.
+DEBUG = False
+for template_config in TEMPLATES:
+    template_config['OPTIONS']['debug']=False
+
+# Site administrators and managers.
+ADMINS = (
+    # ('Your Name', 'your_email@example.com'),
+)
+MANAGERS = ADMINS
+
+# Database configuration.
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
+        'NAME': '{{ project_name }}',
+        'USER': '{{ project_name }}',
+        'PASSWORD': DATABASE_PASSWORD,
+        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
+        'PORT': '',
+    }
+}
+
+# Hostnames/FQDNs considered valid for accessing the installation.
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/static/.keep b/project-django-1.10/project_name/static/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/urls.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa57b7e1f458f92e1e783eeda3e358115251d47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/project_name/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"""{{ project_name }} URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^$', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^$', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.conf.urls import include, url
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/project_name/wsgi.py b/project-django-1.10/project_name/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0d68b95645914d0f3e716f99fb8d9002898d0a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/project_name/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for {{ project_name }} project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/{{ docs_version }}/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "{{ project_name }}.settings")
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/requirements/base.txt b/project-django-1.10/requirements/base.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b3e1f245ff98b59c8fa000e9b39a5c1691103119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/requirements/base.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Django==1.10.3
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/requirements/development.txt b/project-django-1.10/requirements/development.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0cd5582c6652013aa8dc6095f1fce46da3fb588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/requirements/development.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Include requirements shared across all environments.
+-r base.txt
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/requirements/production.txt b/project-django-1.10/requirements/production.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0cd5582c6652013aa8dc6095f1fce46da3fb588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/requirements/production.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Include requirements shared across all environments.
+-r base.txt
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/requirements/staging.txt b/project-django-1.10/requirements/staging.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0cd5582c6652013aa8dc6095f1fce46da3fb588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/requirements/staging.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Include requirements shared across all environments.
+-r base.txt
diff --git a/project-django-1.10/requirements/test.txt b/project-django-1.10/requirements/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d0cd5582c6652013aa8dc6095f1fce46da3fb588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project-django-1.10/requirements/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Include requirements shared across all environments.
+-r base.txt