diff --git a/django_vite/core/asset_loader.py b/django_vite/core/asset_loader.py
index 0871104..335d065 100644
--- a/django_vite/core/asset_loader.py
+++ b/django_vite/core/asset_loader.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.checks import Warning
+from django.utils.module_loading import import_string
 
 from django_vite.core.exceptions import (
     DjangoViteManifestError,
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ class DjangoViteConfig(NamedTuple):
     # Default Vite server path to React RefreshRuntime for @vitejs/plugin-react.
     react_refresh_url: str = "@react-refresh"
 
+    # The DjangoViteAppClient class to use to parse the manifest and load assets.
+    app_client_class: str = "django_vite.core.asset_loader.DjangoViteAppClient"
+
 
 class ManifestEntry(NamedTuple):
     """
@@ -136,6 +140,14 @@ def check(self) -> List[Warning]:
                 )
             ]
 
+    def load_manifest(self):
+        """
+        Read the Vite manifest.json file.
+        """
+        with open(self.manifest_path, "r") as manifest_file:
+            manifest_content = manifest_file.read()
+            return json.loads(manifest_content)
+
     class ParsedManifestOutput(NamedTuple):
         # all entries within the manifest
         entries: Dict[str, ManifestEntry] = {}
@@ -163,22 +175,20 @@ def _parse_manifest(self) -> ParsedManifestOutput:
         legacy_polyfills_entry: Optional[ManifestEntry] = None
 
         try:
-            with open(self.manifest_path, "r") as manifest_file:
-                manifest_content = manifest_file.read()
-                manifest_json = json.loads(manifest_content)
-
-                for path, manifest_entry_data in manifest_json.items():
-                    filtered_manifest_entry_data = {
-                        key: value
-                        for key, value in manifest_entry_data.items()
-                        if key in ManifestEntry._fields
-                    }
-                    manifest_entry = ManifestEntry(**filtered_manifest_entry_data)
-                    entries[path] = manifest_entry
-                    if self.legacy_polyfills_motif in path:
-                        legacy_polyfills_entry = manifest_entry
-
-                return self.ParsedManifestOutput(entries, legacy_polyfills_entry)
+            manifest = self.load_manifest()
+
+            for path, manifest_entry_data in manifest.items():
+                filtered_manifest_entry_data = {
+                    key: value
+                    for key, value in manifest_entry_data.items()
+                    if key in ManifestEntry._fields
+                }
+                manifest_entry = ManifestEntry(**filtered_manifest_entry_data)
+                entries[path] = manifest_entry
+                if self.legacy_polyfills_motif in path:
+                    legacy_polyfills_entry = manifest_entry
+
+            return self.ParsedManifestOutput(entries, legacy_polyfills_entry)
 
         except Exception as error:
             raise DjangoViteManifestError(
@@ -212,6 +222,8 @@ class DjangoViteAppClient:
     DjangoViteConfig provides the arguments for the client.
     """
 
+    ManifestClient = ManifestClient
+
     def __init__(
         self, config: DjangoViteConfig, app_name: str = DEFAULT_APP_NAME
     ) -> None:
@@ -226,9 +238,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.ws_client_url = config.ws_client_url
         self.react_refresh_url = config.react_refresh_url
 
-        self.manifest = ManifestClient(config, app_name)
+        self.manifest = self.ManifestClient(config, app_name)
 
-    def _get_dev_server_url(
+    def get_dev_server_url(
         self,
         path: str,
     ) -> str:
@@ -251,7 +263,7 @@ def _get_dev_server_url(
             urljoin(static_url_base, path),
         )
 
-    def _get_production_server_url(self, path: str) -> str:
+    def get_production_server_url(self, path: str) -> str:
         """
         Generates an URL to an asset served during production.
 
@@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ def generate_vite_asset(
                 this asset in your page.
         """
         if self.dev_mode:
-            url = self._get_dev_server_url(path)
+            url = self.get_dev_server_url(path)
             return TagGenerator.script(
                 url,
                 attrs={"type": "module", **kwargs},
@@ -316,7 +328,7 @@ def generate_vite_asset(
         tags.extend(self._load_css_files_of_asset(path))
 
         # Add the script by itself
-        url = self._get_production_server_url(manifest_entry.file)
+        url = self.get_production_server_url(manifest_entry.file)
         tags.append(
             TagGenerator.script(
                 url,
@@ -335,7 +347,7 @@ def generate_vite_asset(
         for dep in manifest_entry.imports:
             dep_manifest_entry = self.manifest.get(dep)
             dep_file = dep_manifest_entry.file
-            url = self._get_production_server_url(dep_file)
+            url = self.get_production_server_url(dep_file)
             tags.append(
                 TagGenerator.preload(
                     url,
@@ -381,7 +393,7 @@ def preload_vite_asset(
         }
 
         manifest_file = manifest_entry.file
-        url = self._get_production_server_url(manifest_file)
+        url = self.get_production_server_url(manifest_file)
         tags.append(
             TagGenerator.preload(
                 url,
@@ -396,7 +408,7 @@ def preload_vite_asset(
         for dep in manifest_entry.imports:
             dep_manifest_entry = self.manifest.get(dep)
             dep_file = dep_manifest_entry.file
-            url = self._get_production_server_url(dep_file)
+            url = self.get_production_server_url(dep_file)
             tags.append(
                 TagGenerator.preload(
                     url,
@@ -461,7 +473,7 @@ def _generate_css_files_of_asset(
 
         for css_path in manifest_entry.css:
             if css_path not in already_processed:
-                url = self._get_production_server_url(css_path)
+                url = self.get_production_server_url(css_path)
                 tags.append(tag_generator(url))
                 already_processed.append(css_path)
 
@@ -480,11 +492,11 @@ def generate_vite_asset_url(self, path: str) -> str:
         """
 
         if self.dev_mode:
-            return self._get_dev_server_url(path)
+            return self.get_dev_server_url(path)
 
         manifest_entry = self.manifest.get(path)
 
-        return self._get_production_server_url(manifest_entry.file)
+        return self.get_production_server_url(manifest_entry.file)
 
     def generate_vite_legacy_polyfills(
         self,
@@ -520,7 +532,7 @@ def generate_vite_legacy_polyfills(
             )
 
         scripts_attrs = {"nomodule": "", "crossorigin": "", **kwargs}
-        url = self._get_production_server_url(polyfills_manifest_entry.file)
+        url = self.get_production_server_url(polyfills_manifest_entry.file)
 
         return TagGenerator.script(
             url,
@@ -558,7 +570,7 @@ def generate_vite_legacy_asset(
 
         manifest_entry = self.manifest.get(path)
         scripts_attrs = {"nomodule": "", "crossorigin": "", **kwargs}
-        url = self._get_production_server_url(manifest_entry.file)
+        url = self.get_production_server_url(manifest_entry.file)
 
         return TagGenerator.script(
             url,
@@ -582,7 +594,7 @@ def generate_vite_ws_client(self, **kwargs: Dict[str, str]) -> str:
         if not self.dev_mode:
             return ""
 
-        url = self._get_dev_server_url(self.ws_client_url)
+        url = self.get_dev_server_url(self.ws_client_url)
 
         return TagGenerator.script(
             url,
@@ -607,7 +619,7 @@ def generate_vite_react_refresh_url(self, **kwargs: Dict[str, str]) -> str:
         if not self.dev_mode:
             return ""
 
-        url = self._get_dev_server_url(self.react_refresh_url)
+        url = self.get_dev_server_url(self.react_refresh_url)
         attrs_str = attrs_to_str(kwargs)
 
         return f"""<script type="module" {attrs_str}>
@@ -691,7 +703,8 @@ def _apply_django_vite_settings(cls):
         for app_name, config in django_vite_settings.items():
             if not isinstance(config, DjangoViteConfig):
                 config = DjangoViteConfig(**config)
-            cls._instance._apps[app_name] = DjangoViteAppClient(config, app_name)
+            app_client_class = import_string(config.app_client_class)
+            cls._instance._apps[app_name] = app_client_class(config, app_name)
 
     @classmethod
     def _apply_legacy_django_vite_settings(cls):
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/tests/__init__.py b/tests/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/tests/test_asset_loader.py b/tests/tests/test_asset_loader.py
index ca9c06d..8ee7258 100644
--- a/tests/tests/test_asset_loader.py
+++ b/tests/tests/test_asset_loader.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import pytest
 
-from django_vite.core.asset_loader import DjangoViteConfig, ManifestClient
-from django_vite.templatetags.django_vite import DjangoViteAssetLoader
+from django_vite.core.asset_loader import (
+    DjangoViteConfig,
+    DjangoViteAssetLoader,
+)
 from django_vite.apps import check_loader_instance
 
 
diff --git a/tests/tests/test_custom_app_client_class.py b/tests/tests/test_custom_app_client_class.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad2c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/test_custom_app_client_class.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import pytest
+
+from django_vite.core.asset_loader import (
+    DjangoViteAppClient,
+    DjangoViteAssetLoader,
+    ManifestClient,
+)
+
+
+def mock_get_manifest_from_url():
+    """
+    Pretend that we're fetching manifest.json from an external source.
+    """
+    return {
+        "src/mock_external_entry.js": {
+            "css": ["assets/entry-0ed1a6fd.css"],
+            "file": "assets/entry-5c085aac.js",
+            "isEntry": True,
+            "src": "entry.js",
+        },
+        "src/mock_external_entry.css": {
+            "file": "assets/entry-0ed1a6fd.css",
+            "src": "entry.css",
+        },
+    }
+
+
+class CustomManifestClient(ManifestClient):
+    """
+    Custom ManifestClient that loads manifest.json from an external source.
+    """
+
+    def load_manifest(self):
+        return mock_get_manifest_from_url()
+
+
+class CustomAppClient(DjangoViteAppClient):
+    """
+    Custom AppClient with a Custom ManifestClient.
+    """
+
+    ManifestClient = CustomManifestClient
+
+
+def test_app_client_class(patch_settings):
+    patch_settings(
+        {
+            "DJANGO_VITE": {
+                "default": {
+                    "app_client_class": "tests.tests.test_custom_app_client_class.CustomAppClient",
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    )
+    DjangoViteAssetLoader._instance = None
+    assert (
+        "src/mock_external_entry.js"
+        in DjangoViteAssetLoader.instance()._apps["default"].manifest._entries
+    )
+
+
+def test_invalid_app_client_class(patch_settings):
+    with pytest.raises(ModuleNotFoundError):
+        patch_settings(
+            {
+                "DJANGO_VITE": {
+                    "default": {
+                        "app_client_class": "django_vite.invalid.CustomAppClient",
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        )
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b08691b..142d71f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ envlist =
     codestyle,
     lint,
     {py38,py39}-django{32,40,41,42},
-    {py310,py311}-django{41,42,-latest},
-    {py312}-django{42,-latest},
+    {py310,py311}-django{41,42,50,-latest},
+    {py312}-django{42,50,-latest},
 isolated_build = true
 minversion = 1.9
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ deps =
     django40: Django>=4.0,<4.1
     django41: Django>=4.1,<4.2
     django42: Django>=4.2,<4.3
+    django50: Django>=5.0,<5.1
     django-latest: https://github.com/django/django/archive/main.tar.gz
 commands =
     pytest {posargs:tests}