Drupal Overview
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About
What is Drupal?
Drupal is the world’s most powerful open-source content management system (CMS) that empowers you to build ambitious, flexible, and scalable content. With a robust architecture, thousands of free add-on modules, and a dedicated global community, Drupal provides the valuable tools needed to create everything from simple blogs to complex enterprise websites and web applications.
About
What is Drupal CMS?
Drupal CMS is a ready-to-use platform for marketing teams, content creators and site builders built on Drupal 11 core. When you install Drupal CMS, you get a set of out-of-the-box tools such as advanced media management, SEO tools, AI-driven website building, consent management, analytics, search, automatic updates and more.
Get a Head Start On Your Drupal Project
Starter Kit
Drupal CMS Desktop App
Launch a fully functional Drupal CMS site on your computer instantly—no command-line skills or server configuration needed. This is a quick and easy way to try out the new Drupal CMS.
Starter Kit
Drupal CMS Installation with Composer
Recommended for developers. Use Composer and a local dev environment (like DDEV) for complete control and flexibility of the latest Drupal CMS installation.
Starter Kit
Drupal 11 Installation with Composer
Recommended for developers. Use Composer and a local dev environment (like DDEV) for complete control and flexibility of the latest Drupal installation.
Value
Continue to Innovate with Drupal
Drupal's open-source architecture and massive community empower your organization to innovate continuously. From its new AI initiative and automatic updates to the modular "Recipes" feature, Drupal provides the modern tools and flexibility to adapt to evolving digital needs, ensuring your site remains secure, scalable, and ahead of the curve.
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Who Uses Drupal?
Organizations in every industry choose Drupal for its power and flexibility. A diverse user base, including digital experience designers, content strategists, developers, and marketers, collaborates to build and manage sophisticated websites and web applications. Drupal provides the tools they need to create, innovate, and thrive.
Integrations and APIs
Drupal's API-first architecture unlocks limitless potential for your business. Seamlessly connect with your existing marketing, sales, and analytics tools, or build powerful custom applications. This robust integrations ecosystem and headless capabilities allow you to deliver dynamic content across any device, creating a truly unified and innovative digital experience.
Security and Compliance
To remain competitive and protect customer data, modern web security and compliance requires proactive measures. This includes data encryption, multi-factor authentication, and regular vulnerability scanning to prevent attacks. Additionally, businesses must adhere to evolving global regulations like GDPR, FEDRAMP, and HIPAA, ensuring user privacy and accessibility for all.
Features
What happens when the world’s most powerful and flexible CMS meets the future? Limitless possibilities. Drupal is packed with new features like automatic updates, an AI initiative, and so much more. It's the same trusted Drupal, but with even more power to innovate, adapt, and scale.
Need fast facts about the content management system? See quick answers to some of the most common questions surrounding Drupal today.
| Is Drupal free? |
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Drupal is freely available for anyone to download and use. New users or those unfamiliar with its ins and outs may engage developer or consulting support from the many individuals and agencies who specialize in Drupal.
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| Is Drupal open source? |
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Drupal is open source software. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. Anyone can run, study, share, or modify Drupal.
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| What language is Drupal written in? |
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Drupal is written in the PHP programming language but also uses a fair amount of JavaScript.
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| What is Drupal Core? |
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Drupal core offers everything needed to create a website, with features like blogging, forums, and contact forms. It includes a set of modules that provide content structuring, query building, authentication, permission, workflow, multilingual, and many more powerful capabilities. Users can take advantage of Drupal modules to enhance core features. These modules range in capability from allowing Drupal to display video to helping it manage dates.
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| What is the Drupal Association? |
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The Drupal Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on accelerating Drupal, fostering the growth of the Drupal community, and supporting the project’s vision to create a safe, secure, and open web for everyone. Individuals and organizations may become members to help shape the future of Drupal.
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| What is the difference between Drupal and Acquia? |
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Drupal is a free, open source content management system first developed by Dries Buytaert in 2000. Acquia is the software company he co-founded in 2007 to provide enterprise support for Drupal users. Today Acquia’s products include the Drupal-powered Acquia Drupal Starter-Kits, Acquia Cloud Platform for hosting Drupal applications, the low-code Site Studio product to make it easy for marketers to build digital experiences using Drupal, and the Code Studio suite of Drupal DevOps tools. Acquia rounds out its digital experience platform with a customer data platform, digital asset management system, product information management system, and marketing automation solution.
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