Why Drupal
Drupal gives teams the freedom to create exceptional digital experiences.
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The Drupal content management system (CMS) is home to more than 10% of the top 10,000 websites worldwide and is backed by one of the largest open source communities.
Enterprise-Grade
Digital Experiences Start With Drupal
1 in 10
enterprise sites run of Drupal
10K+
active community contributors
50,000+
integrations, extensions, and developers
1.2M
unique visitors per month to drupal.org
What Can You Expect From Drupal?
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Open Source Community and Code
With an extensive community committed to innovation, Drupal becomes a more powerful platform every single day.
- Unlimited flexibility
- No vendor lock-in; take your code anywhere
- Non-stop community innovation
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Flexible Architecture for Modern Application Development
API first, not API only.
- Assemble pre-packaged business capabilities with a composable architecture
- Low-code tooling enables users to build digital experiences without being a developer
- Manage, remix, and publish source-agnostic content across channels and foster omnichannel digital experiences
- Create and deploy code faster with cloud-based developer tools
- Automate code building, testing, and deploying with a full CI/CD process
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Marketer-Friendly CMS
Deliver personalized, intelligent experiences.
- Serve global audiences by translating every part of a website with multilingual management
- Use content, fields, and media predictably across channels and apps with structured content
- Improve search rankings, drive more traffic, and increase conversion rates with advanced SEO tools
- Enable visitors to find relevant content quickly with enterprise search
- Create barrier free websites with web accessibility features that adhere to web regulations
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Extensive Integrations
Because Drupal is open source, when it comes to integrations, the limit does not exist.
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Scalable and Performant
The biggest websites on earth run on Drupal.
- Flexible, authenticated content caching and static assets deliver faster experiences
- CDN support speeds up websites, improving visitor engagement
- BigPipe delivery pushes user-specific content with optimized caching for authenticated users
- Static site generation capabilities enable you to create fast, lightweight websites
- JavaScript and CSS aggregation reduces the number of HTTP requests for each page, improving page performance and scalability
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Highly Secure
10,000+ active contributors make it hard for bugs to hide.
- Role-based access control streamlines user management and teams
- Advanced user management capabilities with support for two-factor authentication, single sign-on, and more
- Module security coverage indicates whether Drupal modules are protected by the project’s security team
- Drupal Steward program blocks critical vulnerabilities before they have been publicly announced, mitigating risk for customers of program participants