Original author(s) | Dries Buytaert |
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Developer(s) | Drupal community |
Initial release | January 15, 2001[1] |
Stable release | |
Repository | Drupal Repository |
Written in | PHP, using Symfony |
Operating system | Unix-like, Windows |
Platform | Web platform |
Size | 100 MB |
Type | Content management framework Content management system Blog software Open source Knowledge management |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later[3] |
Website | drupal.org |
Drupal (/ˈdruːpəl/)[4] is a free and open-source web content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.[3][5][6] Drupal provides an open-source back-end framework for at least 14% of the top 10,000 websites worldwide[7] and 1.2% of the top 10 million websites[8]—ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and government sites.[9] Drupal can also be used for knowledge management and for business collaboration.[10]
As of March 2022[update], the Drupal community had more than 1.39 million members,[11][12][13] including 124,000 users actively contributing,[14] resulting in more than 50,000 free modules that extend and customize Drupal functionality,[15] over 3,000 free themes that change the look and feel of Drupal,[16] and at least 1,400 free distributions that allow users to quickly and easily set up a complex, use-specific Drupal in fewer steps.[17]
The standard release of Drupal, known as Drupal core, contains basic features common to content-management systems. These include user account registration and maintenance, menu management, RSS feeds, taxonomy, page layout customization, and system administration. The Drupal core installation can serve as a simple website, a single- or multi-user blog, an Internet forum, or a community website providing for user-generated content.
Drupal also describes itself as a web application framework.[18] When compared with notable frameworks, Drupal meets most of the generally accepted feature requirements for such web frameworks.[19][20]
Although Drupal offers a sophisticated API for developers, basic Web-site installation and administration of the framework require no programming skills.[21]
Drupal runs on any computing platform that supports both a web server capable of running PHP and a database to store content and configuration.
In 2023/2024, Drupal received over 250,000 Euros from Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund.[22]
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