Drupal Technical Overview | Architecture & Features
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Technical Overview
A Framework for Modern and Ambitious Digital Solutions
The open source framework behind millions of websites.
Read the Drupal Core Docs
Drupal enables everyone to create powerful online experiences
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Go beyond basic content management
Extensive customization and a robust content authoring, design, and development foundation.
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Modular architecture and API-first approach
Developers can create tailored solutions using their preferred technologies while a global network of contributors is continuously innovating.
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Make the most of your technology investment
With no vendor lock-in and low-code/no-code options, marketers can independently drive your digital strategy and publishing workflows.
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Drupal is a digital public good
It’s part of a sustainable digital future, allowing you to build your digital presence how you see fit, with full ownership and control of your content.
No other content management software is this powerful and scalable.
Drupal empowers content teams with user-friendly tools, prioritizing accessibility and flexible, structured content. Its API-first, headless-ready design supports web, mobile, and more from a single source. With advanced caching, robust editorial tools, and top-tier multilingual support, Drupal combines high performance, scalability, and open source security for enterprise-level content management.
Drupal as a Digital Experience Platform
Editor experience
Drupal empowers content editors and marketers to take advantage of the robust technical architecture under the hood, with no technical background required.
Accessible experiences
Accessibility is embedded throughout Drupal, from the codebase to the authoring and page-building experience, ensuring users can navigate and interact with your website effectively.
Rigorous security
Drupal is renowned for its robust security features, such as role-based access control and regular security updates to protect your site from threats and vulnerabilities.
High performance
Drupal is designed to deliver high performance and fast loading times, ensuring sites can handle high traffic volumes and complex data structures.
Multilingual
Drupal comes with robust multilingual, out-of-the-box features, allowing you to create and manage content in dozens of languages and supporting configurable translation workflows and integrations.
Developer experience
Drupal offers a modern developer experience, streamlining workflows and enhancing productivity with enterprise-grade continuous deployment for smooth releases.
Low cost of ownership
Drupal provides a cost-effective solution supported by an extensive ecosystem of providers specializing in Drupal-specific development, maintenance, and hosting.
Customizable Data Model
Drupal is renowned for its flexibility and robust data model, ensuring your content is well-structured, easily manageable, and customizable.
Ready to dive in?
Drupal offers a powerful and comprehensive feature set straight out of the box. These features provide the functionality and tools required for enterprise-level digital platforms before anyone writes a single line of code.
Try Drupal core
Read the Drupal core docs
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How Drupal helps you take the lead
Multisite support and configuration management
Thousands of integrations optimized for Drupal
Information architecture enabled customization
Mix and match capabilities based on your needs
Role-based control for different teams
Cross-channel content delivery
Geographical enabled scalability
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Drupal builds on the best supporting technologies from the open source ecosystem: Composer, Symfony, Twig, PHPUnit, PHPStan and more.
Drupal releases incorporate updates to these systems, keeping your site up to date, stable, and secure, and take advantage of new capabilities.
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The world's largest companies rely on Drupal
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Learn why 1 in 8 websites run on Drupal
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UNICEF provides essential services to children, defends their rights, and empowers them to fulfill their potential worldwide.
190
countries and territories served
Learn more about UNICEF on Drupal
Learn why 1 in 8 websites run on Drupal
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The State of Georgia's next-generation platform is powered by Drupal and helps state agencies serve residents better.
10M+
residents served
80
programs and agencies
Learn more about the State of Georgia on Drupal
Learn why 1 in 8 websites run on Drupal
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Princeton uses Drupal because it combines flexibility and extensibility with expert community support.
650+
websites
Learn more about Princeton on Drupal
Learn why 1 in 8 websites run on Drupal
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Planned Parenthood DIRECT uses Drupal as the perfect solution for a decoupled website that informs users about the different reproductive health services offered in each state.
43
states served
30+
decoupled components
Learn More about Planned Parenthood Direct on Drupal
The power behind the open web
1,858
people from 590 organizations contributed to Drupal 11
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100+ Drupal Certified Partners provide global support
400k+
websites using Drupal today