# Drupal

Open-source PHP content management system and framework built on Symfony components, with Twig theming and core JSON:API and REST modules.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/drupal/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.drupal.org
- repository: https://github.com/drupal/drupal
- docs: https://www.drupal.org/docs
- plugins: https://www.drupal.org/project/project_module

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Drupal community, supported by the Drupal Association
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2001
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms, framework
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.3
- basedOn: symfony

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mariadb, mysql, postgres, sqlite
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: twig
- i18n: yes, built-in translation modules

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: composer create-project drupal/recommended-project, Drupal CMS desktop app, ddev

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0-or-later, GPL

### Releases

- currentMajor: 11
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4292
- packagistDownloads: 70956278
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: 39446
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 1605073
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 94414
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 5293
- dependentPackages: 770

### Sources

- name: https://www.drupal.org/about (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://www.drupal.org/about (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/drupal/drupal (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://www.drupal.org/docs/getting-started/system-requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- firstRelease: https://www.drupal.org/about/history (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://www.drupal.org/about (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://www.drupal.org/about (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170855 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://new.drupal.org/download (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/drupal/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://www.drupal.org/docs/getting-started/system-requirements/php-requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://www.drupal.org/docs/getting-started/system-requirements/php-requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/drupal/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://www.drupal.org/docs/getting-started/system-requirements/php-requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://www.drupal.org/docs/getting-started/system-requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://www.drupal.org/docs/getting-started/system-requirements/database-server-requirements (read 2026-10-18)
- adminUi: https://new.drupal.org/download (read 2026-10-18)
- headlessApi: https://www.drupal.org/docs/core-modules-and-themes/core-modules/jsonapi-module (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/theming-drupal (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://www.drupal.org/docs/multilingual-guide (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/theming-drupal (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://new.drupal.org/download (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://packagist.org/packages/drupal/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://www.drupal.org/about (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://www.drupal.org/about (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/drupal/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/drupal/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/drupal/drupal (read 2026-10-18)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/drupal/core.json (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://www.drupal.org/api-d7/node.json?type=project_module&field_project_type=full&limit=1 (read 2026-10-18)
- pluginCount: https://www.drupal.org/api-d7/node.json?type=project_module&field_project_type=full&limit=1 (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://www.drupal.org/docs/getting-started/system-requirements (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/drupal%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/drupal%2Fcore (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/drupal/core/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Drupal is an open-source PHP content management system and framework built on Symfony components. Content is stored in a database, and pages are themed with Twig. The admin interface runs in the browser. Core ships JSON:API and REST modules for headless use, and one codebase can serve several sites. Two starting points are documented: Drupal CMS, a distribution, and Drupal core, installed with Composer. Extensions are modules published on drupal.org. The project is community-driven and supported by the Drupal Association, a non-profit.

## Worth knowing

Each older minor of core loses security support when a newer minor ships, so an installed site has to follow the minor releases. PostgreSQL needs the `pg_trgm` extension.

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