Open-Source Web Development, Simplified

Your independent guide to Drupal, CMS selection, and modern web development. Practical tutorials and honest comparisons for developers and site builders.

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What We Cover

Practical, independent guides for every stage of your Drupal and open-source CMS journey.

Getting Started with Drupal

Core concepts, installation, content types, and your first Drupal site — without the jargon overload.

Start here

CMS Comparison

Drupal vs. WordPress vs. headless — honest trade-offs for your specific project type and team.

Compare platforms

In-Place Editing

How CKEditor 5, Layout Builder, and modern authoring tools transformed the Drupal editorial experience.

Explore editing

Drupal Site Building

Views, Layout Builder, taxonomy, menus, and configuration management — the core of Drupal development.

Build better sites

Essential Modules

The most useful contributed Drupal modules — SEO, performance, media, forms, and developer tools.

Browse modules

Drupal Security

Best practices for secure Drupal sites — updates, configuration hardening, and hosting security.

Secure your site

Drupal Theming

Twig templates, starter themes, component CSS, and the workflow for custom Drupal front-ends.

Learn theming

Open-Source CMS Guide

The full landscape — Drupal, WordPress, TYPO3, headless CMS — with real-world use cases and selection guidance.

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Why Open Source for CMS?

Freedom from vendor lock-in, a transparent codebase, and a community of millions. Open-source CMS platforms run billions of pages daily — and the technology keeps getting better. Read the full guide →

Why Drupal?

Drupal excels where complexity matters — and handles simplicity fine too.

Structured Content

Drupal's entity/field system handles complex content models natively. Multiple content types, field reuse, taxonomy relationships, and entity references — without plugins.

Security-First

A dedicated security team, regular advisory releases, Twig auto-escaping, parameterized queries, and a strong community security culture make Drupal the choice for high-stakes sites.

Multilingual by Design

Full multilingual support built into Drupal core — content translation, interface translation, language detection, and locale-aware display with no add-on required.

API-First Architecture

JSON:API and GraphQL in core make Drupal a production-ready headless CMS backend. Use Drupal's content management with any front-end framework.