Drupal
Drupal is free, open source software that can be used by individuals or groups of users -- even those lacking technical skills -- to easily create and manage many types of Web sites. The application includes a content management platform and a development framework.
Types of sites that Drupal can be used for include:
- blogs
- personal or corporate Web sites
- portals
- forums
- e-commerce sites
- Intranets
- resource directories
- social networking sites.
Drupal is written in the PHP programming language. The software is ready-to-use upon download and also includes a Web-based installer and add-on modules. The software supports content management, collaborative authoring, newsletters, podcasts, image galleries, peer-to-peer networking, file uploads/downloads and more.
Drupal originated as a bulletin board system developed by Dries Buytaert in the
Drupal is offered under a General Public License (GPL).