Twenty-three years after creating Drupal as a university student
and hundreds of thousands of websites later, Dries Buytaert announced today that a new
version of Drupal will launch at the end of 2024. Drupal is an Open
Source CMS that is foundational to a great digital experience
platform. Its reliable, highly secure, and flexible tools build the
versatile, structured content needed to create dynamic web
experiences.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 8, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Twenty-three years after creating Drupal as a
university student and hundreds of thousands of websites later,
Dries Buytaert announced today that
a new version of Drupal will launch at the end of 2024. Drupal is
an Open Source CMS that is foundational to a great digital
experience platform. Its reliable, highly secure, and flexible
tools build the versatile, structured content needed to create
dynamic web experiences.
Drupal Starshot will leverage Drupal Core
but have a different governance model to move fast, allowing for
more innovation more quickly.
This new version of Drupal will incorporate the best of the
50,000+ modules created over the past decade into a curated,
out-of-the-box experience for organizations wishing to build
powerful websites quickly.
"We built this amazing platform to power the most robust digital
experiences. And now we will make it more accessible to
non-developers," said Dries. "Drupal Starshot is an initiative that
will deliver this new version of Drupal within eight months."
"The Drupal Association is excited to support the Drupal
Starshot initiative and to begin marketing the new version of
Drupal as the first, best stop for those interested in
understanding what Drupal can do," said Owen Lansbury, Chair of the Drupal Association's
board of directors.
On 6 May, founder and project lead Dries
Buytaert gave an inspiring keynote—also known as the
Driesnote—introducing this completely new version of Drupal: Drupal
Starshot.
Dries described how, much like the race to space in the 1960s,
Drupal is also in a race. The web is moving forward, with or
without Drupal. Drupal has a long history of being a leader in the
Open Web, but it needs its "Moonshot" moment. Dries reiterated how
the future of Drupal's success will come from broadening its
usability to a wider audience. The way to do this, Dries said, is
to open Drupal's powerful tools to non-developers.
What is Drupal Starshot, and how does it differ from the
traditional version of Drupal? Drupal Starshot will leverage Drupal
Core but have a different governance model to move fast, allowing
for more innovation more quickly.
After Drupal Starshot is introduced, when someone visits the
Drupal.org download page, both traditional Drupal Core and Drupal
Starshot will be available (under a different name, still to be
determined). When Drupal Starshot is selected, it will
automatically download the features that the user wants for their
use case, making it easier for new users to try and test out
Drupal, all from right in their browser. Drupal Core will still be
the fundamental building block of Drupal Starshot and can still be
used independently from Drupal Starshot for custom builds.
How will this new Drupal be different?
The Drupal that exists today, known as "Drupal Core," will
continue to exist and will be maintained by core maintainers. The
Drupal Starshot initiative will introduce a new version of Drupal
with a fully featured out-of-box experience.
Features that Drupal Starshot will include are:
- Next generation page builder
- Project Browser + Recipes
- Automatic updates
- Key contributed modules
- Easy configuration
- Default content
- And possibly more!
Drupal community members who are interested in contributing to
the development of Drupal Starshot can submit their interest via
this interest form or join Dries at several Birds of a Feather
sessions happening during DrupalCon Portland.
Watch the full Driesnote on the Drupal Association YouTube
Channel.
About DrupalCon
This year, DrupalCon North America is a four-day conference held
in Portland, Oregon, from 6-9 May.
Over 1,300 professionals and Drupal users collaborate on the
project for a week. The Drupal Association is a non-profit
organization that caters to the needs of Drupal and its worldwide
community. It focuses on the growth of the Drupal community and
supports the project's vision to create a safe, secure, and Open
Web for everyone.
About Drupal and the Drupal Association
Drupal is a powerful open-source content management system for
everyone, from small nonprofits to enterprises. It is used by
millions of people and organizations worldwide, made possible by a
community of 100,000-plus contributors and enabling more than 1.3
million users on Drupal.org. The Drupal Association is a non-profit
organization dedicated to accelerating the Drupal software project,
fostering the community, and supporting its growth.
Media Contact
Christina Lockhart, The Drupal
Association, 1 503-468-4400 732, christina@association.drupal.org,
drupal.org
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