January 15, 2001

Drupal 1.0 released

Dries Buytaert released DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. 1.0 on January 15, 2001 — open-sourcing the drop.org community software as a modular CMSContent management system — software for building and publishing websites without hand-writing every page..

What it was for

DrupalDrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. is a PHP CMSContent management system — software for building and publishing websites without hand-writing every page. for complex sites — content types, views, roles, and thousands of modules for government, university, and enterprise portals. DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. 8+ rebuilt on SymfonyA PHP framework and component library — enterprise web apps and APIs across Europe. components; today it powers large multilingual and accessibility-focused sites that outgrow simpler blogging tools.

People

  • Dries Buytaertcreator

Why it's here

DrupalA PHP-based CMS known for flexibility — popular for large government and enterprise sites. pioneered modular, community-governed CMSContent management system — software for building and publishing websites without hand-writing every page. architecture for ambitious web projects.

Why it mattered

It showed how open-source CMSs could serve enterprises and institutions, not just blogs.

What it solved

drop.org experimenters wanted to extend the software themselves instead of waiting for one maintainer.

Media

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