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Is Drupal a CMS or a framework?

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+title: >
+  Is Drupal a CMS or a framework?
+pubDate: 2023-10-30
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+  archive/2023/10/30/is-drupal-a-cms-or-a-framework
+tags:
+  - php
+  - phpc
+  - drupal
+---
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+Drupal is typically called a CMS (content management system) - somewhere you add and edit the content for your website.
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+However, unlike some other CMSes, unless a Drupal website uses only the default page and article content type, no Drupal websites are the same. Each will have its specific content model with different content types and fields.
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+Instead of being a content management system, Drupal can be described as a content management framework (CMF) - a framework for building a content management system specific to each application.
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+But as well as a content management framework, Drupal could also be considered an application framework like Symfony or Laravel.
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+As well as building the content model, you can extend Drupal's functionality with custom modules and add custom themes to make it visually different.
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+But, there's a lot of functionality in Drupal core itself - such as user accounts, authentication, a query builder (Views), JSON:API endpoints, and a visual page editor (Layout Builder) - to name a few things!
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+Drupal offers much more than just managing content.