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How much would it cost to build Drupal?

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+title: How much would it cost to build Drupal?
+date: 2025-03-03
+permalink: daily/2025/03/03/cost
+tags:
+  - software-development
+  - drupal
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+  How long would it take and how much would it cost to build Drupal from scratch?
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+Drupal comes with a lot of features available out of the box.
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+It has a flexible system to create complex content models with different content types and fields, rich media management and Views - a visual query builder - to create lists of content.
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+It has the JSON:API module to expose your content via an API for use by other systems, such as mobile apps.
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+It has user management, authentication, password resets, roles and permissions.
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+It has configuration management to easily manage settings and configuration between environments and to provide traceability.
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+It has the Layout Builder to create page layouts with a drag and drop interface and a built-in WYSIWYG editor for entering rich content.
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+These are just some of the features I could mention.
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+Running cloc on Drupal's `core` directory shows 18,289 files and 1,095,970 lines of code.
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+If you were to get someone to build a CMS from scratch with the same features, how long would that take?
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+How much would it cost?
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+This is what you get for free by using free and open source software like Drupal.