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title: "What is Drupal?"  
description: "Drupal is open source software maintained and developed by a community of 630,000+ users and developers. It's distributed under the terms of the GNU G"  
author: "Uttam Misra"  
published: 2012-04-27  
updated: 2014-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300/what-is-drupal  
category: "drupal"  
tags: ["drupal"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is Drupal?

Drupal is open [source software](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30419/what-is-open-source-software) maintained and developed by a [community](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87457/khalistan-community-a-threat-to-india) of 630,000+ users and developers. It's distributed under the terms of the GNU [General Public](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97352/when-did-cameras-start-being-used-by-the-general-public) License (or "GPL"), which means anyone is free to download it and share it with others. This open [development](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65309/importance-of-ux-design-in-the-development-of-mobile-apps) model means that people are constantly working to make sure Drupal is a cutting-edge platform that supports the [latest technologies](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32222/list-and-explain-the-virtual-assistant-present-in-the-latest-technologies) that the Web has to offer. The Drupal project's [principles](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/34041/understanding-solid-principles-in-object-oriented-design) [encourage](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11812/4-ways-to-encourage-friendships-at-work) [modularity](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/850/define-modularity), standards, collaboration, ease-of-use, and more.\
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