Plone
Open source content management system built on Python and React
Plone is an open-source content management system built on a Python backend with the React-based Volto frontend, maintained by the non-profit Plone Foundation. It is used to build websites, intranets, extranets, and custom solutions, addressing the need for a secure, extensible platform for managing content lifecycles, permissions, workflows, and digital assets.
Key capabilities include an adaptive blocks system for layouts, no-code content type creation, a drag-and-drop form builder, faceted search, and a Plone REST API for headless use. It integrates with systems such as Salesforce, Oracle, LDAP, Active Directory, Shibboleth, and Elasticsearch, and supports multilingual sites, accessibility standards (WCAG 2.0), version control, and clustering. An add-on ecosystem extends functionality.
Plone is aimed at editors, developers, and decision makers building standard or complex installations. It is free and open source, with demo sites available for evaluation and downloadable releases.
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