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Acquia’s Fair Trade Initiative: A new model for sustainable Drupal funding

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The Drupal Association is responsible for the massive infrastructure that keeps the Drupal ecosystem moving forward. From protecting and upgrading Drupal.org to coordinating global events, managing community programs, and providing resources to our vital Security Team, our work requires reliable funding.

Drupal Association secures Alpha-Omega grant to future-proof Open-Source Security for the AI Era.

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We are proud to share that the Drupal Association has been awarded a grant from the Alpha-Omega Project, a project of The Linux Foundation, which seeks to help open source projects identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities.

As AI-generated commits and AI-driven security threats become the norm, open-source ecosystems must evolve rapidly. This funding directly strengthens the already mature Drupal Security Team, ensuring our core ecosystem is hardened against the modern, AI-age vulnerabilities.

DrupalCon Chicago 2026: Where Innovation Meets the Open Web

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DrupalCon Chicago 2026 brought together leading experts in digital experience development, open source innovation, and enterprise technology.

10 years of free Drupal events: DevBranch’s journey to the 30th Drupal Café Lutsk meetup!

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This is a guest post from the incredible team at DevBranch, a Drupal development team based in Lutsk, Ukraine.

Drupal Café Lutsk and Drupal Global Contribution Weekend (DGCW) have become regular opportunities to strengthen the Drupal community in Lutsk, Ukraine. Organized by the DevBranch development team, they connect developers and grow an active community both locally and within the global Drupal ecosystem.

Drupal's AI Roadmap for 2026

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For the past months, the AI Initiative Leadership Team has been working with our contributing partners to define what the Drupal AI initiative should focus on in 2026. That plan is now ready, and I want to share it with the community.

Drupal Powers Global Action for World Cancer Day

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Every year on 4th February, the world unites to mark World Cancer Day (WCD), a campaign that raises awareness, amplifies voices, and inspires collective action against cancer. Behind the scenes, the World Cancer Day website, built with Drupal, powers millions of people, providing a central platform for global engagement.

Drupal CMS 2.0 is here: Visual building, AI, and site templates transform Drupal

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January 28, 2026 – Today marks one of the biggest evolutions in Drupal's 25-year history.

Drupal CMS 2.0 launches with Drupal Canvas, AI-powered tools, and introduces a component system along with the first site template that enables marketing teams to launch fully branded, professional websites in days instead of weeks. Built on Drupal core, it maintains the enterprise-grade security, scalability, and flexibility Drupal is known for.

Join Drupal for a week of innovation at EU Open Source Week 2026

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The Drupal Community will have a large showing at EU Open Source Week 2026 in Brussels.

Drupal Turns 25 Today

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Twenty-five years! In the world of technology, hitting a quarter-century milestone while remaining a top-notch powerhouse of the internet is an achievement so rare it's almost unheard of. Today, we're popping the confetti and cutting the cakes around the world to celebrate a colossal journey. This isn't just a birthday for a piece of software; it's a testament to resilience, constant evolution, and the deep-seated belief in doing things the right way. Join us as we look back on 25 years of shared passion, contribution, and the incredible community that has made Drupal so powerful.

Understanding real Drupal users with privacy-first telemetry

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Many of the current strategic initiatives in Drupal are based on the principle of user-centered design. When executed well, this means that the needs, goals, and feedback of the end-user are part of the decision making process at every step of development. 

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