By darumaki on

It would be interesting to find out on average how many modules people are using on their site, 40+ here. I'm not sure if more modules impacts site performance or not.

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vm’s picture

vm commented

the more modules you use, the more memory that is required.

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johnhanley commented

No doubt about it, the more modules the more layers. I'm a minimalist when it comes to modules. If you don't absolutely need a module, don't install it. This includes "must have" modules like CCK and Views. I always recommend letting the content drive the technology (or in this case the modules used.)

Memory also matters, as previously stated. One of my first considerations when deciding whether or not to use a particular module is the tarball file size. I don't like unnecessary bloat.

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LansingIT commented

I have some sites that use no contributed modules, not even all of the core modules, and some with 50 plus, so really the anwer "it depends" is about a close as your going to get as an average. : )

BK

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decibel.places commented

building a BIG publishing/social networking site

I have about 240 module packages (not including sub-modules) just for the initial build.

The site will obviously need some serious caching, trying the boost module

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johnhanley commented

The problem with many/most contributed modules is that they have to be flexible enough to accommodate a wide variety of applications. This often leads to a lot of excess bloat and overhead. If you have the luxury of time and programming ability then custom module development is definitely the way to go. I'm working on several side projects and one of them uses custom modules almost exclusively. As a result the application screams because zero cycles are wasted.

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