Drupal Association

The organisation behind drupal.org operates as a non‑profit that sustains an open‑source software ecosystem rather than selling proprietary software. It creates value by maintaining the core project infrastructure: hosting the codebase, modules and themes, managing contribution workflows, publishing security advisories and documentation, and convening the global community via its website and conferences. This enables agencies, enterprises, governments and other organisations to adopt the underlying CMS without licence fees while relying on a stable, governed project hub.

Revenue is generated on the periphery of the software rather than from it directly. The Drupal Association monetises through community and ecosystem services: paid individual and organisational memberships, corporate sponsorships, event sponsorship tiers, and ticket sales for conferences such as DrupalCon. Donations and grants supplement these recurring and event‑driven income streams. The association reinvests proceeds into infrastructure, events and community support, consistent with its 501(c)(3) status.

drupal.org is the official community and project platform for the open‑source Drupal content management framework, operated on behalf of the community by the US‑based non‑profit Drupal Association. The site hosts source code, modules, themes, documentation, issue queues, security advisories and community resources, and acts as the central hub for contributors, implementers and organisations using the software.

The Drupal Association does not charge licence fees for the software; Drupal is free and open‑source. Instead, the organisation funds operation of drupal.org and related community infrastructure through memberships, donations, and revenue from events such as DrupalCon, including paid sponsorship packages and ticketed attendance. Its paying customers are sponsoring companies, members, donors and event attendees across agencies, enterprises, public sector bodies and service providers active in the Drupal ecosystem.