About eZ publish

What is eZ publish?

eZ publish is known around the world as an open source content management system. eZ publish 3 is much more than a content management system. It is a general php development framework; with functionality allowing you to develop professional Internet applications. It will of course also have some standard implementations, like the CMS, which are solutions that are ready for you to use.

eZ publish comes with an SDK, a software development kit, available at sdk.ez.no and offline here. The SDK is a toolkit with documentation, examples and reference documentation on the eZ publish libraries and eZ publish kernel.

eZ publish SDK is a tool helping you develop your own application or software or to set up a solution on the eZ publish framework. Since eZ publish has most features ready it allows you to develop a solution in no time.

With eZ publish you can either follow the GPL licence, making open source applications and contributing to the development of open software. You can also purchase the eZ publish professional licence, allowing you to make commercial software with eZ publish.

eZ publish is database and platform independent. That means that you can use eZ publish on Linux, Windows, Mac, FreeBSD, UNIX and etc. It also means that you can use different kinds of databases. eZ publish is also browser based which means that you can access your site and update it as long as you have internet access without worrying about location.