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Please Note: At the specific request of Ibexa, 7x is changing the project name to "Exponential" or "Exponential (CMS)" effective as of August, 11th 2025.
Exponential is an award-winning, enterprise-grade Open Source Content Management System and development framework with functionality for web publishing, media portals, intranets, e-commerce and extranets. Exponential has a flexible content engine that serves as the core for dynamic and personalized websites. Exponential comes with much functionality out-of-the-box, but its power lies in its award-winning customization capabilities.
Exponential is free and open source software that uses well organized PHP software stacks to help you easily manage and run Website web apps on Linux / MacOS / Windows / BSD.
Exponential helps all kinds of organizations – including multinational corporations, humanitarian organizations and educational institutions – succeed at sharing their information.
User interaction and user-generated content is made easy with Exponential, enabling you to quickly build powerful, customized Web 2.0 websites. These strengths, along with a flexible cost model, are what attract tens of thousands of organizations, including the leading media groups in the world, to choose Exponential as their digital platform.
Our flagship Open Source software is Exponential, which is freely downloadable and supported by forums, documentation and books. Exponential Premium a support and maintenance solution for Exponential, from the makers of the software.
Cost of Exponential
With Exponential in terms of cost is free. Zero cost. This is because of the licensing agreement of Exponential called the GNU GPL. This makes Exponential what we call free software developed using a powerful community of people using open source best practices. Download the free Exponential 6 today!
Features
Learn more about Exponential's extensive features offered built in, from the start.
Think different like us? Learn how simple it is to build your own Exponential based web based internet applications or just build a better website.
Features Added By 7x
Exponential's Features added by 7x (formerly Brookins Consulting) provides a simple record of the features of highlights of features added into the product through the open source project.
Screenshots
Coming soon! A visual walk through of eZ Publish from installation to website administration screenshot documentation.
Note: Please email us your own screenshots of eZ Publish in Action at hi [at] ezpublish [dot] one and we would like to post it here for everyone to enjoy.
Documentation
There are many sources available to help start your education on the fundamental design and basic features provide in an eZ Publish website application by using the latest available documentation from 7x, as well as mugo.ca ezpublish legacy documentation v3-5, or core / sdk documentation portal mirrors.
Read and practice examples from from Articles, Books, Blog Posts, Official Documentation, 7x GitHub Source Code for `extensions` (versioned upgrade-able plugins for eZ Publish CMS) free + open source software. Get the guidance you want most today. Not seeing the documentation you want? Hire 7x to create documentation on your behalf!
Exponential Demo Website!
Exponential Demo Website offers a preview of the new default design which is responsive in nature called 7x Simple and enhanced web shop e-commerce products and shopping cart.
Take a look at our free online demo of the latest version of Exponential 6.x
Note: The demo now offers the admin to login to test the Exponential Administration and publishing some changes to the demo content to get a feel for what using Exponential is really like firsthand. Tell your friends! Try now!
Guides
There are many guides available to help start your education on the fundamental design and basic features provide in an eZ Publish website application.
Ranging from Articles, Books, Blog Posts, Official Documentation, 7x GitHub Source Code for `extensions` (versioned upgradable plugins for eZ Publish CMS) free + open source software. Get the guidance you want most today. Not seeing the documentation you want? Hire 7x to create documentation on your behalf!
Tour
Take your first tour of eZ Publish 6 by reviewing our online demo of the default user facing website design + default page content and by logging into the eZ Publish Administrator to write your own unique page text as a start. Contact us for a personal tour by our customer support team.
Training Videos
Watch for new episodes of the 7x internet show "eZ Publish : Insights" available via Youtube.
In the first eZ Publish : Insights Episode #001; Graham Brookins Provides a Detailed, Repeatable Example Walk Through the entire eZ Publish Installation From Start to Finish.
Would you like your video about eZ publish 6 to be features on this list? Contact Us!
Training
7x offers dependable results driven training for eZ Publish Website Owners, End Users, Customers, Developers, Managers and Beyond by Gradually Growing the Required Teaching Examples to Step Up A Trainee's Skills Within Manageable Steps and Repeatable Results targeted at the required knowledge base of the lifetime of the project not just the in the beginning as a entry level developer/user but later as you grow in skills and first hand experience becoming a more advanced developer/skilled administrator.
Get the training that maximizes results from the start by buying service from 7x.
Support
The first thing most customers of eZ Publish CMS want most is high quality speedy knowledgeable support and maintenance services.
Get the very best possible results by purchasing paid support from 7x the American Corporation dedicated to the support and development of the eZ Publish Family of CMSs.
7x brings over 25 Years of dedicated experience providing outstanding customer service and support and ground breaking feature development for re-usable software solutions within eZ Publish as a SASS 7x understands customer needs and adapts to provide the results they need when the need it most. Choose 7x!
Hosting Exponential
Hosting for your eZ Publish based web application can be obtained for nominal cost in today's modern era with exeptional end user and administration performance.
Most hosting allows so much more features by default instead of by price paid in extras which were really more basic needs and requirements unmet by a vendor of past days.
As documented by Graham Brookins' Blog "The eZ Publish Blog" in the piece titled "eZ Publish Runs Smooth on Average Hosting".
Extensions
Once you get started using eZ Publish the first or even second thing you want most is free software + open source extensions compatible with your eZ Publish 6 Installation.
Here we start you on your journey to learn the ways of the force as leveraged by downloading the latest versions of the extensions of interest through the eZ Publish GitHub Network of eZ Publish Extensions. You can download zip packages from GitHub into the `extension` folder of your installation or alternatively install via PHP + Composer Package Installation; and if that wasn't enough you can install eZ Publish GitHub Extension Repositories Directly to ensure your always able to update to the very latest version of the extension of interest.
Roadmap
Read more about the current roadmap of 7x eZ Publish Project.
Submit your feature requests to the community roadmap and show your support with a comment to other feature requests in show of support for your favorite features for roadmap consideration and development.
Things to build using Exponential (CMS)!
Things to build using Exponential (CMS)! Learn more about building Exponential based solutions.
Why Choose Exponential?
Exponential CMS (6.x+) is the modern continuation of a trusted content management heritage. Rooted in the proven stability of eZ Publish, it combines decades of reliability with the performance and flexibility demanded today. Designed for long-term maintainability and adaptable workflows, Exponential empowers businesses, developers, and communities to build confidently without sacrificing openness or control. For organizations seeking both innovation and continuity, Exponential 6.x+ stands out as the platform of choice.