Zotonic: Open source Erlang CMS
Zotonic is the content management system for people that want a fast, extensible, flexible and complete system for dynamic web sites. It is built from the ground up with rich internet applications ánd web publishing in mind.
· Solid programming language
Zotonic is programmed in Erlang, a language made for fast, non-stop, fault-tolerant applications. Ideal to build high load, never break websites in.
· Open Source front-end stuff
Builds on jQuery and the CSS framework Atatonic.
· Flexible datamodel
Define your own data categories and relations.
· Open Source
Zotonic is available under the Apache License 2. It's our way to say thanks to the giants on who's shoulders we stand.
· MVC
Complete separation of model, view and controller has been a best practice for building websites a long time. We embrace MVC and many more best practices to make it easy for you to use the power of Zotonic.
· Modular
Easy to extend and change existing functionality.
· Speed
Typically 10 times (and much more) faster than PHP content management systems.
· WebSockets and Comet
Push content to the browser with the built-in WebSockets and Comet support.
· Template Language
We took the ease and power of the Django templating system, added some extra design freedom and gave it raw speed.
· Proven and powerful database
PostgreSQL is the most advanced open source object-relational database system. We choose it for its power, speed and maturity.
· Keep it real
Made to make real life web sites.
· Pluggable Access Control
Interchangeable access control modules for different situations.
· Built by people with loads of experience
Made by experienced people with deep understanding of CMS, web- and system design.
· Event driven
Event driven AJAX web applications without the Javascript pain.
