What is Umbraco?
Umbraco is an open source content management system (CMS) built on Microsoft's .NET platform. It provides a user-friendly interface that allows users without coding knowledge to easily create, publish and manage website content.
Some key features of Umbraco include:
- Intuitive drag-and-drop interface for building pages and adding content
- Support for creating multiple sites from a single Umbraco installation
- Built-in media library for managing images, videos and documents
- Granular control over permissions to restrict access for different users
- Extensive plugin ecosystem that extends Umbraco's functionality
- Scalable architecture suitable for small to very large websites
- Web APIs to allow integration with other systems and applications
With its flexibility and ease of use, Umbraco is popular among designers, developers and businesses looking for an affordable open source .NET CMS option. The automated installers and abundance of documentation also make Umbraco very beginner-friendly to get started with.
WordPress, Blogger, Jekyll, Squarespace, Weebly, Drupal, Directus, Joomla, DEV Community, ProcessWire, Enonic XP, Cofoundry are some alternatives to Umbraco.