Getting Started
Do you want to click through a Drupal demo site?
You can Try Drupal online with one of our hosting partners or create a Drupal demo site on your local machine.
Are you ready to start building your own Drupal site?
Read the Local Development Guide to create and install a new Drupal application on your local machine for the purpose of development. After it's up and running, read the Drupal User Guide to begin basic configuration.
Curated Guides
Curated guides are governed by maintainers and held to an established standard through an editorial process.
Drupal User Guide
Written expressly for people with minimal knowledge of the Drupal content management system.
Evaluator Guide
Learn how to quickly create a temporary Drupal demo application on your local machine.
Local Development Guide
Learn how to create and install a new Drupal application on your local machine for the purpose of development.
Drupal Wiki
The Drupal Wiki can be freely edited by any member of the Drupal community. It is not subject to any formal editorial process.
Drupal
A catch-all guide for Drupal 8, 9, 10, and later.
Develop
Documentation for developers about tools, processes, and standards that are not specific to a major version of Drupal.
Drupal 7
A guide to Drupal 7.
API Info
Complete API Reference
API Reference documentation is automatically generated using Drupal core's code (e.g., using docblocks and annotations).
Drupal APIs
The Drupal APIs guide provides a general overview of each of Drupal’s core APIs.
Drupal.org Documentation
Looking for documentation about Drupal.org itself, rather than Drupal the software? Find it here.
Contribute
Read the contribution guidelines and consider joining the documentation initiative.