The Exponential 6 kernel in the ecosystem #

Contents #

1. What it is
2. Main features
3. The release line
4. Installing it
5. What builds on it

What it is #

"Exponential is a professional PHP application framework with advanced CMS (content management system) functionality. As a CMS its most notable feature is its fully customizable and extendable content model" (README.md). It is published as the Composer package se7enxweb/exponential. Its code was once the code of eZ Publish, which its creator discontinued (Exponential 6, the kernel).

Main features #

The README's "Main Exponential features" include: user-defined content classes and objects, version control, multilingual support, a built-in search engine, a role-based permission system, content approval and scheduled publication, multi-site support, built-in e-commerce, workflows, a template engine, a headless REST API, a database abstraction layer, clustering and a plugin API. A tour for buyers: Feature tour.

The release line #

The 6.0.15 line adds, among much else, Velocity, the admin4 design, an audit trail, Exponential Layouts, Exponential Intelligence, content jobs, the LoveStack features of Mugo Web and the help system (Exponential 6, the kernel).

Installing it #

"Exponential 6.0.x specifically requires the php package manager called Composer to be installed and run the command composer install" (README.md). The installation book covers every route: Introduction, Getting the code, Install in one command.

What builds on it #

• The bundled extensions (The bundled extensions).
• Velocity, which serves it (Exponential Velocity).
• Exponential Platform Legacy and Nexus, which include it next to Symfony (The Platform line).
• Sites, site packages, themes, apps and integrations built by the community and partners.

Related pages #

• Products
• What Exponential is (project managers)
• Getting started
• The history of Exponential
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.