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Who makes Exponential

Exponential is free software with a history of nearly thirty years. Meet the company that leads it and the nonprofit foundation that operates the open source project.

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Use and run Exponential 8 audiences Editors, administrators, developers and users, and everyone with a site of their own.
Organizations 7 audiences Businesses, public bodies and non-profits, and the people who lead and sell their projects.
Build with Exponential 13 audiences Designers, developers and engineers who build sites, themes, applications and integrations.
Host, sell and partner 4 audiences Partners, hosting companies, resellers and bundlers who bring Exponential to their customers.
Community and learning 9 audiences The community and the ecosystem, supporters and sponsors, the media, trainers and students.

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Grow from user to developer

Exponential is free software with its full history on GitHub. Install it as Git clones, the recommended way to build websites, and you can follow every change, try fixes before they are released and send your own improvements back.

  1. Use the administration Sign in, edit and publish.
  2. Install with Git The kernel and every extension as clones with history.
  3. Update with Git Get updates as they are pushed to GitHub, then update Composer to match: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or only at each release.
  4. Contribute back Fork, fix and open a pull request.
  5. Contribute extensions back Share the extensions you distribute, as the GPL requires, so everyone benefits.
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Found an error?

Tell us on GitHub: the guide shows which tracker fits, what to include and the system details to copy, without any secrets.

A security issue? Report it privately, not in a public issue.
How to report an error Exponential (the software) (new issue on GitHub, opens in a new window) Exponential Velocity (the application server) (new issue on GitHub, opens in a new window) Exponential project and community (new issue on GitHub, opens in a new window)

Free documentation: use it to help yourself and others

This help is free documentation, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 or later. You may use it, share it and improve it:

  • Study it Read any page as often as you like, for any purpose.
  • Copy it and share it Give pages to other users, on paper or as files. Keep the copyright notice, the license notice and a copy of the license with every copy.
  • Translate, adapt and improve it Share your version under the same license, with the original notices and a note of what you changed.
  • Cite it Refer to a page by its title and its address in the help, or its file in the doc directory.
  • Contribute fixes back Use "Edit on GitHub" on any page. Changes are accepted under the same license, so they stay free for everyone.

Exponential Copyright © 1998-2026 Exponential Foundation and 7x

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Support Exponential

Exponential is free software. Every new feature, help page, extension, theme and application is work that somebody pays for with their time. A sustaining monthly sponsorship, of any size, keeps that work going and lets it grow.

  • 7x

    The company that leads Exponential and the first sponsor of the project: it develops, supports and hosts it and makes the releases.

    Your sponsorship pays for:

    • Monthly releases and the work that keeps the lights on
    • Security patches to the libraries Exponential builds on, such as Zeta Components
    • New features given back to the community as open source
    • The bridges, forks and tools around the platform
    Sponsor 7x on GitHub (opens in a new window) About 7x

  • Exponential Foundation

    The nonprofit that operates the open source project and is dedicated to its funding, adoption, support, education, development, promotion and documentation.

    Your sponsorship pays for:

    • Maintenance of the core libraries
    • Documentation, tutorials, how-tos and FAQs
    • Integration layers: GraphQL, REST and Solr
    • Community infrastructure: chat, mirrors, wikis and developer resources
    Sponsor the Exponential Foundation on GitHub (opens in a new window) About Exponential Foundation

A monthly sponsorship, even a small one, is planned income: it pays for work that one-time gifts cannot keep going. What sponsorship funds

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