Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Themes and designs in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
Themes and designs as part of the Exponential ecosystem - the bundled site themes, admin designs, design extensions and theme packages from others - and where designers find the rules for building, distributing and…
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People in the Exponential ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The landing page of the people part of the ecosystem section - the users and the creators of the Exponential world, how creators join and publish into the ecosystem, and what decision makers should know about it.
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Creators in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The creators of the Exponential ecosystem - website and application creators, extension developers, designers, translators and writers, hosts and agencies, trainers - what each makes and where the help for each starts.
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Joining the ecosystem as a creator Updated Markdown page
First steps for someone who wants to build with Exponential - a local installation from Git, the learning path for each kind of creator, the conventions to follow from day one, and where to show your first work.
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Publishing into the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
How creators make their work part of the Exponential ecosystem - extensions, themes, site packages, documentation and translations - the publishing route for each, the licenses, and the difference between publishing…
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The ecosystem for decision makers Updated Markdown page
What the Exponential ecosystem means for someone deciding on a platform - longevity, responsibility, help, people to hire, extensibility and lock-in - with the proof for each and the questions to ask.
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Users in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The users of the Exponential ecosystem - organizations that own sites, editors, administrators, members and visitors - what the ecosystem gives each of them, and where each finds help in this documentation.
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Databases in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The databases of the Exponential ecosystem in the project's official order - SQLite 3, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, Oracle and MySQL - what each is chosen for, what the CI tests, Microsoft SQL Server's status, and…
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Operating systems in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The operating systems the Exponential ecosystem runs on, by the four tiers of the operating system support page - tested here, known to work, expected to work, not possible today - and how users can move a system up a…
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PHP versions in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
Which PHP versions the Exponential ecosystem supports - PHP 8.0 to 8.5 for Exponential 6 and Velocity, what the CI tests, PHP 7 only in old releases, the aim for 8.6 and later, and the platform line's own PHP…
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Standards and tooling in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The standards and tools shared across the Exponential ecosystem - PSR and the project's coding standards, naming prefixes, commit message prefixes, the file manifest, Git hooks, CI checks, accessibility, security and…
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Web servers and engines in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The ways an Exponential site is served - Velocity with its Qbix, FrankenPHP and PHP built-in engines, and the traditional servers Apache, Nginx, LiteSpeed, Caddy, IIS, lighttpd, H2O and Traefik - with what each is for.
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The products of the Exponential ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The landing page of the products part of the ecosystem section - the Exponential 6 kernel, Velocity, Layouts, Intelligence, AdminUI and the admin designs, Exponential Basic and the Symfony-based Platform line including…
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AdminUI and the admin designs Updated Markdown page
The administration interfaces of the Exponential ecosystem - admin4, admin4l built from layouts, AdminUI ported from Netgen Admin UI, admin3 and the classic designs - how a user switches between them, and the shared…
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Choosing a product from the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
Which product of the Exponential ecosystem fits which need - Exponential 6 with SQLite, Velocity, Layouts, Intelligence, the Platform DXP, Nexus, Legacy or Exponential Basic - with the questions to ask and the page to…
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The Exponential 6 kernel in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
The Exponential 6 kernel as the center of the ecosystem - what it is, its main features as the README lists them, the 6.0 release line and its support, how it is installed with Composer, and what builds on it.
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Exponential Basic in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
Exponential Basic's place in the ecosystem - a simple CMS from the old 2.x line for learning, personal use and small sites, its repository and databases as described, and how it differs from Exponential 6.
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Exponential Intelligence in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
Exponential Intelligence's place in the ecosystem - a writing assistant in the administration that writes drafts only, as the signed-in editor, with hosted providers in the US or EU or a local open-weight model - its…
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Exponential Layouts in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
Exponential Layouts' place in the ecosystem - the visual page builder that brings the concept of the upstream layouts packages to the Exponential kernel, its packages, who it is for, how it relates to Nexus and the DXP…
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Exponential Velocity in the ecosystem Updated Markdown page
Exponential Velocity's place in the ecosystem - a web and application server written in PHP, part of Exponential since 6.0.15, its three engines, why it is faster, when a traditional server is still the right answer…