Umbraco CMS

Umbraco is a free and open source .NET content management system. Our mission is to help you deliver delightful digital experiences by making Umbraco friendly, simpler and social.

Learn more at umbraco.com

Looking to install Umbraco?

You can get started using the following commands on Windows, Linux and MacOS (after installing the .NET Runtime and SDK):

dotnet new install Umbraco.Templates
dotnet new umbraco --name MyProject
cd MyProject
dotnet run

Documentation

Our comprehensive documentation takes you from the fundamentals on how to start with Umbraco to deploying it to production.

Some important documentation links to get you started:

• Installing Umbraco CMS
• Getting to know Umbraco
• Tutorials for creating a basic website and customizing the editing experience

Backoffice Preview

Want to see the latest backoffice UI in action? Check out our live preview:

backofficepreview.umbraco.com

This preview is automatically deployed from the main branch and showcases the latest backoffice features and improvements. It runs from mock data and persistent edits are not supported.

Get help

If you need a bit of feedback while building your Umbraco projects, we are chatty on Discord. Our Discord server serves as a social space for all Umbracians. If you have any questions or need some help with a problem, head over to our dedicated forum where the Umbraco Community will be happy to help.

Looking to contribute back to Umbraco?

You came to the right place! Our GitHub repository is available for all kinds of contributions:

• Create a bug report
• Create a feature request

Umbraco is contribution-focused and community-driven. If you want to contribute back to the Umbraco source code, please check out our guide to contributing.

Tip: You should not run Umbraco from source code found here. Umbraco is extremely extensible and can do whatever you need. Instead, install Umbraco as noted above and then extend it any way you want to.