Mezzanine - The Best Django CMS

An open source content management platform built using the Django framework

I'm enjoying working with Mezzanine, it's good work - Van Lindberg, Python Software Foundation chairman

Mezzanine looks like it may be Django's killer app - Antonio Rodriguez, ex CTO of Hewlett Packard, founder of Tabblo

Mezzanine looks pretty interesting, tempting to get me off Wordpress - Jesse Noller, Python core contributor, Python Software Foundation board member

I think I'm your newest fan. Love these frameworks - Emile Petrone, integrations engineer at Urban Airship

Mezzanine is amazing - Audrey Roy, founder of PyLadies and Django Packages

Mezzanine convinced me to switch from the Ruby world over to Python - Michael Delaney, developer

Like Linux and Python, Mezzanine just feels right - Phil Hughes, Linux For Dummies author, The Linux Journal columnist

Impressed with Mezzanine so far - Brad Montgomery, founder of Work For Pie

From the moment I installed Mezzanine, I have been delighted, both with the initial experience and the community involved in its development - John Campbell, founder of Head3 Interactive

You need to check out the open source project Mezzanine. In one word: Elegant - Nick Hagianis, developer

Overview

Mezzanine is a powerful, consistent, and flexible content management platform. Built using the Django framework, Mezzanine provides a simple yet highly extensible architecture that encourages diving in and hacking on the code. Mezzanine is BSD licensed and supported by a diverse and active community.

In some ways, Mezzanine resembles tools such as Wordpress that provide an intuitive interface for managing pages, blog posts, form data, store products, and other types of content. But Mezzanine is also different. Unlike many other platforms that make extensive use of modules or reusable applications, Mezzanine provides most of its functionality by default. This approach yields a more integrated and efficient platform.

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Users love

Hierarchical page navigation
Save as draft and preview on site
Scheduled publishing
Drag-and-drop page ordering
WYSIWYG editing
In-line page editing
Drag-and-drop HTML5 forms builder with CSV export
SEO friendly URLs and meta data
Shopping cart module (Cartridge)
Configurable dashboard widgets
Blog engine
Tagging
User accounts and profiles with email verification
Translated to over 20 languages
Sharing via Facebook or Twitter

Developers love

Custom templates per page or blog post
Twitter Bootstrap integration
API for custom content types
Search engine and API
Seamless integration with third-party Django apps
Multi-device detection and template handling
One step migration from other blogging engines
Automated production provisioning and deployments
Disqus integration, or built-in threaded comments
Gravatar integration
Google Analytics integration
Twitter feed integration
bit.ly integration
Akismet spam filtering
Built-in test suite
JVM compatible (via Jython)

Quick Start

# Install from PyPI
$ pip install mezzanine

# Create a project
$ mezzanine-project myproject
$ cd myproject

# Create a database
$ python manage.py createdb

# Run the web server
$ python manage.py runserver

Mezzanine will always be available to anyone free of charge, but its ongoing development costs its contributors a significant amount of time and resources. Please give back by donating to the project.

Cloud Hosting

Would you like to try a cloud hosted version of Mezzanine? For only $39 a month, Appsembler provides automated deployment, hosting and scaling for Mezzanine powered sites. As an added bonus, by hosting with Appsembler, you're also contributing financially back to the continued developement of Mezzanine itself.