Drupal's biggest problem isn't its code — it's that nobody knows how good it's become

Drupal is now light-years ahead of its reputation

At DrupalCon Rotterdam, Dries Buytaert argued that Drupal now far outpaces its reputation. Drupal CMS bundles Site Templates, Recipes, AI, and the Canvas page builder; Canvas gained multilingual support and a headless mode for Next.js, Astro, and Nuxt front-ends. A new Tool API turns existing PHP methods into AI-callable tools with a few attributes, replacing roughly 1,000 lines of integration code. To close the reputation gap, the Drupal Association launched an Advocacy Program that rewards outreach with contribution credit.