Plone 4: Speed, Power & Beauty

We're proud to announce Plone 4, the latest version of our state-of-the-art open source CMS. It's faster, more powerful and more beautiful than ever before.

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Under the hood

Plone 4 brings significant performance improvements — it's 50% faster than Plone 3. It's more memory efficient, and serves massive files and video without breaking a sweat.

Plus, all of this Python & NoSQL goodness is wrapped in a sparkling new theme that is beautiful, accessible and easy to customize.

Plone Powered

Large enterprises, small businesses, non-profits, universities and governments around the world have chosen Plone for their websites, intranets and extranets. When security, scalability, accessibility and approachability count —
Plone delivers.

We're proud to power websites for Nokia, Amnesty International, Discover Magazine, the Government of Brazil, the Nordic Council, the universities of MIT, Harvard & Penn State, the Free Software Foundation and thousands of others.

Plone in Numbers

  • Plone is among the top 2% of all open source projects worldwide, with 340 core developers and more than 300 solution providers in 57 countries. The project has been actively developed since 2001, is available in more than 40 languages, and has the best security track record of any major CMS.
    It is owned by the Plone Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, and is available for all major operating systems.
    Sources: CVE and Ohloh.

News

  • Plone 4.2 Released Jul 06, 2012
  • Plone at EuroPython with Guido Van Rossum celebrating our 10th year here Jul 05, 2012
  • Plone Foundation Board Approves New Code of Conduct Jul 03, 2012
  • Plone Conference 2012: Prepare for Shock and Awe in Arnhem Jul 03, 2012
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Upcoming Events

  • 58th Plone Tune-Up Day Worldwide
    Jul 20, 2012
  • Jamaica Jerk Sprint Ocho Rios, Jamaica
    Jul 30, 2012
  • 59th Plone Tune-Up Day Worldwide
    Aug 17, 2012
  • Plone Symposium South America 2012 Interlegis - Brasília, DF - Brazil
    Aug 22, 2012
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