Open Source

Drupal AI Summit NYC will take place on 14 May 2026 at Convene on Madison Avenue in New York City, bringing together Drupal contributors, enterprise platform teams, digital strategists and AI practitioners for a day centred on the operational use of artificial intelligence inside Drupal ecosystems. Sessions throughout the event will examine governance, migrations, workflow integration, structured content systems and digital sovereignty, with speakers focusing on implementation challenges already emerging in production environments rather than speculative AI adoption. ...more

LocalGov Drupal Camp 2026 will bring council digital teams, developers and suppliers to Sheffield Hallam University on 11 and 12 June for sessions on public sector digital services, AI governance and open-source development. The programme includes discussions on AI-powered council search, digital sovereignty, automated testing, content design, service directories and local government reorganisation, followed by contribution work on the LocalGov Drupal platform. ...more

The Drupal and open-source communities are mourning the passing of Alanna Burke, a longtime advocate, writer, and community leader known for her work in documentation, diversity initiatives, and developer advocacy. Burke contributed to organisations and community efforts including amazee.io, Drupal Diversity and Inclusion, DrupalCon North America, and Meta’s open-source AI documentation initiatives. ...more

DrupalSouth announced the winners of the 2026 Splash Awards on 13 May 2026, recognising Drupal projects and contributors from across Australia and New Zealand. The awards highlighted work in government, design, open source, digital experience, and community contribution categories during DrupalSouth Wellington. ...more

Drupal AI Context, also known as Context Control Center (CCC), has released Beta 2 with updates focused on governed AI workflows, scalability, and reusable organisational knowledge management. The release introduces expanded scope controls, performance improvements, optional integrations, and broader testing coverage as the project moves toward a 1.0 release. Kristen Pol also described structured context management as a central capability in the Drupal AI 2026 roadmap for enterprise AI systems. ...more

Process automation, AI orchestration, and digital sovereignty are central themes in a recent blog post by Marco S., which argues that Drupal has evolved beyond traditional content management. The article positions Drupal as enterprise infrastructure for AI-driven workflows, secure data governance, and flexible integration with both public and private AI models. ...more

A new open-source Drupal module aims to reduce the repeated custom development often required to connect Drupal-managed content with Mautic campaigns. By exposing Drupal nodes and Views directly inside Mautic workflows, the module provides a more standardised approach to content delivery and segment-based personalisation. ...more

Matthew Tift’s Drupal.org article argues that community health depends on how contributors handle everyday friction before formal reporting becomes necessary. ...more

A new Drupal module, Content Packages, introduces a Git-based workflow for managing structured content alongside code and configuration. Developed following experimentation with AI-assisted tooling, the approach enables version-controlled content deployment using YAML-based package files. ...more

The Drupal AI Learners Club has been introduced as a community-driven space for discussing AI tools and workflows without requiring participants to present themselves as experts. Emerging from conversations at DrupalCon Chicago 2026, the initiative focuses on collaborative experimentation and open discussion around AI’s growing role within Drupal development and community work. ...more

Version 7.1.0 of Mautic, code-named “Canis Major,” introduces stability, performance, and usability improvements across marketer and developer workflows. The update includes enhancements to campaign management, reporting insights, and tracking, alongside backend refactoring and support for newer PHP versions. ...more

A blog post by Daniel Johnson at Pivale examines how Software as a Service (SaaS) tools, while inexpensive individually, accumulate into complex and costly systems over time. The analysis highlights how fragmented subscriptions create operational friction, integration risks, and long-term dependency, contrasting this with the ownership model offered by platforms such as Drupal. ...more