Zotonic is a real-time web framework and content management system, built with Erlang.
It is flexible, extensible and designed from the ground up to support dynamic, interactive websites and mobile solutions.
Zotonic is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Built with jQuery and the Twitter Bootstrap CSS framework.
- Flexible datamodel – define your own data categories and relations.
- MVC – complete separation of model, view and controller.
- Modular – easy to extend and change existing functionality.
- Speed – fast compared to many PHP content management systems.
- WebSockets and Comet – push content to the browser with the built-in WebSockets and Comet support.
- Template Language.
- Uses PostgreSQL.
- Pluggable Access Control.
- Develop event driven AJAX web applications.
Website: zotonic.com
Support: Documentation, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Andreas Stenius, Arjan Scherpenisse, Atilla Erdődi, Joost Faber, Maas-Maarten Zeeman, Marc Worrell, Tim Benniks, and many contributors
License: Apache License 2.0
Zotonic is written in Erlang. Learn Erlang with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
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|---|---|
| Zotonic | Web framework and content management system |
| Nitrogen | Develop interactive web applications in full-stack Erlang |
| N20 | Embeddable message protocol loop library |
| Chicago Boss | Offers all the conveniences of modern web development, including Comet |
| Nova | Build a fault-tolerant and distributed web application |
| Axiom | Micro-framework for web applications |
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