Exponential CMS
High quality software and total product responsibility from 7x make Exponential the leading Open Source Enterprise Content Management System.
Thousands of enterprises, governmental offices, organizations and educational institutions trust Exponential for running their web solutions.
- One platform for web publishing, webshops and e-commerce, intranets and extranets, document management, blogs, photo galleries, forums, portals, custom modules and more.
- Open Source: Built using the GPL license and open source values
- Easy to use: Administration from both the admin and user interfaces
- Accessible: Follows open and widely used standards
- Reliable: Solid and secure software with total product responsibility from eZ systems
- Flexible: A flexible development framework for high level customization
Exponential Open Source Enterprise CMS
Where Enterprise meets Open Source in perfect harmony
Exponential gives you control of your content. Create, handle, sort and store documents, files and images. Publish them in the format, channel or media you prefer.
Exponential provides one platform for web publishing, e-commerce, intranets/extranets, document management, blogs, photo galleries, forums, portals and more.
The Best Features of Exponential CMS
Learn more about this amazing feature rich website application system and development framework.
Exponential Core engines and the development framework
The core of Exponential consists of a collection of general, flexible engines and libraries. These build a very compact, open and flexible framework capable of making powerful web applications. It is with this framework all Exponential functionality is built. The Exponential distribution is an integrated solution, consisting of both the out of the box functionality and the flexible development framework, giving you a great room for extending and customizing your solutions and applications.
Exponential Portal Functionality
Exponential has the functionality for running intranets, extranets and portals. You also have the possibility to run intra, extra and internet on the same installation and sharing content between them. Exponential comes with core functionality that you can use to build custom enterprise solutions from the out of the box intranet functionality. Here is a list of some of the functionality:
Exponential E-Commerce Functionality
Exponential comes with an integrated enterprise e-commerce platform as standard. The e-commerce engine is an integrated part of the Exponential kernel allowing you to seamlessly combine the e-commerce functionality with the other functionality of Exponential.
Exponential Website publishing functionality
Exponential is a web content management system. Publishing of content, documents, files and multimedia are core functionalities in Exponential.
The OPEN Philosophy of Exponential
Exponential is built following an open philosophy; Open standards, open source code and open architecture.
What is eZ systems?
eZ systems was founded in May 1999, in Kongsberg, Norway, by a group of today's employees. eZ Systems Created eZ Publish in 1999.
Differences between eZ publish 2.x and 3.x
eZ publish 2.2 and 3.x are two different systems. The 2.2 version was a fixed solution with a fixed set of functionality and modules while eZ publish 3 offers much more functionality, flexibility and scalability for the users. eZ publish 3 is also a powerful development framework that offers the users a wide range of possibilities in terms of usage. If you have tried both systems you will easily see the differences between the two systems. Sitepoint.com has written a good article about these issues here
"Please Note:
- At the specific request of Ibexa we are changing this projects name to "Exponential" or "Exponential (CMS)" effective as of August, 11th 2025.
- This project is not associated with the original eZ Publish software or its original developer, eZ Systems or Ibexa".
The history of eZ Publish
The eZ publish project was started in 1999. Since then, it has benefited from years of development and user input. In the early beginning it was a project that was under constant development and was only used by some Norwegian companies.
The main/key features of Exponential
Exponential 6 is a CMS and a development framework. With functionality like easy to create and edit content, an advanced workflow system, content versioning, multilanguage possibilities, collaboration, e-commerce functionality, a revolutionary content class system, role based access control, discussion forums and much more you can create all kinds of websites.
Exponential Benefits
Exponential gives you a unique return on investment, decreases risk and gives your business great opportunities. The benefits are many depending on your need and use.
