Advent Calendar day 5 – The future of Drupal core and the ecosystem in the age of Drupal CMS

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By james, 5 December, 2025
Door 5 contains an apple core, representing Drupal core

a black and white photo of Gábor HojtsyAt this year’s most recent DrupalCon in Nara, Japan, Gábor Hojtsy brought the core of Drupal back into focus.

A lot of attention has been on Drupal CMS for the last year or so, so what is happening with core? Will it be discontinued? Or will Drupal CMS get merged into core?

Gábor makes it clear, the answer is no to both questions.

However, many changes have been happening in Drupal core. A lot of these are directly to support Drupal CMS, such as recipes, site templates, support for Canvas, project browser, and automatic updates.

Another way that Drupal CMS is affecting core is in the removal of many modules that were considered key in the past, but with recipes providing an easier way to install better alternatives from the contrib space, they are no longer needed in core.

Gábor’s charismatic presentation style kept what might have been a dull topic engaging for the entire duration.

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