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We're excited to announce that the DDEV Foundation has officially established a Board of Directors! This is a significant milestone in our journey toward enhanced governance and long-term sustainability for the DDEV project.

Today we filed an amended Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Colorado, which includes the Board of Directors.

Introducing the New Board

Michael Anello (@ultimike)

Mike Anello is a seasoned Drupal developer with over 15 years of experience. He specializes in Drupal consulting and training through his business, ensuring clients leverage Drupal's full potential. Mike is a notable community contributor and advocate, sharing his expertise and insights widely. Mike is already serving as the Treasurer of the Foundation.

Jen Lampton (@jenlampton)

Jen Lampton has been building websites since 1997 and participating in Open Source communities since 2006. She is a co-founder of Backdrop CMS and a provisional member of the Drupal security team. Jen currently maintains dozens of Open Source projects and contributes to other projects (including DDEV!) as it applies to her work.

Benni Mack (@bmack)

Benni Mack is a long-time TYPO3 core developer and contributor, serving as TYPO3 CMS Team Lead. He brings extensive experience in open source project governance and community building. Benni is passionate about developer experience and has been instrumental in modernizing TYPO3's development practices.

Andrew Berry (@deviantintegral)

Andrew Berry has been a member and contributor in the Drupal community since 2006. He is also the VP of Technology at Lullabot, where teams rely on DDEV for local development. When not doing Drupal and DDEV, Andrew spends his time working on home automation and related open source projects.

Randy Fay (@rfay)

Randy is the original maintainer of DDEV, enjoying it since 2016. He has deep roots in the Drupal community and has done loads of traveling by bike.

Our Vision: Sustainability and Financial Stability for the Project

Improved governance is one of our key long-term goals for the project, and was a key goal for 2025. We know that this will be an ongoing process that we'll have to grow into, and we invite your participation. We meet every two months as a group, and the entire community is invited. Subscribe to the meeting announcements and summaries and ask for a calendar invitation if you'd like. These meetings are also announced in the monthly DDEV Newsletter.

Of course the key long-term goal is sustainability in general. We don't want to depend on any single maintainer, and we want to ensure that DDEV can continue to thrive and grow for years to come. Financial sustainability is a key part of that, but just one part. Read more about our path to sustainability.

Share Your Thoughts!

Do you have additional ideas, suggestions, or insight into how DDEV's future could be more sustainable? We would sure love to hear from you! Or get active and join our DDEV Advisory Group.

Do you have questions or want to talk (about sponsoring or anything else)? Contact us! or join us in Discord.

Have you signed up for the monthly DDEV Newsletter? We'd love to have you.

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04 Dec 2025 11:24pm GMT

When we launched Drupal CMS 1.0 eleven months ago, I posted the announcement on Reddit. Brave of me, I know. But I wanted non-Drupal people to actually try it.

There were a lot of positive reactions, but there was also honest feedback. The most common? "Wake me up when your new experience builder is ready". The message was clear: make page building easier and editing more visual.

I was not surprised. For years I have heard the same frustration. Drupal is powerful, but not always easy to use. That criticism has been fair. We have never lacked capability, but we have not always delivered the user experience people expect.

Well, wake up.

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Watch the video below. Better yet, show it to someone who thinks they know what Drupal looks like. I bet their first reaction will be: "Wait, is that Drupal?". That reaction is exactly what we have been working toward. It makes Drupal feel more modern and less intimidating.

I also want to set expectations. Drupal Canvas 1.0 helps us catch up with other page builders more than it helps us leap ahead. We had to start there.

But it helps us catch up in the right way, bringing the ease of modern tools while keeping Drupal's identity intact. This isn't Drupal becoming simpler by becoming less powerful. Drupal Canvas sits on top of everything that makes Drupal so powerful: structured content, fine-grained permissions, scalability, and much more.

Most importantly, it opens new doors. Frontend developers can create components in React without having to learn Drupal first. And as shown in my DrupalCon Vienna keynote, Drupal Canvas will have an AI assistant that can generate pages from natural language prompts.

Drupal Canvas is a remarkable piece of engineering. The team at Acquia and contributors across the community put serious craft into this. You can see it in the result. I'm thankful for the time, care, and skill everyone brought to it.

So what is next? We keep building. Drupal Canvas 1.0 is step one, and this is a good moment for more of the Drupal community to get involved. Now is the time to build on it, test it, and improve it. Especially because Drupal CMS 2.0 ships in less than two months with Drupal Canvas included.

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