Getting Started
Do you want to click through a Drupal demo site?
You can Try Drupal online with one of our hosting partners or create a Drupal demo site on your local machine.
Are you ready to start building your own Drupal site?
Read the Local Development Guide to create and install a new Drupal application on your local machine for the purpose of development. After it's up and running, read the Drupal User Guide to begin basic configuration.
Official Guides
Official guides are governed by maintainers and held to an established standard through an editorial process.
Drupal User Guide
Written expressly for people with minimal knowledge of the Drupal content management system.
Evaluator Guide
Learn how to quickly create a temporary Drupal demo application on your local machine.
Local Development Guide
Learn how to creating and installing a new Drupal application on your local machine for the purpose of development.
Community Guides
Community documentation can be freely edited by any member of the Drupal community. It is not subject to any formal editorial process.
Drupal Guide
A catch-all guide for Drupal 8, 9, and later.
Developer Guide
Documentation for developers about tools, processes, and standards that are not specific to a major version of Drupal.
Drupal APIs Guide
The Drupal APIs Guide provides a general overview of each of Drupal’s core APIs.
API Reference
Drupal API Reference
API Reference documentation is automatically generated using Drupal core's code (e.g., using docblocks and annotations).
Drupal.org Documentation
Looking for documentation about Drupal.org itself, rather than Drupal the software? Find it here.
Contribute
Read the contribution guidelines and consider joining the documentation initiative.
Drupal books
There are many useful books about Drupal. Here are just a few of our recommendations:
