Case Study: Red Hat builds a community-driven open-source publishing platform with Drupal

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Red Hat needed a community-driven publishing platform for Opensource.com to extend open source principles beyond technology and support a large, diverse group of contributors with flexible publishing workflows, channel-specific content, and effective search. To meet these goals, Red Hat chose Drupal as the technology platform and engaged Palantir.net and Acquia to implement the site, aligning the open source philosophy of the vendor with their community objectives.

Palantir.net and Acquia built the site largely on Drupal’s native features—using modules like Organic Groups for channel-specific experiences and Acquia Search for multi-faceted search—enabling role-based moderation, featured content, and minimal custom code. Drupal delivered a scalable, feature-rich environment on schedule that strengthened contributor participation and made content easier to find; the case study highlights a “solid foundation” and increased engagement driven by Drupal’s flexibility (no specific numeric metrics were provided).

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Jason Hibbets

Project Manager, People and Brand