This beta release of Drupal CMS 2.0 includes improved integration with Canvas, an updated component library, and many bug fixes. This release should be used for testing only and is not suitable for building websites. There is no update path for Drupal CMS.

To spin up a Drupal CMS project, use the following commands:


composer create-project drupal/cms:^2 -s beta --no-install
cd cms
composer config minimum-stability beta
composer install
composer drupal:recipe-unpack

If you are using DDEV, run these commands in an empty directory:


ddev config --project-type=drupal11 --docroot=web
ddev composer create-project drupal/cms:^2 -s beta --no-install
ddev composer config minimum-stability beta
ddev composer install
ddev composer drupal:recipe-unpack

To install Drupal CMS using Drush, you can use:


drush site:install

This will install the Starter site template.

To install Byte, use:


drush site:install ../recipes/byte

Other notable changes since 2.0.0-alpha1:

VCS Label
2.0.0-beta1
Release type
Short description
Beta at last! Includes many improvements, stable Canvas, and the first real-world site template.
Packaged Git sha1
77cc0c149f11a919e334b52e0a09996127e4afc7
Release files