The Visual Revolution Is Here – Drupal Canvas 1.0

For years, the Drupal community has been engaged in a delicate balancing act. On one side, we have the “Structured Data Purists”—those who value Drupal for its rigid data modeling, fieldability, and API-first architecture. On the other side, we have the “Marketing Realists”—the content creators and site builders who look at tools like Squarespace, Wix, or Webflow and ask, “Why can’t my enterprise CMS be this easy to use?”

Historically, Drupal’s answer to this was a compromise. We gave you Layout Builder, which was powerful but often clunky. We gave you Paragraphs, which offered structure but lacked true visual editing. The result was often a disjointed experience where the backend power was unmatched, but the frontend authoring experience felt a decade behind.

That era effectively ends. With the release of Drupal Canvas 1.0 (formerly developed under the “Experience Builder” initiative), Drupal has finally delivered the ...