Acquia at DrupalCon

Acquia at DrupalCon

Seriously reimaginedfor developers

Start a free Cloud Platform trial and have a Drupal 11 application the same day. Turn on Canvas Headless, and the Canvas editor renders pages through the frontend you build.

Start buildingChoose your path

What's new

Five things that changed this year

Each one is running today, and each links the page that shows you how it works.

• Visual editingCanvas renders through your appRegister a Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, or TanStack Start frontend with your site, and the Canvas editor previews pages through it, drafts included. Editors keep working in Canvas, and you keep the framework you chose.Run the quickstart →
• Content APIOne JSON:API client for Source CMS and Cloud PlatformThe same client code works against a Source CMS site and against your own Drupal application on Cloud Platform, because both serve Drupal core JSON:API. Multilingual entries and webhooks are part of that same surface.Work with the API →
• AgentsAgents get the same access you doThe Source CMS MCP Server gives an agent harness tool calls that return your site's content, over the authentication your own code already uses. Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Codex, and other agent harnesses connect to it.Connect an agent →
• ComponentsComponents live in your git repositoryScaffold a component project on your own machine, build a component, and push it to your site's component library for editors to place. The source stays in your repository and ships through your own review process.Build a component →
• Cloud PlatformCloud Platform from the command lineacli covers environments, deploys, databases, and scheduled jobs. Where it has no wrapper, the Cloud Platform API does the same job from a script.Install and authenticate acli →

Backends

Who runs the Drupal backend

The choice changes what you operate, not what you can build. Both paths serve content over the same API.

• Source CMS

  Acquia runs it

  A managed Drupal backend with Canvas enabled from the start. No infrastructure to operate, and a site your editors can use on day one.

  Open Source CMS →

• Cloud Platform

  You run it

  Your own Drupal codebase on Acquia infrastructure, with the CLI, the API, and the deploy pipeline. Full control of the codebase without owning the servers.

  Open Cloud Platform →

• Not sure yet

  Read the comparison

  What each path gives you, what it asks of you, and which one fits the site you are planning.

  Choose your path →

Start building

Try Canvas Headless on a free trial

• 01

  Start a free trial

  A Cloud Platform free trial gives you a Drupal 11 application the same day.

  Start the trial →

• 02

  Enable Canvas Headless

  Update to the latest Drupal Canvas and turn on Canvas Headless, then confirm Headless frontends in the Canvas editor.

  Enable Canvas Headless →

• 03

  Let the editor drive your app

  Scaffold a Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, or TanStack Start app, register it with your site, and place your own components on a page it renders.

  Run the quickstart →

• 04

  Take it live

  With a Front End Hosting entitlement, build a prebuilt artifact, push it, deploy, and purge the cache.

  Deploy the app →