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Simplified collaborative web publishing

Reason is an open-source PHP/MySQL-based collaborative content management system that empowers content creators and maintainers.

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  • Overview

    What is Reason? What can it do for your organization or website?
  • Features

    Reason's features include: wysiwyg editing, unlimited history, unlimited blogs and newsletters per installation, image management, media management, content reuse across multiple sites, and much more.
  • Requirements

    What needs to be on my server to run Reason?
  • Download

    How to get a copy of the Reason source code
  • Installation

    How to install Reason
  • Higher Education

    Reason is uniquely suited to the requirements of higher education.
  • News

    The latest news about the Reason content management system
  • Documentation

    Or, how Reason works
  • Developer Zone

    Documentation and community for people developing software with Reason
  • Support

    Get help with Reason