Drupal CMS 1.0 launched in January with a fresh and simple installer, and user feedback was great! But even with these improvements, getting Drupal up and running is still harder than it should be. At DrupalCon Atlanta, Dries Buytaert shared a solution: a super simple desktop app. Instead of downloading and setting up Drupal manually, you can now install it with just a few clicks!
The Drupal CMS Launcher is already available for Mac (Windows is coming once we are able to sign the app). It has everything you need to run Drupal locally built-in—no extra software required! It comes with a web server and an SQLite database, so you can run Drupal right away. It also has Drush built-in, making it even easier to manage your site. Your Drupal files are stored in your Documents folder, so you can access them anytime.
This app is still new, and the team isn’t sure what’s next for it. But it’s already a big step toward making Drupal more accessible. Once you set it up, you can use Project Browser to add extensions to Drupal that are not yet installed.
To try it, download it now at new.drupal.org/drupal-cms/launcher. Check out the source code and contribute on GitHub at github.com/drupal/cms-launcher!