Yes. DNN Platform is a free, open-source CMS under the MIT License.

What is the tech stack for DNN?

DNN runs on ASP.NET (.NET Framework 4.8+) with Microsoft SQL Server (2017+ or Azure SQL).

DNN Platform is community-led and a member project of the .NET Foundation.

What’s the difference between DNN and Evoq?

DNN Platform is the open-source core that's been wildly popular and adopted for over 20 years. Evoq is a commercial offering maintained by DNN Software (IgniteTech) that builds on DNN.

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Module installation problem on PAAS - AZURE istance Started By Pasquale88 Dear all, we upgraded our UAT old version 9.1.1 with the 9.10.2 (following the official documentation). During the upgrading we had a problem with the library microsoft.windowsazure.storage.dll (not found) and we manually added via FTP; by doing so we were able to complete the upgrade to the v.9.10.2. At the moment we've another problem with the installation of a third part module 'EasyDnnNews': the installation fail during the clean up step of temp dir; this is a extrapolation of the log:...	2	1444	1	7/28/2022 10:01 AM by Pasquale88
SSL enforce on Azure-host: web.config vs. App Service setting vs. DNN settings? Started By David Fenske Hi all, I'm in the midst of troubleshooting some intermittent SSL connection failures, and in reviewing all my settings, I find myself a bit confused on how they interrelate. We used to use traditional IIS hosting, and I would use the URL rewrite tool to add 301 redirects of all HTTP requests to HTTPS (and later just directly in the web.config). We've moved to Azure, and I've retained those web.config settings, but also flip the 'HTTPS Only' setting of the App Service to ON. However, ...	1	1278	0	7/11/2022 12:59 PM by David Fenske
dnndev.me stopped working Started By devildog67 I am a developer and have installed dnn locally multiple times and up to a couple of weeks ago everything was working fine. Earlier this week I needed to debug a module of hours, something I've done many times before, and when I tried to bring up the dnndev.me site I got the error 'This site can't be reached...dnndev.me refused to connect'. Unfortunately I don't know what may have changed in my laptop over the last couple of weeks that might be causing this. Here's what I've tried so far with...	8	3823	3	4/7/2022 11:51 AM by devildog67
Cannot download 9.10.2 Started By lirving When I try to download I get this error This site can’t be reached objects.githubusercontent.com took too long to respond. Try: Checking the connection Checking the proxy and the firewall Running Windows Network Diagnostics ERR_TIMED_OUT	1	1534	0	4/9/2022 9:20 PM by lirving
Resource Manager Missing on 9.8 Upgrade Started By Santiago I just upgraded 9.8 and following instructions in Git to remove Telerik and also watched this great video https://youtu.be/JNgXXSOQBTs but my upgrade did not make resource manager as an option in Available Extensions. Anyone else run into this Know where I can get resource manager as a module that I can install manually I see DNNCE_ResourceManager_09.08.00_Install.resources in the upgrade package but I don't see it in the running instance nor know what to do with it.	5	3432	1	11/28/2020 8:32 PM by Santiago
DNN 9.5 Error - The service is unavailable. Started By Nutty About Hosting Client installed 9.5 and got 'The service is unavailable' error. Nothing in Windows Event logs and recycle didn't help. Looked at 2020.04.13.log.resources in Portals\_default\Logs and got this message: 2020-04-13 07:49:40.79601:00 [fleming][FATAL] DotNetNuke.Framework.PageBase - An error has occurred while loading page. System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): The file '/Admin/ControlPanel/ControlBar.ascx' does not exist. at System.Web.UI.Util.CheckVirtualFileExists(VirtualP...	14	9162	4	4/13/2020 3:06 AM by Nutty About Hosting
localhost /resource paths broken Started By Denis Cook I have created an application in IIS locally with a dnn alias localhost/dnnvanilla and the site loads fine but all site relative resources are not loading because they are pointing to, for example http://localhost/Resource...nacoEditor/loader.js (missing dnnvanilla). How do others get around this keeping in mind that I want to trial modules that have free licence for localhost URL		1619	0	1/23/2022 12:02 AM by Denis Cook
DNN 9.2.1 install where the Persona Bar is not displaying correctly Started By IdoDNN2 I have a DNN 9.2.1 install where the Persona Bar is not displaying correctly. Just the DNN logo is displaying. None of the Admin sections are displayed. Chrome's developer console displays 'DesktopModules/editBar/common/API/localization/gettableculture=en-US:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)' for the following resources: https://mywebsite.com/Des...ttableculture=en-US https://mywebsite.com/API...ttableculture=en-US Any Ideas how to fi...	19	16302	4	12/4/2019 11:27 AM by IdoDNN2
DNN 9.0.2 AuthenticationServices ActiveDirectory not found Started By progmr Hi, I'm going to create two new dev workspace on two different machine but I've got this error 2020-07-09 09:31:14,972 [WIN-DTS5KUT2MV5][ERROR] DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions - FriendlyMessage='Si è verificato un errore.' ctrl='ASP.admin_skins_login_ascx' exc='System.Web.HttpException (0x80004005): The file '/DesktopModules/AuthenticationServices/ActiveDirectory/Login.ascx' does not exist. at System.Web.UI.Util.CheckVirtualFileExists(VirtualPath virtualPath) at...	3	2568	1	7/9/2020 3:39 AM by progmr
Started By Jeff DNN Version 9.10.1 Godaddy Plesk Windows Hosting Install wizard giving the following code. Any suggestions 0:00 Minutes \| 9 ERROR:Request for the permission of type 'System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.	2	1998	1	10/2/2021 4:10 PM by Jeff

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