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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Fail to Install DNN 9.8.1 Started By JordanM Hi All, I am having issues installing the latest version of DNN 9.8.1. I have installed plenty of other versions successfully, I would like to see if theres any .NET framework updates or anything that may make this installation fail. Receiving the 'Server Error in '/' Application.' - have set custom errors to Off and then it tells me to look at it remotely, but to no avail. Not sure if there is anything new I should be doing since, DNN 9.3.2. have followed video https://www.youtube.com/...	3	2549	2	1/26/2021 7:00 PM by JordanM
Where within to EnableSessionState Web.config Started By Lee CPQcart.com In the old forum there was info on session state but can not post there anymore. Where do you add in web.config If I paste all of the Web.config info nothing displays here added System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule before system.webServer error Config Error Config section 'system.webServer/validation' already defined. Sections must only appear once per config file. When following old post at https://www.dnnsoftware.c...d/518421/scope/posts Log has Page Load E...		2545	0	2/13/2021 10:03 AM by Lee CPQcart.com
portal ip/alias re-homing Started By EAUO storm yesterday, server washed up on the beach, took it home, booted up. dnn portals are installed, iis 8.0 on windows server 2012. web.config file excerpt: InstallationDate' value='1/21/2013 loginUrl' value='~/Login.aspx InstallVersion' value='07.00.02 this is effectively my situation. please advise, I need to know how / best way to modify the portal alias ip multiple dnn root-sites on the server, root portal alias format is ip-address/sitedirectory effectively I can't ac...	2	3511	0	1/5/2021 8:55 AM by EAUO
Permissions issues updating from 9.2.2 to 9.3.2 Started By SenorBobby I guess I could boil this down to a single question.. what are the normal permissions allowed a DNN app in normal ops Here's my experience of late: This may not be a problem in DNN. The update from 9.2.2 to 9.3.2 halted several times with various files preventing writing or deleting because of permissions.I investigated another instance of DNN on the server and noted that it had IIS_IUSR roles with full rights. The instance I was upgrading didn't have that role at all, for some odd reason. I...	1	1695	0	2/4/2021 11:24 AM by SenorBobby
upgrade from DNN9.2.2 to 9.8.0,after publish, getting DotNetNuke.Services.Personalization.Personalization.GetUserMode() method not found Started By John Liu [FATAL] DotNetNuke.Framework.PageBase - An error has occurred while loading page. System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Mode DotNetNuke.Services.Personalization.Personalization.GetUserMode()'. at DotNetNuke.Modules.Html.HtmlModule.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at ...	5	2719	2	1/13/2021 9:21 AM by John Liu
Errors after upgrade Started By Audun Hi, after upgrading I have several errors - I've tried from both 9.1.x to 9.2 and now to latest 9.3.x Yes i did unblock the downloaded zip and cleared cache locally - and cleared the .net assembly cache on the server. 1. Some date casting in regards to reading settings is not working anymore - might be the reason for all the following errors Could not cast 07.11.2017 08.44.37 to property CreatedOn of type System.DateTime 2. Cannot add extensions anymore - gives error message below. ...	10	7306	5	6/21/2019 4:41 AM by Audun
Upgrade from 742 to 804. Help, what happens at my site Started By Sh@wn01 Hello, I upgraded my site and some modules but I don't know what is happened and I no longer have the control panel. Any suggestions is apreciated. site: informatori.info.tempdomain.com/ Thanks a lot	8	3101	3	1/10/2021 11:02 AM by Sh@wn01
404 errors at Login Started By Jeffw After suffering a ransomeware attack where the database was encrypted, I did a new install of DNN 8, in a new folder, with a new DB. The install seemed to go fine, the wizard ran and I entered in the required info. It then took me to the default site. All seemed fine. When I returned to the site, I went to log in and I now get a 404 error for both the Login and Register pages. I've double checked folder permissions as well as SQL setting and I don't see any problems there. Any thoughts on tr...	4	2937	1	12/29/2020 6:37 PM by Jeffw
Admin role - Unable to Edit Content Started By Janet Hi, I have a admin role to my company's admin dnn page. I was able to edit the site management page, schedulers, user role, role management, etc through the admin page up until last friday. Now, I'm not able to click edit functionailty at all. I see the javascript dnn pop up set to false at the bottom left corner and nothing happens. Any suggestions	1	1858	0	1/11/2021 3:59 PM by Janet
Installing SSL Certificate Started By Bargra I am running an instance of DNN with multiple unique domains. Can you install an SSL certificate for one site without affecting the others DNN 9.02.02	5	2914	1	1/6/2021 1:18 PM by Bargra

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