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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Forum: Administration and Configuration

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First time configuring DNN? Started By Will Strohl Is this your first time configuring DNN Did you just get told to take care of the website and don't know where to even begin Well, you're in the right place. Ask your configuration/admin questions in this forum and also feel free to review the documentation for this topic using the link below. [Edited by someone other than Will ...] https://dnndocs.com/content/administrators/ The link above doesn't work. You may want to look at https://dnndocs.com, but the admin section is decided...		5071	2	6/12/2019 10:47 PM by Will Strohl
User permissions, and not able to update some site elements Started By Chris D. I have been tasked with trying to take over the administrative duties of our intranet site for our organization. The site has not been updated in several years, so I am helping to get the content updated, but with my account ( Administrator ) there are a few pages that I can't edit, such as the Terms of Use and Privacy Statements that are on the footer of the page. For the first issue, I can edit the page that the documents are on, but not the documents themselves. I can click on these elemen...	1	251	0	9/10/2026 1:16 PM by Chris D.
Transaction log bloats and fills up causing issues Started By Malcolm Bradley I really hope there's someone who can help me. I have a DNN 9.10 installation which every few months causes either the site to crash or if noticed early enough will not allow users to login. When attempting to login the following message appears... The transaction log for database 'xxxxxxx.com' is full due to 'LOG_BACKUP'. My host support team reports the database has bloated significantly so they reduce the size of the database and all is well again. I had sugested this https://www...	5	382	1	2/13/2026 3:08 AM by Malcolm Bradley
Set rate limit on password reset Started By willem DNN does not apply rate limiting to incoming requests. The endpoint for requesting a password reset link accepted repeated consecutive requests, with the server returning an HTTP 200 response each time. No blocking, throttling, CAPTCHA, temporary lockout, or HTTP 429 'Too Many Requests' response was observed. Is there a way to set a rate limit (retry limit) on password reset		247	0	8/26/2026 8:23 AM by willem
Messaging Module Started By Michael Tobisch Hi all, I have a very long-living DNN installation (started with 4.9.5), and due to regular updates is now on 9.7.2. I installed the Telerik Identifier Module to prepare for the next step - and found this assembly: DotNetNuke.Modules.Messaging.dll As far as I can see, this belongs to the old Messaging module, which is not in use anymore (it was displaced by a module called 'Message Center', but obviously not uninstalled). I cannot uninstall this leftover from the UI, as it is marke...	3	3190	0	11/4/2020 2:53 AM by Michael Tobisch
Image processor in DNN 10 Started By willem I have the latest version of DNN 10 and the latest version of Open Content. I want to use an image processor to crop, resize, compress images, etc. Which image processor should I use and how can I best implement it The main thing is that I can use it within Open Content.	9	422	2	6/16/2026 4:46 AM by willem
Themes Using Bootstrap 4 vs Bootstrap 3 Started By tony bonn Is mixing a site theme using boostrap 4 a risk if mixing with modules still using boostrap 3. i am not sure about backward compatibility in the context of dnn 9.8 (or anywhere else for that matter)	9	3111	2	1/4/2021 10:19 AM by tony bonn
Cookie consent options for allowing/declining Started By Intellicom Hello, We are using the built-in DNN cookie consent feature in Site Settings > Site Behavior > Privacy, which is working and shows the message with the 'Got it!' button. I saw on the homepage of the dnnsoftware.com website though that it looks like they may be using the same built-in cookie consent (based on what I see when inspecting the HTML) but they have options to either 'Allow cookies' or to 'Decline'. Is this possible to do with the built-in cookie consent on our DNN sites I am te...	1	206	1	7/13/2026 9:35 AM by Intellicom
Measures against trace.axd Started By Kasi Recently, there have been numerous attempts to attack DNN websites using a trace.axd exploit. Is there a recommended measure for DNN, or can these be ignored	2	244	2	7/23/2026 4:15 AM by Kasi
Service Unavailable Started By Forro_54 Hi to all, I have getting this error when trying to update blog user permissions on DNN 10.03.02 with DNN Community Blog V6.7.1 settings page. I had the same issue in the past and had to do a clean install of DNN 10 and DNN Blog 6.7.1 to overcome it. Past attempts to resolve this have been unsucessful . Maybe someone can interpret this error Page Load Exception Trevor Forrest Ministries Australia AbsoluteURL /Default.aspx DefaultDataProvider DotNetNuke.Da...	1	208	0	7/11/2026 12:26 AM by Forro_54

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