5.0.0 was released on Nov 16, 2023 and is a major release targeted at .NET 8. This release includes 45 pull requests by 4 different contributors, pushing the total number of project commits all-time to over 4300. The Oqtane framework continues to evolve at a rapid pace to meet the needs of .NET developers.
Oqtane is an open source CMS and Application Framework that provides advanced functionality for developing web, mobile, and desktop applications on .NET. It leverages Blazor to compose a fully dynamic digital experience which can be hosted on Blazor Server, Blazor WebAssembly, or Blazor Hybrid (via .NET MAUI).
Oqtane is being developed based on some fundamental principles which are outlined in the Oqtane Philosophy.
Please note that this project is owned by the .NET Foundation and is governed by the .NET Foundation Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct
Using Version 5:
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Install .NET 8 SDK.
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Install the latest edition (v17.8 or higher) of Visual Studio 2022 with the ASP.NET and web development workload enabled. Oqtane works with ALL editions of Visual Studio from Community to Enterprise. If you wish to use LocalDB for development ( not a requirement as Oqtane supports SQLite, mySQL, and PostgreSQL ) you must also install the Data storage and processing.
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clone the Oqtane dev branch source code to your local system. Open the Oqtane.sln solution file and Build the solution. Make sure you specify Oqtane.Server as the Startup Project and then Run the application.
Installing an official release:
- A detailed set of instructions for installing Oqtane on IIS is located here: Installing Oqtane on IIS
- Instructions for upgrading Oqtane are located here: Upgrading Oqtane
Additional Instructions
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If you have already installed a previous version of Oqtane and you wish to do a clean database install, simply reset the DefaultConnection value in the Oqtane.Server\appsettings.json file to "". This will trigger a re-install when you run the application which will execute the database installation.
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If you want to submit pull requests make sure you install the Github Extension For Visual Studio. It is recommended you ignore any local changes you have made to the appsettings.json file before you submit a pull request. To automate this activity, open a command prompt and navigate to the /Oqtane.Server/ folder and enter the command "git update-index --skip-worktree appsettings.json"
Video Series
- If you are getting started with Oqtane, a series of videos are available which explain how to install the product, interact with the user interface, and develop custom modules.
There is a separate Documentation repository which contains a variety of types of documentation for Oqtane, including API documentation that is auto generated using Docfx. The contents of the repository is published to Githib Pages and is available at https://docs.oqtane.org
This project is open source, and therefore is a work in progress...
Backlog (TBD)
- Azure Autoscale support (ie. web farm)
- Folder Providers
- Generative AI Integration
5.1.0 (Q1 2024)
- Full Stack Blazor (Static Server-Side Rendering)
5.0.0 (Nov 16, 2023)
- Migration to .NET 8
4.0.6 ( Oct 16, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
4.0.5 ( Sep 26, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
4.0.4 ( Sep 25, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
- User Import
4.0.3 ( Aug 29, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
4.0.2 ( Aug 9, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
4.0.1 ( Jul 18, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
4.0.0 ( Jun 26, 2023 )
- Migration to .NET 7
- Improved JavaScript, CSS, and Meta support
- Optimized Client Assembly Loading
- Routable Modules (ie. declarative configuration)
- Site Template improvements
- IEventSubscriber interface
3.4.3 ( May 3, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
3.4.2 ( Mar 29, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
3.4.1 ( Mar 13, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
3.4.0 ( Mar 12, 2023 )
- Permissions performance optimization
- Connection string management improvements
- XML site map generator
- OIDC integration with User Profiles
3.3.1 ( Jan 14, 2023 )
- Stabilization improvements
3.3.0 ( Jan 12, 2023 )
- Dynamic Authorization Policies
- Entity-Level Permissions
- Extended Module Permissions
3.2.1 ( Oct 17, 2022 )
- Stabilization improvements
- Server Event System
3.2.0 ( Sep 13, 2022 )
- .NET MAUI / Blazor Hybrid support
- Upgrade to Bootstrap 5.2
3.1.3 ( Jun 27, 2022 )
- Stabilization improvements
3.1.2 ( May 14, 2022 )
- Stabilization improvements
3.1.1 ( May 3, 2022 )
- Stabilization improvements
3.1.0 ( Apr 5, 2022 )
- User account lockout support
- Two factor authentication support
- Per-site configuration of password complexity, lockout criteria
- External login support via OAuth2 / OpenID Connect
- Support for Single Sign On (SSO) via OpenID Connect
- External client support via Jwt tokens
- Downstream API support via Jwt tokens
- CSS resource hierarchy support
- Site structure/content migration
- Event log notifications
- 404 page handling
- Property change component notifications
- Support for ES6 JavaScript modules
3.0.3 ( Feb 15, 2022 )
- Url fragment and anchor navigation support
- Meta tag support in page head
- Html/Text content versioning support
3.0.2 ( Jan 16, 2022 )
- Default alias specification, auto alias registration, redirect logic
- Improvements to visitor tracking and url mapping
- Scheduler enhancements for stop/start, weekly and one-time jobs
- Purge job for daily housekeeping of event log and visitors
- Granular security filtering for Settings
3.0.1 ( Dec 12, 2021 )
- Url mapping for broken links, content migration
- Visitor tracking for usage insights, personalization
- User experience improvements in Page and Module management
3.0.0 ( Nov 11, 2021 )
- Migration to .NET 6
- Blazor hosting model flexibility per site
- Blazor WebAssembly prerendering support
2.3.1 ( Sep 27, 2021 )
- Complete UI migration to Bootstrap 5 and HTML5 form validation
- Improve module/theme installation and add support for commercial extensions
- Replace System.Drawing with ImageSharp
- Image resizing service
2.2.0 ( Jul 6, 2021 )
- Bootstrap 5 Upgrade
- Package Service integration
- Default and Shared Resource File inclusion
- Startup Error logging
- API Controller Validation and Logging
2.1.0 ( Jun 4, 2021 )
- Cross Platform Database Support ( ie. LocalDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL ) - see #964
- Utilize EF Core Migrations - see #964
- Public Content Folder support
- Multi-tenant Infrastructure improvements
- User Authorization optimization
- Consolidation of Package Management
- Blazor Server Pre-rendering
- Translation Package installation support
2.0.2 ( Apr 19, 2021 )
- Assorted fixes and user experience improvements
2.0.1 ( Feb 27, 2021 )
- Complete Static Localization of Admin UI
2.0.0 ( Nov 11, 2020 )
- Migration to .NET 5
- Static Localization ( ie. labels, help text, etc.. )
- Improved JavaScript Reference Support
- Performance Optimizations
- Developer Productivity Enhancements
1.0.0 ( May 19, 2020 )
- Migration to .NET Core 3.2
- Multi-Tenant ( Shared Database & Isolated Database )
- Modular Architecture
- Headless API with Swagger Support
- Dynamic Page Compositing Model / Site & Page Management
- Authentication / User Management / Profile Management
- Authorization / Roles Management / Granular Permissions
- Dynamic Routing
- Extensibility via Custom Modules
- Extensibility via Custom Themes
- Event Logging / Audit Trail
- Folder / File Management
- Recycle Bin
- Scheduled Jobs ( Background Processing )
- Notifications / Email Delivery
- Seamless Upgrade Experience
- Progressive Web Application Support
- JavaScript Lazy Loading
- Dynamic CSS/Lazy Loading
POC ( May 9, 2019 )
- Initial public release on GitHub
- .NET Core 3.0
Oqtane was created by Shaun Walker and is inspired by the DotNetNuke web application framework. Initially created as a proof of concept, Oqtane is a native Blazor application written from the ground up using modern .NET Core technology and a Single Page Application (SPA) architecture. It is a modular application framework offering a fully dynamic page compositing model, multi-site support, designer friendly themes, and extensibility via third party modules.
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The following diagram visualizes the client and server components in the Oqtane architecture.
As of version 2.1, Oqtane supports multiple relational database providers.
Install Wizard:
Default view after installation:
A seamless login flow utilizing .NET Core Identity services:
Main view for authorized users, allowing full management of modules and content:
Content editing user experience using modal dialog:
Context menu for managing specific module on page:
Control panel for adding, editing, and deleting pages as well as adding new modules to a page:
Admin dashboard for accessing the various administrative features of the framework:
Responsive design mobile view:
