!What is [CppCMS](http://cppcms.com/)? CppCMS is a [Free](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software) High Performance Web Development Framework (_not a CMS_) aimed at [Rapid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_application_development) Web Application Development. It differs from most other web development frameworks like: Python Django, Java Servlets in the following ways: |
What is [CppCMS](http://cppcms.com/)? CppCMS is a [Free](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software) High Performance Web Development Framework (_not a CMS_) aimed at [Rapid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_application_development) Web Application Development. It differs from most other web development frameworks like: Python Django, Java Servlets in the following ways: |
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1. It is designed and tuned to handle extremely high loads. |
2. It uses modern C++ as the primary development language in order to achieve the first goal. |
3. It is designed for developing both Web Sites and Web Services. |
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It is available under open source LGPLv3 license and |
alternative [Commercial License](http://commercial.cppcms.com) for users who needs |
an alternative license for proprietary software development. |
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See "[Rationale](/wikipp/en/page/rationale)" for further explanations. |
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### General |
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- [FAQ](/wikipp/en/page/faq) |
- [Rationale Behind CppCMS](/wikipp/en/page/rationale) |
- [Case Study: CppCMS Benchmarks](/wikipp/en/page/benchmarks) |
- [Developers](/wikipp/en/page/developers) |
- [When to Use](/wikipp/en/page/when_to_use_cppcms) |
- [Who Uses CppCMS](/wikipp/en/page/who_uses) |
- [Road Map to Future](/wikipp/en/page/cppcms_1x_tasks) |
- [Secure Programming with CppCMS](/wikipp/en/page/secure_programming) |
- [Downloads](http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppcms/files/) |
- [Repositories](/wikipp/en/page/apt) |
- [How to Contribute](/wikipp/en/page/contrib) |
- [Project Logo](/wikipp/en/page/logo) |
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### Framework Documentation |
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- [CppCMS 1.x.x - Stable](/wikipp/en/page/cppcms_1x) |
- [CppCMS 0.0.x - Old Stable (deprecated)](/wikipp/en/page/cppcms_0x) |
- [About the CppCMS versioning scheme](/wikipp/en/page/cppcms_versioning_scheme) |
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### SQL Connectivity |
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- [SQL Connectivity](/wikipp/en/page/sql_connectivity) |
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### CppCMS Based Applications |
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- [Wikipp - High Performance Wiki Engine](/wikipp/en/page/install_wikipp) |
- [CppBlog - High Performance Blog Engine](/wikipp/en/page/install_cppblog) |
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