DNN Software

DNN Software is the company behind DNN Platform (formerly DotNetNuke), a leading open-source web content management system (CMS) and web application framework built on Microsoft ASP.NET and C#. Originally created by Shaun Walker in 2002, DNN provides a modular platform for building websites, intranets, and web applications, extended through custom modules, providers, and skins. For developers, DNN ships a first-party set of .NET libraries on NuGet (DotNetNuke.Core, DotNetNuke.WebApi, DotNetNuke.Web, and related packages) plus a DotNetNuke Web API (ASP.NET Web API) services framework for building authenticated REST endpoints inside a DNN site. The open-source DNN Platform is developed in the open on GitHub under an MIT license, with community documentation, forums, and Discord maintained by the DNN Community.

DNN Software is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Software-as-a-Service, CMS, Content Management, and Open-Source.

DNN Software’s developer surface includes documentation and 12 more developer resources.

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11.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

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Company Software-as-a-Service CMS Content Management Open-SourceASP.NET.NET Web FrameworkDotNetNuke

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 11.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.4 / 20

Access Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

CodeOfConduct

CodeOfConduct

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

SourceCode

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Community

Community

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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name: DNN Software
description: DNN Software is the company behind DNN Platform (formerly DotNetNuke), a leading open-source web content management
  system (CMS) and web application framework built on Microsoft ASP.NET and C#. Originally created by Shaun Walker in 2002,
  DNN provides a modular platform for building websites, intranets, and web applications, extended through custom modules,
  providers, and skins. For developers, DNN ships a first-party set of .NET libraries on NuGet (DotNetNuke.Core, DotNetNuke.WebApi,
  DotNetNuke.Web, and related packages) plus a DotNetNuke Web API (ASP.NET Web API) services framework for building authenticated
  REST endpoints inside a DNN site. The open-source DNN Platform is developed in the open on GitHub under an MIT license,
  with community documentation, forums, and Discord maintained by the DNN Community.
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- type: License
  name: MIT
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- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/dnn-software-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://dnnsoftware.com/
- type: Packages
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- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.dnncommunity.org/
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