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, Saas, CMS, Content Management, and Open Source.

DNN Software’s developer surface includes documentation and 6 more developer resources.

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10.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanySaasCMSContent ManagementOpen SourceASP.NET.NETWeb FrameworkDotNetNuke

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Composite quality — 10.0/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.6 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

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

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Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

SourceCode

SourceCode

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Community

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

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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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