• and leave the heavy lifting to the world’s smartest Publishing Platform—ExpressionEngine.

  • ExpressionEngine is a publishing platform built on an open source base, CodeIgniter.

  • ExpressionEngine is built upon the incredible open-source PHP framework CodeIgniter which we manage. As a commercial product, ExpressionEngine is produced by our team. You get to cook with the best commercial and open source ingredients.


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Trusted Flexibility

If you can dream it, ExpressionEngine can help you build it. That's why web professionals heart EE.

Security and Stability

Over 10 years strong. ExpressionEngine has never had a major security breach.

No Design Compromises

ExpressionEngine doesn't mandate your workflow. Flexible templates allow you to create how you see fit.

Awesome community

An incredible community of designers and developers that can help you improve your EE site.

Extendability

If it's not in the box, you can add it to the box. Creating ExpressionEngine add-ons is simple and enables all levels of platform customization great and small.

Open Source Foundation

We built CodeIgniter, the open-source core of ExpressionEngine. CodeIgniter is the PHP framework of choice for premiere PHP developers.

Best of Both Worlds

ExpressionEngine is lovingly produced by a team of committed developers, on an open source foundation. ExpressionEngine's code base is 100% open, transparent, and extensible.

Insane power and flexibility

ExpressionEngine's renowned flexibility allows you to build websites that fulfill your needs and creative vision entirely. EE grows and scales in unison with your business.

Wes Baker

We're happiest when the tools we build make someone's day better.

Wes Baker, VP of Technology
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Extend the possibilities

Our thriving developer community offers high-quality, well-supported add-ons for ExpressionEngine, from small enhancements, to specialized commercial add-ons, to custom development.

Supercharged hosting

Nexcess is EllisLab's official Enterprise Hosting Partner, providing a finely tuned hosting environment for your ExpressionEngine powered web sites.