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3 Principles

1 - Design system and no-code approach

Sobki uses design systems with modules and themes from the UI Suite ecosystem.

By leveraging site building capabilities, this allows to have a codebase decoupled from the data structure and this empowers administrators.

This allows to build multiple cohesive and branded websites effortlessly with a high code quality.

Note: Currently, as not every part of Drupal are site buildable with control on the rendering, it is more a "low-code" approach even if we aim for a "no-code" approach.

2 - Improved contribution experience and UI

Having an improved contribution experience is a key to a website adoption by editorial teams. That's why we made efforts in this direction too:

  • Gin and its ecosystem is used as admin theme in all Sobki's profiles for consistency.
  • Layout Builder's UI has been improved and modules of its ecosystem are used.
  • Content editing modules are present to enhance RTE or content modeling.

Also, as configuration is time-consuming, Sobki is ready out-of-the-box. Examples of available features (or on the roadmap):

  • Default block types (text, media, map, form, carousel, etc.)
  • Default content types (landing page, news, blog post, etc.)
  • Media management improvements
  • Configured SEO modules
  • Configured roles and permissions
  • Configured publication workflow
  • Configured webforms
  • Configured security modules
  • AI integration
  • Default demo content

Note: Just like Drupal, Sobki is limitless; you can also use it as a base and add any Drupal modules you want.

3 - Sustainable IT

Sobki aims to address the pillars of sustainable IT principles:

  • Environmental: a reusable codebase for each of your sites, streamlined features, and a continuous improvement approach to optimizing Sobki in terms of energy consumption.
  • Social: special attention is paid to current standards, both from an accessibility (WCAG, RGAA) and privacy (GDPR) perspectives.
  • Governance: an open source approach that protects you from potential vendor lock-in and regular security audits on Sobki's codebase.