mossbo Your Cloud CMS Ecosystem

mossbo - The managed headless CMS, powered by Drupal, with a modern Nuxt frontend, AI-powered tools, and ISO-certified European hosting. mossbo delivers fast, exceptional experiences paired with enterprise-grade security and accessibility.

Built on Lupus Decoupled Drupal, mossbo provides a low-code environment where developers and content teams work efficiently together. The platform includes the mossbo Hub for centralized management and integration with the upcoming Drupal Canvas that will empower non-technical users to create professional sites through pre-configured components, and integrated AI tools that streamline editorial workflows.

As a fully-managed service, mossbo handles infrastructure, updates, and GDPR compliance. Organizations get rapid deployment capabilities while maintaining ownership of their digital ecosystem.

Drupal was selected for its flexibility and configuration management capabilities, as well as being able to scale and support enterprise-level applications in a secure fashion. By adding the module Lupus Decoupled Drupal, it becomes the ideal basis for decoupled systems. The platform delivers enterprise-grade security through its dedicated security team and robust framework, while supporting 100+ languages natively for global deployment. Drupal's open source nature eliminates vendor lock-in and ensures access to continuous improvements. The platform's evolution, including upcoming tools like Drupal Canvas, demonstrates long-term viability for headless implementations.

• Build a fully-managed solution for Drupal-based decoupled applications meeting security and compliance requirements
• Create a SaaS, cost-predictable solution for clients
• Enable a powerful and intuitive page building experience for editors
• Support state-of-the-art SEO techniques
• Compliance with EU accessibility and GDPR laws
• Develop a standardized backend eliminating project-specific code requirements for consistency
• Enable feature deployment by frontend developers and site managers without backend involvement to reduce workload and save project costs
• Create configuration-driven workflows supporting parallel development without merge conflicts for project efficiency to reduce workload and save project costs
• Implement quality assurance processes with customer-specific testing requirements to ensure quality and project stability.
• Integrate AI tools to reduce editorial workload and accelerate content creation

• ISO-certified European hosting with automated infrastructure management
• European-hosted AI models for automated alt-text generation, SEO metadata, content summarization, and multilingual translation
• Scalable
• High-performance
• Secure
• A search server for feature-rich search functionality
• An EU GDPR compliant analytics for web tracking
• An EU GDPR compliant cookie banner and asset loading management
• Low-code solution to enable frontend developers to configure API output without custom code
• A configuration preview workflow for quality assurance purposes
• Fast time-to-market

• Component-oriented decoupled architecture built on Lupus Decoupled Drupal leveraging native Drupal capabilities
• Nuxt / Vue.js frontend with customizable components that meet WCAG accessibility standards
• Integrated OpenSearch server
• Implemented Plausible Analytics
• Pre-configured CDN with cache-tag invalidation and web application firewall
• Custom Elements UI module enabling frontend developers to configure API output without custom code
• Config Preview Deploy module that handles configuration rebasing similar to git operations
• Accelerated project delivery through standardized components and centralized service management
• Reduced time-to-market while maintaining complete control over content and design
• Eliminated manual project setup through hub-based provisioning system
• Decreased editorial workload through intelligent content assistance and workflow optimization
• Achieved predictable performance via established deployment pipelines and continuous monitoring
• Ensured enterprise-grade security through systematic updates and quality assurance processes
• Enabled rapid campaign launches with integrated SEO and analytics capabilities
• Delivered cost-predictable solution including major version updates and infrastructure management, providing a worry-free solution for our clients

This project represents a paradigm shift in how the Drupal community approaches project development and user experience design. Similar to the “no-code” strategy of Drupal CMS, mossbo stands-apart with putting a novel low-code, decoupled Drupal development approach in production, today. 

Unlike traditional headless implementations that sacrifice Drupal's core strengths, this ecosystem preserves essential Drupal features while dramatically improving accessibility for non-technical users. The innovative Custom Elements UI system establishes a new standard for configuration-driven API customization that eliminates traditional development bottlenecks.

The AI integration demonstrates how modern technologies can enhance rather than replace human creativity, providing intelligent assistance that respects user autonomy and European privacy standards. 

Most significantly, the low-code, component-oriented architecture and AI-enhanced workflows position this solution as a blueprint for the future of content management systems, demonstrating how open-source communities can innovate while preserving the core values that make Drupal exceptional.

The ecosystem's impact extends beyond individual implementations, contributing to the broader Drupal community through open-source modules, architectural patterns, and proof-of-concept demonstrations that showcase Drupal's continued relevance in the modern digital landscape.

Watch our Managing Partner & CTO, Wolfgang Ziegler, explain mossbo in depth.