Download Drupal 8.1.0 RC1

The first release candidate of Drupal version 8.1 has been released. Drupal is a PHP-written, user-friendly and powerful content management platform, with which, for example, websites can be created. In version 8, responsive templates are enabled by default, so a website always looks good, regardless of the device used to view it. Drupal 8 has made the switch from xhtml to html5, which makes web apps possible, among other things. Furthermore, the source code written in PHP has been considerably cleaned up and modernized and the performance has been improved through smarter caching. Version 8.1.0 also includes an experimental module that should help migrate Drupal 6 and 7 websites to version 8. Another module, called BigPipe, promises further performance improvements.

Drupal 8.1.0 RC1 is available for testing

the first release candidate for the upcoming Drupal 8.1.0 release is now available for testing. With Drupal 8, we made major changes in our release process, adopting semantic versioning and scheduled releases. This allows us to make significant improvements to Drupal 8 in a timely fashion while still providing backwards compatibility. Drupal 8.1.0 will be the first such update, expected to be released April 20.

8.1.x includes an experimental user interface for migrating from Drupal 6 and 7, the BigPipe module for increasing perceived site performance, and more. You can read a detailed list of improvements in the announcements of beta1 and beta2.