Scoop (software)

Scoop is an open source (GNU GPL) content management system and Weblog engine written in Perl, run via mod_perl and Apache, with a MySQL backend. It was originally written by Rusty Foster for Kuro5hin. Scoop content is centered around stories, which may have comments, polls, files, and other things associated with them.

Scoop provides a framework for adding features in a seamless manner, by allowing the site owner to store perl code in the database. There is a library of features available at the . Once installed, "boxes" are seamless extensions to Scoop.

There are now several hosting companies operating which handle the hosting, installation, and maintenance of the Scoop program, leaving site owners free to focus on the content.

Similar systems

Drupal is a PHP-based system that mirrors some of the functions of Scoop but with some extensions.