Jahia is a DXP combining CMS, CDP, and personalization tools. It supports multilingual sites, easy integrations, and secure cloud hosting. Key modules: jContent (CMS), jExperience (marketing), and jCustomer (CDP). It's open-source, modular, and used by organizations like Ben & Jerry’s and the European Parliament. Built in Java with APIs and Docker support.
Jahia is a Digital Experience Platform (DXP) that combines a Content Management System (CMS), a Customer Data Platform (CDP), and built-in personalization tools. It helps businesses create and manage websites, portals, apps, and user journeys—all from one system.
Core parts of the platform:
jContent — The central CMS. Includes tools for content creation, review, translation, workflows, and templates. Supports headless, traditional, or hybrid delivery.
jExperience — The marketing and personalization layer. Uses behavioral data, segmentation, and A/B testing so marketers can tailor content and boost conversions—no IT needed.
jCustomer — The CDP built on Apache Unomi. Collects data, builds 360° profiles, supports scoring, and enables real-time personalization.
Key strengths:
Global and multisite support — Great for companies with many brands or languages. Manage hundreds of sites and dozens of languages from one setup.
Easy integration — 400+ connectors to CRM, DAM, analytics, SEO tools, and more. Most can be integrated in hours with drag-and-drop.
Open-source and modular — Core is open source (GPL for Community Edition, JSEL for commercial). Developers can create and share modules in public or private app stores.
Security & compliance — ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR compliant. Cloud hosting with 99.9% uptime SLA, automatic backups, and zero-downtime upgrades.
Use cases:
Multilingual corporate websites
Customer or partner portals
Employee intranets or self-service platforms
Omnichannel digital experiences via headless APIs
Technology stack & architecture:
Built in Java, runs cross-platform
Uses OSGi (Apache Karaf), Hibernate, Lucene/Elasticsearch
Supports JSR-170 content repository
Offers Docker-based deployment, GraphQL and REST APIs, and scalable cluster setup
