uPortal is a

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-based framework for creating enterprise

web portal A web portal is a specially designed website that brings information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search engines, together in a uniform way. Usually, each information source gets its dedicated area on the page for displayin ...

s. It is sponsored by Apereo (formerly

Jasig Jasig is a non-profit US organization founded by a group of university IT personnel in late 1999 with the stated goal of creating Open-source model, open source computer programs for use in higher education environments, mostly written in the Jav ...

), a consortium of educational institutions and commercial affiliates sponsoring open source software projects focused on higher education. uPortal is

free software Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, no ...

under the Apache License 2.0. uPortal has integrated Apache Software Foundation's Pluto software to become

JSR 168 The Java Portlet Specification defines a contract between the portlet container and portlets and provides a convenient programming model for Java portlet developers. Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and ...

and

JSR 286 The Java Portlet Specification defines a contract between the portlet container and portlets and provides a convenient programming model for Java portlet developers. Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and ...

compliant allowing it to host

portlets The Java Portlet Specification defines a contract between the portlet container and portlets and provides a convenient programming model for Java portlet developers. Portlets are pluggable user interface software components that are managed and ...

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ESUP-Portal (French universities using uPortal)
{{Compu-lang-stub Java enterprise platform Software using the Apache license