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- Veronika Mazour
- March 11, 2025
eXo Platform 7.0 is released
We are excited to announce the release of eXo Platform 7.0. This major version was in the works for 2.5 years, and represents a quantum leap in both features and technical stack from our previous 6.x product series.
This new release is exceptionally rich, that a single announcement blog post could not possibly do it justice. Consequently, this post will focus on the highlights. We will detail new features and improvements in additional articles, at a later time.
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1. Overview
Let us start with an overview. What makes this new major version special:
- Modern architecture. The platform has been modernized. On the frontside (UX/UI), every single screen is based on a modern, simplified experience, powered by Vuetify. On the back-office side, the stack is completely updated introducing JDK21, Tomcat 10 and Spring/Springboot frameworks.
- Platform capabilities – no-code customizations & extensions. The platform can be easily configured for multiple use-cases – social intranets, extranets / websites, collaborative platforms, knowledge platforms, social networks / community platforms and all-in-one digital workplaces. Your organisation can expand its uses over time, using the same platform. Extensions become easy with an embedded code editor.
- Progressive Web Application. The platform is fully responsive and ships with a new PWA application for mobile and desktop, automatically branded to the client.
- IA introduction. The platform introduces IA capabilities with an IA powered chatbot.
- Many new features. The platform ships with many new features and improvements in all functional pillars such as a dynamic org chart and more.
2. Modern architecture - technical stack evolution
eXo Platform 7.0 marks a huge step in the technical stack upgrades, introducing:
- JDK 21
- Tomcat 10
- Spring 6, Springboot 3.1
- and Matrix
In particular, a major technical leap is done introducing the Springboot framework. All new services are now produced based on this framework.
The chat component is now based on the Matrix server.
The features above lead to huge advantages in terms of:
- Security – modern components carry security patches and updates
- Performance – the new platform provides better time responses, better resources management etc
- Client extensibility – new developments are easy to perform and to maintain
- Accessibility – the 7.0 version improves on eXo Platform 6.5 (already high) accessibility score
The 7.0 version also upgrades all functional components incorporating :
- Jitsi 2.0.9457
- Elastic search 8.14.7
- OnlyOffice 8.2
- Mysql 8.4.3
3. Platform capabilities
eXo Platform 7.0 features exciting new platform capabilities – helping customize & manage the platform without code while also easing the extension of the platform.
3.1. No-code customizations
3.1.1. Pages creation & editing
Page layout
The page layout has been completely revamped, with advanced styling options and a state of the art UI/UX experience.
New UX for managing navigation
The platform makes it easy to add a new link or a new page and manage your navigation:
New branding & styling options
It is now possible to apply a background to a section/page or all pages of your platform; introduce a background image, add transparency effects, etc.
Advanced style modifications (for example fonts) can be introduced and applied to the platform directly from the administration panel.
3.1.2. Sidebar & topbar customization
eXo Platform 7.0 features new fully customisable sidebar & topbar navigations.
Sidebar display – hidden view, icon view, open view
The sidebar can be hidden – to make more space on the screen or to create a website style look and feel. Navigation opens when clicking on the burger button. The bar can also be fully displayed, creating an app-style experience, or showed as an icon column (see below):
By default, the user can change between the three modes, and also choose his homepage – a click on the logo from anywhere will bring him to his homepage.
Sidebar customization
It is possible to customize this navigation. A real life preview is available:
In particular, it is possible to:
- Limit the user’s right to choose their homepage
- Limit available sidebar display options and choose the default display
- Configure which sites appear in which order and choose the menu icons
- Add separators, external links etc:
- Custom featured spaces
It is possible to introduce in the sidebar space tabs that would list spaces in that type/category. For example, the picture extracted from eXo Tribe, features personal circles in a separate tab, then lists all spaces by latest access date :
Topbar
It is possible to choose which of the available features are present in the topbar on desktop and mobile.
A direct preview is available
These capabilities help configure any type of experience with eXo Platform and choose which UI/UX suits best your users.
3.1.3. Templates – spaces, sites, pages & sections
Space templates
It is now possible to create your own space templates, and configure the many available options.
You can choose information needed to create a new space using your template. You can specify default settings and permissions. You can create and edit the navigation, choose which applications are available in the space and also edit the page layout.
You can apply a template to an existing space to change it’s layout and configuration settings.
The platform ships with 4 default space types/templates available:
- Announcement – a top down communication space, typically for top-down communication (company internal news, department communications, HR)
- Community – an open community where members can interact, typically a common interest community, small adds, etc.
- Project – a collaborative team space
- Circle – a light space, to share information with 1 or several people. It can be created in one click, like a chat room, by inviting other users to collaborate.
Section templates
It is now possible to create and manage templates for sections – that is a fragment of a page. This makes editing pages faster and easier.
Sites and page templates
The platform now supports templates for sites. The management of page templates has been reviewed and simplified.
Page templates
The platform supports templates for pages.
A user can easily create a new template and make it available to others. Thus building a site becomes easy.
3.2. Application management & built-in code editor
With eXo Platform 7.0, it becomes easy to extend the platform, creating new applications and managing them.
Applications register
All available internal applications are now centralized in the portlets tab. The portlet can be instantiated using a visual, a category, a description….to become available to end users to compose pages.
Creating a new application
From the same interface, it is also possible to create directly a new application. In this case, you are brought to a code editor screen, where you can put your code and see the run result. Below is an example of a simple gadget, displaying a modified profile card.
Below the above gadget used in practice, in a page:
4. Mobile & Desktop Progressive Web Application (PWA)
PWA allows you to “install” a website on your computer or your mobile as a standard application, resulting in an application button.
eXo Platform is fully responsive. Therefore PWA supports all eXo features.
This new technology leads to huge benefits:
- Push notifications for both cloud AND on-premise deployments
- Branding. The PWA is automatically branded with your customer icon and name. You can create your own logo for your user’s application! If you wish, you can also publish your app under, with your branding and under your name in the app stores.
- Mobile experience quality. The PWA is based on our platform’s overall responsive design, it directly “embeds” everything that is available in a desktop navigator on mobile. Plus, the overall experience is much faster and smoother.
Moreover, the platform offers many options to improve user experience on mobile:
- The page layout allows to visualise the page in mobile mode
- It is possible to decide how the page content will be displayed on mobile – columns or rows
- It is possible to not display some components in mobile and pin others
5. IA introduction
eXo Platform partners with Wikit to natively integrate generative AI into the eXo digital workplace.
eXo Platform 7.0 features a chatbot based on generative AI, directly integrated into the digital workplace. The aim is to facilitate access to information, optimize collaboration and provide an enriched user experience thanks to AI.
This innovative solution enables users to interact naturally with conversational AI within a workspace, asking questions and obtaining precise, contextualized answers, based on reliable and secure sources belonging to the organization.
This tool is ideal for knowledge and training spaces, as it adapts to users’ contexts and needs, exploiting only the information in the space in which it is enabled, and strictly respecting the access permissions defined in the space.
This space-based operation, made possible by eXo’s information segmentation, will enable customers to finely control the exposure of information to AI.
6. Many new Features, spanning all functional pillars
The platform ships with many more new features and improvements. Let us review by topic.
6.1. New in Communication
Enhanced news articles
Editing options. Editing experience has been enriched with mentions and new picture management.
Multi-language management. Multi-language capabilities have been extended to news articles. It is now possible to automatically translate the content when editing and save a content version in each language. Moreover, users can activate automated translation when reading, if the content is not produced in their language.
Publishing. Advanced options are available including scheduled publishing and un-publishing, author’s name hiding and reactions de-activation.
Decentralized communications made easy
Space public sites. Any space can have a public site – potentially open to non space members, or even to users outside of the organisation (public access). A space manager can easily create a public page / site for his space to feature his communications beyond his space audience. This is also useful for open communities aiming at attracting new members. When activated, the site will be available from the space directory, when clicking on the space card.
Space news target. A news target is automatically created with each new space, with automatic rights configuration, so that the space manager can publish news directly.
Content management portlets
The platform ships with several new content management portlets to simplify your content management.
UI/UX for Terms & Condition
Terms and conditions features has been revamped. In particular, the conditions are now edited via an article standard editor with advanced graphic options.
6.2. New in Collaboration
Enhanced user profiles & dynamic org chart
Dynamic org chart. This new feature generates a dynamic org chart, based on the user profiles manager field. The chart can be “navigated” by clicking on a card. The component can be featured on any page but is also available from the user profile, the profile card and the user avatar. Thus, at any time, from any user activity it is possible to see his place in the organisation.
Hide field options in user profiles for privacy.
Profile quick search, allowing other users to browse by country, department and other parameters and find similar users.
Customizable user profile card, to display in the directory and the org chart.
Improved space collaboration
Revamped spaces directory featuring modified space cards, filters and customizations. In particular it is possible to limit display to a category of spaces, creating several directories.
UI/UX for space creation. In particular template visuals are offered when relevant. Depending on the template, the step sequence is simplified – thus a circle space can be created in 1 click.
UI/UX for space invitation. Invitations for both internal and guest users are made easy, and simpler to follow.
Spaces settings. A centralized interface offered to manage space settings, at a delegated (space) level. We have introduced new options and improved space administration experiences for space managers. In particular, space roles and delegations are now also managed from a centralized interface.
Spaces administration. A new management board is available to the administrator with sorting / filtering options and bulk actions.
.pdf forms introduced
With 7.0, the Process application uses .pdf forms instead of .oform forms. An automated format converter is provided for existing formats to switch to pdf.
Matrix based chat server & Element bridge
eXo chat server has been transferred to Matrix open-source component. This will allow users to configure Element as a second desktop / mobile app, to isolate their chat experience when needed.
eXo chat drawer is being enriched with new capabilities.
6.3. New in Knowledge
Organize information with space categories
eXo Platform 7.0 introduces a categories management framework, making it possible to create new categories / subcategories. The latter can be applied to spaces (knowledge bases) to make sense of multiple contexts.
RTL for document co-edition
eXo Platform 7.0 embarks OnlyOffice 8.2, which supports RTL for document edition. Thus it is now possible to create and edit a document in Arabic.
Improved Trash management in Documents
New UI/UX introduced for Trash, featuring filters and multi-selection for restoring.
“Open in read-only” and “go to location” actions added in Documents.
Enhanced page trees
We have merged the news and note article objects, creating a unified experience, and adding new features.
From now on, a note can be published as a news, in the activity stream and via a news list.
In the same way, a news article can be classified in a page tree.
Cross referencing has been improved – it is now easy to browse, find and reference notes from articles.
6.4. New in Engagement
Several new developments have been shipped in the engagement category, mixing general user experience and engagement features.
Social engagement
Group mentions. It is now possible to mention a group – everybody (all space members), space managers, etc in a post or in an article.
Space kudos. It is now possible to send a kudos to a space as opposed to one person. This allows to say thank you and recognize a group of people, rewarding teamwork.
Stream readability improvement. To improve the stream readability and the overall use-experience with the stream (which is truly the heart of the eXo user experience), display rules have been reviewed and implemented.
Without going into details, the stream now automatically shortens long activities and hides comments, when the user has read them.
Example of a shortened message:
Contributions management
Default programs (onboarding, ideation, advocacy..) shipped with the product to get you started.
Contributions: Pending status. It is now possible to decide whether points for an action are attributed immediately or upon review/validation. This is an important change that helps moderating an active community.
Redesigned display cards for programs and actions.
Emoticons in titles and text.
Complex Actions sequences. You can now link Actions across different programs, creating complex sequences that guide contributors through a structured path.
This is particularly useful for creating reusable onboarding processes or progressive challenges that adapt to various community needs.
Effortless notifications. When publishing an Action, it’s easier than ever to notify your community members.
As soon as a new Action is available, contributors will receive personalized notification.
Gamification
Variable points allocation. While point allocation has remained unchanged, we’ve introduced the option of assigning variable points based on the outcome of a contribution.
This is particularly useful in integrations like Crowdin, where points can be allocated based on the number of words translated. This level of granularity ensures that contributions are rewarded proportionately to the effort invested.
Redesigned “Contribute” site
- Gamification gadgets to display trending actions, leaderboards, badges etc
- UI/UX for Rewards administration
6.5. New Connectors
We worked on a generic video-conferencing connector to supplement our standard jitsi option. The connector allows to set-up several videoconferencing options for a space or for a person. It is possible to use several video-conferences at the same time.
The connector works for any third-party videoconferencing tool, supporting user identities and room identities, which is the case for most tools.
Other new connectors include – GLPI, Xbus, X (twitter) and Crowdin.
7. Availability schedule
eXo Platform 7.0 is immediately available to all cloud clients / users. Your account manager will be in touch shortly to schedule your upgrade when necessary.
The community edition package will be released within a month, with dedicated communication as to the changes and the differences between the community 7.0 and the enterprise 7.0 editions.
The enterprise edition package will be released after the supported environments testing period.
You can experiment with the 7.0 version in the public trial:
Public webinars presenting eXo Platform 7.0 will be announced after the community edition release.
Stay tuned to find out more!
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I am the Chief Executive Officer of eXo Platform (the open source digital workplace platform), a company that I co-founded while in college and that I came back to after several years in the banking and consulting industry. I blog about modern work, about open-source and sovereignty issues. Occasionally, I also blog about my personal areas of interest, such as personal development, work–life balance, sustainability and gender equality.
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