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uPortal, unlike our competitors, is 100% free open source software managed by Jasig. Our community has access to all releases of the uPortal software with absolutely no costs. uPortal continuously evolves through contributions from its global community and is supported by resources, grants, donations, and membership fees from academic institutions, commercial affiliates, and non-profit foundations.
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Higher Education Focus
uPortal is built by the higher education community making the software stand out as the leading enterprise portal framework for higher education. uPortal's design considers all use cases of the academic institution making uPortal the most widely used open source portal solution with over .... (Do we have a number of institutions using uPortal? And is it impressive enough to state?) successful higher education deployments.
Highly Extensible
uPortal's design principal takes into account the growing needs of academic institutions......
Community Resources and Support
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