Orchard is an open source CMS project led by Microsoft. It allows users to quickly build websites on the .Net platform and provides an extension framework that allows customizers to add additional content through modules and themes. Orchard can build complex content. Management system, which provides a powerful modular construction model, minimizes system construction costs through component reuse, helps users reduce coding, and thus attracts the attention of non-technical personnel.
The Orchard project was established in March 2010 and released the official version 1.0V in January 2011. It is the successor of Microsoft's "Oxite" open source CMS system. In December 2010, Microsoft migrated Orchard from its own CodePlex to the Outercurve Foundation, and Committed to providing technical support for the project for three years. Orchard uses the most advanced technical architecture of today's .Net platform, making it one of the latest and most advanced open source CMS systems in the platform.