Scoop is an open source (GNU GPL) content management system and Weblog engine written in Perl, run via mod_perl and Apache, with a MySQL backend. It was originally written by Rusty Foster for Kuro5hin but is now developed mostly for DailyKos. Scoop content is centered around stories, which may have comments, polls, files, and other things associated with them.

Scoop provides a framework for adding features in a seamless manner, by allowing the site owner to store Perl code in the database. There is a library of features available at the Scoop Box Exchange (http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/sbe/). Once installed, "boxes" are seamless extensions to Scoop.

There are now several hosting companies operating which handle the hosting, installation, and maintenance of the Scoop program, leaving site owners free to focus on the content.

Scoop-powered sites

(incomplete list)

• Kuro5hin [1] (http://www.kuro5hin.org/) - The founding site
• Daily Kos [2] (http://www.DailyKos.com/)
• Adequacy.org [3] (http://www.adequacy.org/)
• infoAnarchy [4] (http://www.infoanarchy.org/)
• The Agonist [5] (http://www.agonist.org/)
• Sprcha [6] (http://www.sprcha.com/) - Czech language discussion forum

External links

• Scoop Home Page (http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/)
• A list of Scoop-powered sites (http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/special/sites)

The article was partly based on materials from infoAnarchy wiki but has been substantially updated.