A modern administration experience is important for every content management system.

Gin, the popular admin theme originally developed for Drupal, is now available for Backdrop CMS, bringing a clean, modern interface and a more enjoyable content management experience.

What Does Gin Offer?

  • A modern, polished administration interface.
  • Light, dark, and automatic appearance modes.
  • Customizable accent colors.
  • Responsive layouts.
  • Improved forms and administration workflows.
  • Adjustable table density.
  • RTL language support.

Gin is a great example of how open-source projects can benefit from sharing ideas and improvements across CMS communities.

Special Thanks

A big thank you to Laryn Kragt Bakker and Sascha Eggenberger for their work on bringing Gin to Backdrop CMS.

Their contributions help make Backdrop CMS more modern, accessible, and enjoyable for both developers and content editors.

Try Gin and Help Improve It!

The Backdrop CMS version of Gin is available for everyone to explore.

We encourage Backdrop users, designers, and developers to install it, test its features, and report any bugs or compatibility issues.

Even small contributions, such as reporting an issue, testing RTL layouts, or suggesting improvements, can make a real difference.

Gin for Backdrop CMS:

https://backdropcms.org/project/gin

GitHub Repository – Report Issues & Contribute:

https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/gin

Let's work together to make the Backdrop CMS administration experience even better!