Mezzanine is a powerful, consistent, and flexible content management platform. Built using the Django framework, it provides a simple yet highly extensible architecture that encourages diving in and hacking on the code. The CMS is BSD licensed and supported by a diverse and active community.

Mezzanine resembles tools such as WordPress by providing an intuitive interface for managing pages, blog posts, form data, store products, and other types of content. But it is also different. Unlike many other platforms that make extensive use of modules or reusable applications, it provides most of its functionality by default. This approach yields a more integrated and efficient platform.