# Joomla!

Free and open-source PHP content management system for publishing web content, run by a volunteer community.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/joomla/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-19
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.joomla.org
- repository: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms
- docs: https://manual.joomla.org
- plugins: https://extensions.joomla.org
- forum: https://forum.joomla.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Open Source Matters, Inc. (supporting non-profit), volunteer project
- maintainerType: foundation
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2005
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: cms
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.3
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: mysql, mariadb, postgres
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: php templates with template overrides
- i18n: yes, core, over 70 translation packs, language associations

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: per-request
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: zip download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5148
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 282
- pluginCount: 4977
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get-started/ (read 2026-10-18)
- firstRelease: https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla10/1-0-0 (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://www.opensourcematters.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://www.opensourcematters.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13167 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get-started/technical-requirements/ (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get-started/technical-requirements/ (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get-started/technical-requirements/ (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get-started/technical-requirements/ (read 2026-10-18)
- headlessApi: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/general-concepts/webservices/ (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://www.joomla.org/core-features.html (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://www.joomla.org/core-features.html (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://downloads.joomla.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/joomla/joomla-cms/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/joomla/joomla-cms/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/joomla/joomla-cms (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/joomla/joomla-cms/contributors (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html (read 2026-10-18)
- pluginCount: https://extensions.joomla.org/ (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://manual.joomla.org/docs/next/get-started/technical-requirements/ (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

Joomla! is a PHP content management system that began in 2005 as a fork of Mambo. A volunteer community develops it, and Open Source Matters, a non-profit, supports the project. Its core ships with an integrated access control list, translation packs with language associations, and a Web Services API that speaks REST with the JSON:API media type. Templates are PHP files, and template overrides allow custom designs.

A Docker Official Image exists, and the project runs a free hosted site service at launch.joomla.org. Extensions come from a directory on joomla.org.

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