CMS Platforms
Established CMS Alternative
Joomla
A free, open source content management system sitting between WordPress and fully custom software.
- Category
- CMS Platforms
- Stack role
- Core Platform
- Tool type
- Open Source
- Best suited for
- Existing Multilingual Sites
- Hosting model
- Self-Hosted
- Software price
- Free
- Made by
- Open Source Matters
- First released
- 2005
- License
- GPL
Our rating, from hands-on experience building client projects. Not a public review average.
What is Joomla?
Joomla, in plain English.
Joomla is a free, open source content management system, the software that runs a website's pages, menus, users and content. It is made by a volunteer community, with the project's legal home at Open Source Matters, Inc.
Businesses use it for corporate sites, intranets, online magazines, shops, schools and non-profits. The project highlights multilingual support, accessibility and flexible add-ons. Compared with WordPress, Joomla has more built into the core, but a smaller community and fewer themes, plugins and developers to draw on.
That matters for you in a practical way. A Joomla site can serve you well, but finding help and extensions is harder than for WordPress. Today most of the Joomla work we see is existing sites that need maintenance, or a decision about whether to move to something more widely supported.
In our stack
Why we use Joomla.
We know Joomla well enough to advise on an existing Joomla site, and to plan a move to WordPress when that makes sense. We'll tell you honestly which path suits your business.
Free Software
No license fees, and the code is open for anyone to inspect.
Built-In Multilingual
Run a site in several languages without bolting on extra tools.
Long Track Record
It has been running real business sites for many years.
Related tools
Works well with Joomla.
Build with us