Celebrating 21 years of Joomla! Spread the Joomla Love

It all started here

The former Mambo core team announce that they are leaving Mambo and starting something new.

Read the Letter to the Community Opens in new tab

Read an in-depth explanation Joomla is the New Mambo

Joomla! name announced

After intense debate the name Joomla! was announced at 18:00 GMT to the world and https://joomla.org Opens in new tab was launched. 

Watch the video Opens in new tab for more or read the original announcement of a new name Opens in new tab.

developer.joomla.org

With the launch of version 1.0 of Joomla! comes the unveiling of our new development forge site at developer.joomla.org, hosted on SourceForge Enterprise courtesy of VA Systems.

Joomla 1.0 Released

OSM takes their final stable version of Mambo (4.5.2.3), gave it a spring clean and named it Joomla! 1.0. (Yes wikipedia has the date wrong)

Read the original announcement Opens in new tab (Note the date there is wrong as well and the actual date can be taken from the forum post Opens in new tab)

Joomla! logo announced

After a public competition for a new logo the winning design by Alan Urquhart was announced.

Read the Logo Winner announcement Opens in new tab.

Watch the Logo video Opens in new tab with all the entries.

First award

The Joomla! project won "Best Linux / Open Source Project" for 2005 at Linux & Open Source Awards in London.

More details on the awards Opens in new tab.

Joomla! Extension Directory

Finding extensions for your Joomla! web site is a whole lot easier with the new JED.

Today there are thousands of extensions available Opens in new tab.

JoomlaDay Netherlands

The very first JoomlaDay was held in Breda, Netherlands.

Joomla! Shop Opens

The first Joomla! t-shirts were finally available for sale.

The shop Opens in new tab has a wide variety of items.

One Million forum Posts

1 million posts and counting, 200, 000 topics and counting, 30,000 plus registered members.

See the forum Opens in new tab today.

Documentation Camp

The first world-wide documentation camp for Joomla was held both online and in Belgium and Canada.

Read about the Documentation weekend Opens in new tab.

Joomla 1.5 Released

The second major release of Joomla! Leading the way with internationlisation, templating and making extension development a breeze.

Read more in the announcement Opens in new tab.

Community Portal

No longer online this site served as a central location for Joomla users to interact.

Read the original Community Portal announcement Opens in new tab.

Community Showcase Online

The showcase is a hub for community users to share sites they've discovered or built themselves.

Launch the showcase Opens in new tab.

10 Million Downloads

A remarkable benchmark in the world of open source - our 10 millionth download.

Joomla! Resource Directory Launched

If you're a Joomla user, there's no easier way to find developers, service providers, and other valuable resources.

Launch the Resource Directory Opens in new tab.

Joomla! Developer Conference

For the first time a dedicated developer conference was held in New York, USA

Joomla! Community Magazine

In each monthly JCM issue you will find stories that will educate, inform, challenge, and inspire you.

Read this months magazine Opens in new tab and the archives.

Joomla! Press books announced

The first official Joomla! books are announced with Pearson.

Buy them at the Joomla! shop Opens in new tab.

Joomla! 1.6 (aka 2.0)

Rebuilt from the ground up Joomla! 1.6 set the road to the future, introducing ACL and nested categories

Read Joomla 1.6 has arrived Opens in new tab.

Joomla! 1.7

With improved migration and security this is the first release in a planned six monthly release cycle.

Read Joomla! 1.7.0 Released Opens in new tab.

Joomla 2.5

This is the last release in the Joomla 2 series and is an LTS release with multilingual and database enhancements. This is first release of Joomla! supporting non-MySQL databases such as Microsoft SQL Server

Read the Joomla 2.5 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla no longer supports ms-sql - currently only postgres, mySQL and MariaDB are supported.

30 Million Downloads

Joomla reaches a milestone of 30 million downloads. Joomla now averages around 1 million downloads every month.

Joomla 3.0 Released

The fourth (yeah I know that doesn't make sense) major release of Joomla introduces a responsive UI via Twitter Bootstrap.

Read the Joomla 3.0 announcement Opens in new tab.

First Joomla! World Conference

The first Joomla World Conference(JWC) was held in San Jose, USA to bring together Joomla users, builders, and developers from around the world.

Read about Olivier's trip Opens in new tab to JWC.

Joomla 3.2 Released

This is quite a big release for a minor version. Highlights include:

• Content version control
• Built-in Joomla! Extensions Finder
• Increased security with strong passwords and two step authentication
• New rapid development framework for new extension coding

Read the Joomla 3.2 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla Framework 1.0 Released

For more information about the Joomla! Framework, please visit https://framework.joomla.org. Opens in new tab

Joomla.com launched offering free web site hosting

Users can now create and build freely hosted Joomla websites.

Check it out for yourself at https://www.joomla.com Opens in new tab

Joomla 3.5 Released

Introducing 34 new features, including support for the recently released PHP 7 scripting language, which significantly increases web site speed.

Read the Joomla 3.5 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla 3.6 Released

This was intended to be the last release in the Joomla 3.x series (guess that plan didn't work out). 400 improvements, mainly to make life easier.

Read the Joomla 3.6 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla’s Homepage Gets A Fresh Look

Hard to be certain about the changes but you can try the wayback machine Opens in new tab.

Free Joomla websites

Launch Opens in new tab a free Joomla website and test upcoming releases

Joomla 3.9 Released

Privacy tool suite to satisfy the requirements of GDPR. Joomla was the first CMS to consider the importance of this. Something others are still catching up or quietly ignoring.

Read the Joomla 3.9 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla is a CNA

Joomla is authorized as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). We take security seriously!

What does it mean to be a CNA Opens in new tab

Joomla 3.10 Released

The last release in the Joomla 3.x series

Read the Joomla 3.10 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla 4.0

Nearly nine long years in the making, Joomla 4 is finally here. This is a migration not an upgrade.

Read the Joomla 4.0 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla 4.1

Setting new standards in accessible web design with the Jooa11y checker and task automation with the Task Scheduler

Read the Joomla 4.1 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla 4.2

Multi-Factor Authentication and Keyboard shortcuts.

Read the Joomla 4.2 announcement Opens in new tab.

Mattermost replaces Glip

Move from GLIP to Mattermost for our daily communication.

Join the conversation Opens in new tab

Joomla 4.3

Guided Tours - a great starting place for improving onboarding new users.

Read the Joomla 4.3 announcement Opens in new tab.

Extended Security Support for Joomla 3

Commercial offering to provided extended support for those who still haven't updated.

Read the ELTS Opens in new tab.

This program has now ended.

Joomla 4.4

The last release in the Joomla 4.x series

Read the Joomla 4.4 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla 5

The first release in the Joomla 5.x series and the first major version that is an upgrade not a migration

Read the Joomla 5.0 announcement Opens in new tab.

Open Website Alliance

Advocating for Open Source Software together with the Drupal Association, the TYPO3 Association, and the WordPress Project.

Read the manifesto and charter Opens in new tab

Note: WordPress involvement is currently paused.

Joomla 5.1

Implement Tamper-Proof core updates for Joomla (TUF)

Read about TUF making it into 5.1 Opens in new tab.

Joomla 5.2

Email templates, New Articles Module, php 8.4 support.

Read the Joomla 5.2 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla 4 End of Life

With Joomla 4.4.9 Opens in new tab the Joomla 4.x series is now end of life.

Joomla 5.3

From better file organization and task logging to enhanced email handling and accessibility

Read the Joomla 5.3 Announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla 5.4

The last release in the Joomla 5.x series

Read the Joomla 5.4 announcement Opens in new tab.

Joomla 6

The first release in the Joomla 6.x series and the second major version that is an upgrade not a migration. Now with automatic joomla updates

Read the Joomla 6.0 announcement Opens in new tab.

Digital Public Good

Joomla is officially recognized as a digital public good  (DPG)

Digital Public Goods Alliance: https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/ Opens in new tab

Joomla 6.1

Proof-of-Work Captcha, Visual Workflow, Smarter Modules

Read about Joomla 6.1 new features Opens in new tab.