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

Joomla! name announced

After intense debate the name Joomla! was announced at 18:00 GMT to the world and http://joomla.org was launched. 

Watch the video for more or read the original announcement.

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 (Note the date there is wrong as well and the actual date can be taken from the forum)

Joomla! logo announced

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

Read the announcement.

Watch the video 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.

Joomla! Extension Directory

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

Today there are over 7,000 extensions available.

JoomlaDay Netherlands

The very first JoomlaDay was held in Breda, Netherlands.

Soon to be followed by events all over the world.

Joomla! Shop Opens

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

The shop 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 today.

Documentation Camp

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

Read the announcement.

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.

Community Portal

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

Read the original announcement.

Community Showcase Online

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

Launch the showcase.

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 site.

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 and the archives.

Joomla! Press books announced

The first official Joomla! books are announced with Pearson.

Buy them at the Joomla! shop.

138 Million Downloads

The Joomla Extension Directory(JED) records 138 million downloads.

Visit the JED

Joomla! 1.6 (aka 2.0)

Rebuilt from the ground up Joomla! 1.6 set the road to the future.

Read the announcement.

Microsoft SQL Server support

The first release of Joomla! supporting non-MySQL databases.

Read the announcement.

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.

Read the announcement.

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 to JWC.

Joomla Framework 1.0 Released

For more information about the Joomla! Framework, please visit http://framework.joomla.org.

Joomla.com launched offering free web site hosting

Users can now create and build freely hosted Joomla websites.

Check it out for yourself at http://www.joomla.com