Verified detail: Multilingual CMS with multi-user permissions.
Editorial sites and structured publishing.
| Verified detail | Multilingual CMS with multi-user permissions |
|---|---|
| Best suited to | Editorial sites and structured publishing. |
| Before you commit | Before choosing: who handles hosting, security updates and backups? |
| Pricing & plans | Free license; hosting billed separately Official website ↗ |
| Source | www.joomla.org ↗ |
Published observations; lines connect measured dates. Global identified-CMS share, not absolute website counts. W3Techs ↗
| Platform profile | Jan 1, 2023 | Jan 1, 2024 | Jan 1, 2025 | Jan 1, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joomla! | 2.7% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.6% |
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Free license; hosting billed separately
Software license only; hosting and operations cost extra.
Pricing & plans ↗| Country | Live websites |
|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | 150,081 |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 123,653 |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 69,103 |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 44,622 |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 26,571 |
| 🇫🇷 France | 22,202 |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 21,204 |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 18,806 |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 18,731 |
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | 15,136 |
Live websites detected by BuiltWith. Leading countries; partial coverage. · Source ↗
| Company name | Open Source Matters, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
Joomla released Joomla as open source, allowing the community to inspect, modify and redistribute the software.
Joomla launched Joomla 3.0 / Bootstrap, allowing websites to adapt across desktop, tablet and mobile screens within a single design workflow.
Joomla reported a session-handling flaw affecting CMS 1.5.0 through 3.4.5 and directed users to 3.4.6.
Joomla 4 rebuilt administration around accessibility and introduced publishing workflows, while Joomla 3.10 provided a migration bridge.
Joomla 5 adopted PHP 8.1+, changing runtime and extension compatibility requirements.
Joomla 6.0 and 5.4 introduced automatic core updates, reducing the need for manual installation of future CMS updates.
Joomla reported a session-handling flaw affecting CMS 1.5.0 through 3.4.5 and directed users to 3.4.6. The advisory documents a vulnerability and fix; it does not establish that every affected installation was attacked.
Source ↗Before choosing: who handles hosting, security updates and backups?
Your practical checklist
An open-source CMS with themes, plugins and control over your own hosting.
Languages: Four multilingual modules in core.
Verified detail: Democratically governed open-source CMS project.
Verified detail: Open-source CMS built on .NET.
