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Is Joomla! CMS dead?

Deaditude Score:

72.9%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Still has users. Mostly archaeologists.
*Data last collected: 24 Jun 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

Codebase Activity

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Reddit Drama

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Youtube Clickbaits

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Stackoverflow copypasting

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Job offering

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Companies adoption

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

Hacker News Hype

Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Is showing significant decline with reduced development activity, community engagement, and new adoption.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🏥
2005

GitHub Pulse

Maintenance Mode

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
4,933
total stars
Forks
3,712
total forks
Open PRs
772
open pull requests
Recent Commits
15
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Stagnant
trend assessment

Language Distribution

PHP89.9%
JavaScript7.2%
SCSS1.6%
HTML0.5%
Vue0.5%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

The Reddit tumbleweeds have taken over

Community Size

3,594
Subscribers
3
Active Users

Activity Metrics

8
Posts
5.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-100.0%
Free falling

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Sparse

Resume with Joomla! CMS skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.

Global Job Distribution

🇮🇳India
45
🇺🇸United States
35
🇫🇷France
16
🇬🇧United Kingdom
6
🇩🇪Germany
5
🇨🇦Canada
2

Market Summary

109
Total Jobs
🏢
1,184
Companies Using It
Major players still rely on this. Job security... for now.

Reality Check

Career Suicide Watch

Time to update your LinkedIn. And by "update" we mean "remove {tech.name} entirely"

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

HN Graveyard

When Joomla! CMS is mentioned on HN, users furiously scroll past it.

Mentions

0
Posts

Community Interest

Average points0.0
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

HN karma potential
0/10

No discussions found on Hacker News.

Even "Blockchain AI for the Web3 Metaverse" gets more attention.

Double-check on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

Joomla! CMS videos get fewer views than paint drying timelapses.

Content Metrics

16
Videos
346
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%

Average Engagement

21.6
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Joomla! CMS:
Sophia Wagner
Major Creator
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
24 Jun 202572.9%
11 Jun 202572.9%
28 May 202570.8%
9 May 202570.2%
4 May 202572.2%

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