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Is Joomla! CMS dead?

Deaditude Score:

76.7%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Last commit was during the Renaissance.
*Data last collected: 8 Jul 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
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment

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

Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void

Community Size

3,606
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

9
Posts
2.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
0.0%
Holding steady

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Sparse

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

Global Job Distribution

🇮🇳India
48
🇺🇸United States
36
🇫🇷France
16
🇬🇧United Kingdom
5
🇩🇪Germany
4
🇨🇦Canada
2

Market Summary

111
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

14
Videos
538
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-25.0%

Average Engagement

38.4
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Joomla! CMS:
IT SOLUTIONS
Hobby Channel
Software Stories (Aleksej Khoroshevskij)
Hobby Channel
Jonah's Charity Foundation
Growing Channel

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
Joomla Tutorial by Jonah Part 1
Jonah's Charity Foundation
1 months ago
94
Joomla Tutorial by Jonah Part 2
Jonah's Charity Foundation
1 months ago
40
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
8 Jul 202576.7%
24 Jun 202572.9%
11 Jun 202572.9%
28 May 202570.8%
9 May 202570.2%
4 May 202572.2%

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