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Is Joomla! CMS dead?

Deaditude Score:

58.2%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Might be revived by a course on Udemy for $12.99.
*Data last collected: 4 May 2026, 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

Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.

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

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

3,922
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

10
Posts
5.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+100.0%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Endangered

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

Global Job Distribution

🇮🇳India
48
🇺🇸United States
14
🇫🇷France
10
🇨🇦Canada
1
🇩🇪Germany
1
🇬🇧United Kingdom
1

Market Summary

75
Total Jobs
🏢
0
Companies Using It

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

Barely Watched

YouTubers discovered Joomla! CMS generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.

Content Metrics

21
Videos
39.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+66.7%

Average Engagement

1.9K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Joomla! CMS:
Arina Technologies
Hobby Channel
Phoca
Hobby Channel
J and Beyond e.V.
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
4 May 202658.2%
20 Apr 202667.0%
6 Apr 202664.0%
24 Mar 202674.9%
10 Mar 202673.9%
24 Feb 202682.0%
11 Feb 202663.0%
28 Jan 202669.5%
14 Jan 202679.2%
1 Jan 202674.8%
18 Dec 202576.9%
4 Dec 202569.0%
21 Nov 202572.2%
7 Nov 202570.6%
25 Oct 202579.2%
12 Oct 202568.9%
28 Sept 202566.9%
14 Sept 202567.9%
1 Sept 202570.2%
18 Aug 202577.5%
4 Aug 202578.6%
22 Jul 202576.7%
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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