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Grav vs Joomla
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Grav | Joomla |
|---|---|---|
| Language | PHP | PHP |
| Licence | MIT | GPL-2.0 |
| Stars | 16k | 5.1k |
| Latest | 2.2.4 | 6.1.4 |
| Last push | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 3 days between releases | too few releases |
| Active contributors | 12 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 33 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Squarespace. Alternatives to Squarespace →
PartialGravA flat-file CMS with an admin plugin and themes, no database and no hosted editor.
PartialJoomlaA self-hosted CMS with themes and extensions, without a hosted drag-and-drop editor or hosting.
Grav
- 1.7.53.52026-10-05[security] Updated the bundled DOM sanitizer from 1.0.11 to 1.0.18, bringing the fixes from the 2.x line for sanitized…
- 2.2.42026-10-02A page's Markdown version (<route>.md) and llms-full.txt include the full page again on sites running the Archives plug…
- 2.2.32026-09-29Updated Twig to 3.30 (through Grav's getgrav/Twig fork), which brings upstream's fixes since 3.29, among them faster ob…
- 2.2.22026-09-28The .htaccess and Caddy configs now let browsers keep the Admin panel's bundled files for a year, since their names cha…
- 2.2.12026-09-25The .htaccess files under user/ no longer use mod_rewrite, so hosts that broke on them, such as some shared Apache setu…
Joomla
- 6.2.0-rc22026-10-06Joomla! 6.2.0 RC 2pre-release
- 5.4.10-rc12026-10-02Joomla! 5.4.10 Release Candidate 1pre-release
- 6.2.0-rc12026-09-29Joomla! 6.2.0 RC 1pre-release
- 6.1.42026-09-29Joomla! 6.1.4
- 5.4.92026-09-29Joomla! 5.4.9
Grav
✓ signed The latest release, 2.2.4, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Joomla
✓ signed The latest release, 6.1.4, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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