Joomla strikes a balance between user-friendliness and developer flexibility. It comes with built-in support for multilingual sites and provides robust content management features, making it perfect for community platforms and medium-sized websites. Created in 2005 by Andrew Eddie, Brian Teeman, Johan Janssens, and Jean-Marie Simonet, Joomla is open-sourced and free until choosing hosting and domain options.
Highlights:
- Multilingual support built-in
- Strong content and menu management
- Large library of extensions available
- Customizable user access controls
- See more features here: https://www.joomla.org/core-features.html
Pros:
- Open-sourced and free to use until choosing hosting and domain (for pricing options, see https://domains.joomla.org/)
- More flexibility compared to Wix and Squarespace
- Excellent for membership sites and portals
- Strong community supports
- Excellent multilingual support without plugins
Cons:
- Extension compatibility issues can occur
- Compared to WordPress, Joomla is a smaller ecosystem
- Depending on skill level, a considerable learning curve may apply with using Joomla