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Joomla! vs Statamic: What are the differences?
Joomla!: A content management system helping both novice users and expert developers to create powerful websites and applications. Joomla is a simple and powerful web server application and it requires a server with PHP and either MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server to run it; Statamic: Build simply. The flat file CMS built for developers and clients alike. Statamic 2 is now built on Laravel and sporting a brand new Vue.js-powered control panel. As a developer you can build, configure, and manage everything right in your code editor. As a client or content manager you never have to leave the c.
Joomla! and Statamic can be primarily classified as "Self-Hosted Blogging / CMS" tools.
Some of the features offered by Joomla! are:
- User Management
- Media Manager
- Language Manager
On the other hand, Statamic provides the following key features:
- Bring Your Own HTML
- Drag and Drop Pages
- One Click Updates
"Powerful extension architecture " is the top reason why over 14 developers like Joomla!, while over 2 developers mention "No database" as the leading cause for choosing Statamic.
Joomla! is an open source tool with 3.29K GitHub stars and 2.88K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Joomla!'s open source repository on GitHub.
10 Years ago I have started to check more about the online sphere and I have decided to make a website. There were a few CMS available at that time like WordPress or Joomla that you can use to have your website. At that point, I have decided to use WordPress as it was the easiest and I am glad I have made a good decision. Now WordPress is the most used CMS. Later I have created also a site about WordPress: https://www.wpdoze.com
Pros of Joomla!
- Powerful extension architecture17
- Powerfull CMS6
- Mid-Hight End level CMS5
- Highly customizable4
- Vast repository of free and paid extensions2
- Extensions & Templates2
- Multilingual in the core1
Pros of Statamic
- No database6
- Version control your content6
- Surprising flexibility4
- It is based on Laravel4
- Easy templating3
- Great documentation2
- Too expensive for personal blog2
- Self hosting1
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Cons of Joomla!
- Depleting dev community1
Cons of Statamic
- Not user friendly2