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Joomla! vs Twill: What are the differences?

Developers describe Joomla! as "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. On the other hand, Twill is detailed as "An open source CMS toolkit for Laravel". Twill is an open source CMS toolkit for Laravel that helps developers rapidly create a custom admin console that is intuitive, powerful and flexible.

Joomla! and Twill can be categorized as "Self-Hosted Blogging / CMS" tools.

Some of the features offered by Joomla! are:

  • User Management
  • Media Manager
  • Language Manager

On the other hand, Twill provides the following key features:

  • Visual editor
  • Responsive previewing
  • Hi-res media library

"Powerful extension architecture " is the primary reason why developers consider Joomla! over the competitors, whereas "Amazing visual editor with drag & drop" was stated as the key factor in picking Twill.

Joomla! and Twill are both open source tools. It seems that Joomla! with 3.29K GitHub stars and 2.88K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Twill with 1.33K GitHub stars and 128 GitHub forks.

Seat Pagine Gialle, Construct Digital, and Solutions4Business Consulting are some of the popular companies that use Joomla!, whereas Twill is used by AREA 17, Art Institute of Chicago, and Pentagram. Joomla! has a broader approval, being mentioned in 131 company stacks & 36 developers stacks; compared to Twill, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 15 developer stacks.

Decisions about Joomla! and Twill

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

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Pros of Joomla!
Pros of Twill
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    Powerful extension architecture
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    Powerfull CMS
  • 5
    Mid-Hight End level CMS
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    Highly customizable
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    Vast repository of free and paid extensions
  • 2
    Extensions & Templates
  • 1
    Multilingual in the core
  • 13
    Amazing visual editor with drag & drop
  • 12
    Powerful and customisable admin console
  • 10
    Beautiful UI and easy to use
  • 8
    A CMS that I actually *like* to use!
  • 7
    Easy for publishers to create media-rich narratives
  • 7
    Ensures the integrity of your design system
  • 7
    Flexible with easy to use editors
  • 6
    Flexible and Powerful CMS. Easy to setup
  • 5
    Scaleable and easy to maintain
  • 4
    Incredibly simple and beautiful interface
  • 3
    Ensures the integrity of the design system
  • 3
    Scaleable and easy to maintain

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Cons of Joomla!
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    Depleting dev community
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    What is Joomla!?

    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.

    What is Twill?

    Twill is an open source CMS toolkit for Laravel that helps developers rapidly create a custom admin console that is intuitive, powerful and flexible.

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    What are some alternatives to Joomla! and Twill?
    Drupal
    Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.
    WordPress
    The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
    Django CMS
    It is user friendly and has a very intuitive drag and drop interface. It's built around the needs of multi-lingual publishing by default. Its lightweight core makes it easy to integrate with other software and put to use immediately, while its ease of use makes it the go-to choice for content managers, content editors and website admins.
    Google AdSense
    It is a program run by Google through which website publishers in the Google Network of content sites serve text, images, video, or interactive media advertisements that are targeted to the site content and audience.
    Mailchimp
    MailChimp helps you design email newsletters, share them on social networks, integrate with services you already use, and track your results. It's like your own personal publishing platform.
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