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title: Joomla
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# Joomla

Joomla! is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) built on a model–view–controller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS. It is developed by Open Source Matters, Inc.

Joomla! is written in object-oriented programming (OOP) PHP. It can store data in MySQL, PostgreSQL or MS SQL database. Features include page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, search, and support for language internationalization.

Joomla! can be extended to fit almost any need with great amount of free and paid components and plugins.

Some advantages of using Joomla!:
* Access to your website's dashboard from any computer
* Lots of extensions avaliable
* Lots of website templates avaliable

### More Information

[Joomla Documentation: online collaborative community manual](https://docs.joomla.org/)

[Joomla! Developers Portal](https://docs.joomla.org/Portal:Developers)
