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Joomla Wins The Best Open Source Content Management System

By Jamie | November 14, 2006

Packt Publishing announced today that Joomla was the winner of the best open source content management system award. Over 16,000 people voted for their favourite open source CMS and then the final decision was down to a judging panel made up from the Open Source Collective, MySQL and Eclipse Foundation.

Drupal

Has been around for quite some time and is stable and actively developed
Well coded and has an available granular permissions system and a strong eye for security
Configuration was a breeze
Lightweight installation
Plethora of modules and themes
Exceptional documentation and has an active and friendly community
The node concept is very good

e107

Easy to setup and install
Wide selection of themes and modules
Provides lots of flexibility
Backend seems well put together
Drop down menu is a nice touch and is organized well

Joomla!

Very easy to install and use with lots of extensions and modules
The documentation is exhaustive and concise
Admin user interface is intuitive and powerful
The backend of Joomla! is very usable and the WYSIWYG editor the content was nice
Seems like it would scale well and provides a lot of customization options
Large and active community

Plone

Very flexible and powerful
Great user interface
Very clean default installation
Lots of addon modules
Worth taking the steep learning curve
Impressed with the customization it offers
Integration with LDAP or other login systems is a plus

XOOPS

Minimalist initial install
Great community support
Provides lots of addon modules and themes
Lots of functionality
Mature and has a very good permissions system