Happy 9th Birthday to Joomla!

Today we celebrate the 9th Birthday of Joomla!

Joomla!® is a popular Free and Open Source (FOSS) Content Management System (CMS) or also referred to as a Content Management Framework (CMF).

On the 1st of September, 2005 the birth of Joomla! was announced, and on the 15th of September the first release was introduced to the world.

One year on, and Joomla! celebrated its first birthday with "more than 2,5 million downloads" and "over 50 thousand members and fast approaching half a million posts" on the Joomla! Forum. 

Fast forward to 2014, and the Joomla! CMS is still going strong with:

• 59.31 million downloads
• translated into 64 languages
• 8314 Joomla! Extension (Components, Plugins, Modules) for Joomla! 2.5 & 3.x
• 30+ international community-organized JoomlaDay events each year

Happy Birthday Joomla!, and thank you to all the volunteers.