Comparing The Joomla And Mambo Content Management Systems

Joomla and Mambo are open source content management systems. Content management systems are software programs that assist web site developers to design and manage web sites. Open source software is free to download or can be used without licensing. The code is written in PHP, the third most popular programming language. Both Joomla and Mambo content management systems can be used to publish content on public web sites and private sites on intranets. They use MySQL databases. If it sounds as if they have a lot in common, you have no idea.

Mambo First

Mambo started the program that is basically behind both Mambo and Joomla. The rights to the Mambo software are now protected by the Mambo Foundation, a non-profit corporation established under the laws of Australia as support for the Mambo Open Source project. On August 17, 2005, the core developers of the Mambo software left to create Joomla. The first release of Joomla is virtually identical to Mambo 4.5.2.3, the version most current at the time of the split. Joomla began with all of the features of Mambo that had developed over the course of its lifetime. With open source software this doesn’t present a legal problem. Joomla and Mambo content management systems, as open source systems can accommodate this type of situation.

Divergence of Mambo and Joomla

While the Mambo and Joomla content management systems are nearly identical, that won’t be the case for long. Joomla 1.0 and 1.5 can use most of the add-ons and databases designed for Mambo 4.5.2, future versions will develop differently and not be interchangeable at all. Either way, both Joomla and Mambo content management systems are high quality systems that can be downloaded and used to create modern, technologically advanced web sites ready for e-commerce uses. They are designed to be as modular as possible so that add-ons can be used to create the software package that is best for the individual web site development. Templates are available as more are being actively developed to help create pages that only need to have content added. Bots are used to automate many tasks.

Among the open source community, the switch from Mambo to Joomla has been quick with little controversy. Even many devoted fans of Mambo made the quick switch to support the launch of Joomla. While Joomla and Mambo content management systems are currently at the top of open source management systems, it will be interesting to see whether the market will be able to support two similar programs as they grow in different directions.

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