The Joomla!® Project consists of all of the people who make and support the Joomla Web Platform and Content Management System.

The Joomla Project mission is: to provide a flexible platform for digital publishing and collaboration.

The Joomla Project core values are:

  • Freedom
  • Equality
  • Trust
  • Community
  • Collaboration
  • Usability

In their vision, The Joomla Project can see:

  • People publishing and collaborating in their communities and around the world;
  • Software that is free, secure, and high-quality
  • A community that is enjoyable and rewarding to participate in
  • People around the world using their preferred languages
  • A project that acts autonomously
  • A project that is socially responsible
  • A project dedicated to maintaining the trust of its users

Around the world there are thousands of users as well as thousands of people who contribute to the Joomla!® Project.

These people work in three main groups:

  • The Production Working Group: who are responsible for everything that goes into the Joomla software and documentation
  • the Community Working Group: who are responsible for creating and nurturing the Joomla community and
  • Open Source Matters: the non profit organisation responsible for managing Legal, Financial and Organizational matters

Joomla is a free and open source project which uses the GNU General Public License version 2 or later.