Compare Joomla! vs. BackBee

Joomla! is one of the big three PHP CMSes. Currently it uses only a single component from the Symfony project. Joomla remains a strong contender with a large number of users and extensions.

BackBee is a content management system from the company Lp Digital. The software is Open Source and released under the GPL3 License. BackBee uses multiple Symfony components for core functions.

• Large developer and user base
• Plenty of ready made extensions available
• Tried and tested basic concepts

• Great user experience with in-place editing
• Contemporary implementation without 
• Backed by a company

• Administration can be confusing
• Lack of focus, tries to do everything
• Codebase is a mix of old and new

• Limited adoption outside of France
• Custom implementation, Symfony in components
• Missing power user features like multilanguage and multisite