Compare Joomla! vs. October CMS

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.

October CMS is a content management system built on the Laravel Framework. It's been in development since 2013 and is definitely part of a new generation of PHP of content management tools.

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

• A new project with little legacy
• Built on a common MVC framework
• A functional marketplace

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

• A limited number of adopters
• Built in AJAX framework might make decoupling difficult
• Site layout management features limited