Joomla! Codenames

From Joomla! Documentation

Ever wondered what the internal codenames of Joomla! were?

Codenames of Joomla! 1.6[edit]

See also: Joomla 1.6 version history

Pre-final releases[edit]

  • Hope -- 1.6 Alpha 1 [22-April-2009]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Alpha 2 [24-October-2009]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 1, Released [17-May-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 2, Released [31-May-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 3, Released [14-June-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 4, Released [28-June-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 5, Released [12-July-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 6, Released [26-July-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 7, Released [9-August-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 8, Released [23-August-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 9, Released [7-September-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 10, Released [20-September-2010]

Codenames of Joomla! 1.5[edit]


See also: Joomla 1.5 version history

Pre-final releases[edit]

  • Nightfall -- 1.1 Alpha, Released [26-October-2005]
  • Nightlight -- 1.1 Alpha 2, Released [06-February-2006]
  • Khepri -- Beta, Released [12-October-2006]
  • Khepri[3] -- Beta 2, Released [04-May-2007]
  • Mapya[4] -- Release Candidate 1, Released [21-July-2007]
  • Endeleo[5] -- Release Candidate 2, Released [1-September-2007]
  • Takriban[6] -- Release Candidate 3, Released [5-October-2007]
  • Karibu[7] -- Release Candidate 4, Released [19-December-2007]

Codenames of Joomla! 1.0[edit]



  1. The Egyptian God Khepri
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 The words for "one", "two", "three", etc. in the Taracahitic Yaqui language (Uto-Aztecan)
  3. aka The Red Barchetta
  4. Swahili for "new"
  5. Swahili for "development, progress, improvement"
  6. Swahili for "almost", [1]
  7. Swahili for "near by", [2]