Joomla! Codenames

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Ever wondered what the internal codenames of Joomla! were?

Codenames of Joomla! 1.6[edit]

  • 1.6.1 Onward -- Released [10-January-2011]
  • 1.6.0 Onward -- Released [10-January-2011]

See also: Joomla 1.6 version history

Pre-final releases[edit]

  • Hope -- 1.6 Alpha 1 Released [22-April-2009]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Alpha 2 Released [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]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 11, Released [4-October-2010]
  • Hope -- 1.6 Beta 12, Released [18-October-2010]
  • Onward -- 1.6 Beta 13, Released [1-November-2010]
  • Onward -- 1.6 Beta 14, Released [15-November-2010]
  • Onward -- 1.6 Beta 15, Released [29-November-2010]
  • Onward -- 1.6 Release Candidate 1, Released [14-December-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 2.21 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]