Joomla at 59,633 Sites. More Than Astro, SvelteKit, Remix, and Gatsby Combined.

The Numbers

Four frameworks that headline conferences, fill blog posts, and drive Twitter debates — together they're one-fifth of Joomla. A framework that most developers consider dead, that nobody recommends for new projects, that hasn't had a major conference talk in years.

What 'Dead' Really Means

In technology, 'dead' means 'stopped growing.' It doesn't mean 'stopped existing.' Joomla stopped growing years ago. But the sites built on it are still running, still serving traffic, still accumulating security debt. Dead frameworks don't disappear — they fossilize. And fossilized infrastructure is the most dangerous kind.