Joomla! Codenames

From Joomla! Documentation

Ever wondered what the internal codenames of Joomla! were?

Codenames of Joomla! 4.0

  • 4.0.0 and higher: Furaha -- [1] [27-July-2021]
  • 4.0.0 Beta's/Release Candidate: Mañana


Codenames of Joomla! 3.0

  • 3.10: Daraja -- [2] [27-July-2021]
  • 3.7.0 and higher: Amani -- [3] [25-April-2017]
  • 3.6.0 and higher: Noether -- [4] [12-July-2016]
  • 3.5.0 and higher: Unicorn -- [5] [21-March-2016]


Codenames of Joomla! 2.5

  • 2.5.7 Ember -- Released [13-September-2012]
  • 2.5.6 Ember -- Released [19-June-2012]
  • 2.5.5 Ember -- Released [18-June-2012]
  • 2.5.4 Ember -- Released [2-April-2012]
  • 2.5.3 Ember -- Released [15-March-2012]
  • 2.5.2 Ember -- Released [05-March-2012]
  • 2.5.1 Ember -- Released [02-February-2012]
  • 2.5.0 Ember -- Released [24-January-2011]


Codenames of Joomla! 1.7

  • 1.7.5 Ember -- Released [02-February-2012]
  • 1.7.4 Ember -- Released [24-January-2012]
  • 1.7.3 Ember -- Released [14-November-2011]
  • 1.7.2 Ember -- Released [17-October-2011]
  • 1.7.1 Ember -- Released [26-September-2011]
  • 1.7.0 Ember -- Released [19-July-2011]


Codenames of Joomla! 1.6

  • 1.6.6 Onward -- Released [26-July-2011]
  • 1.6.5 Onward -- Released [11-July-2011]
  • 1.6.4 Onward -- Released [27-June-2011]
  • 1.6.3 Onward -- Released [18-April-2011]
  • 1.6.2 Onward -- Released [14-April-2011]
  • 1.6.1 Onward -- Released [07-March-2011]
  • 1.6.0 Onward -- Released [10-January-2011]

See also: Joomla 1.6 version history

Pre-final releases

  • 1.6 Alpha 1 Hope -- Released [22-April-2009]
  • 1.6 Alpha 2 Hope -- Released [24-October-2009]
  • 1.6 Beta 1 Hope -- Released [17-May-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 2 Hope -- Released [31-May-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 3 Hope -- Released [14-June-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 4 Hope -- Released [28-June-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 5 Hope -- Released [12-July-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 6 Hope -- Released [26-July-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 7 Hope -- Released [9-August-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 8 Hope -- Released [23-August-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 9 Hope -- Released [7-September-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 10 Hope -- Released [20-September-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 11 Hope -- Released [4-October-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 12 Hope -- Released [18-October-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 13 Onward -- Released [1-November-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 14 Onward -- Released [15-November-2010]
  • 1.6 Beta 15 Onward -- Released [29-November-2010]
  • 1.6 Release Candidate 1 Onward -- Released [14-December-2010]

Codenames of Joomla! 1.5


See also: Joomla 1.5 version history

Pre-final releases

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

Codenames of Joomla! 1.0



  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 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 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", Code name Takriban means...
  7. Swahili for "near by", Introducing Karibu