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. Jump up to: 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