Joomla! Project Roadmap

Joomla! Project Roadmap
Joomla! Project Roadmap
Joomla! has great plans for the future of the project. Below is a generalised idea of the features desired for future releases and a highlight of in progress activity. When writing a revised roadmap we started by determining what we hoped to accomplish.
Timeframes of releases and semantic versions
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Joomla! 5.4
Joomla! 6.1
Joomla! 6.2
Joomla! Framework 3.0
Joomla! Framework 4.0
With the
development strategy
published on 25 April 2014, one of the key features is maintaining long-term stability and backwards compatibility while also beginning to follow a
semantic versioning
approach to releases. The other aspect of timeframes was previously identified as a problem with the old release cycle. This ties in closely to the version numbers and release dates. By changing the releases to a somewhat standardised semantic version numbering and increasing the number of releases we will be able to stop the rush to include bugs and improvements in a release. Ideally the goal is to minimise the amount of items to be included in each release but also offer a more frequent release cycle.
Important to keep in mind: These releases are considered minor releases and none of them are to break backwards compatibility. Any features determined to break backwards compatibility will be moved to the next major release, presently Joomla! 6.x.
Please remember all dates are tentative and proposed focus for each release subject to modification.
Joomla!
Teams
Development for the Joomla! CMS is primarily lead by two teams within the
Production Department.
CMS Release Team
The
Release Team
is responsible for quality assurance testing of the CMS and for planning, coordinating, and distributing all releases. The release lead for each minor release is a member of this team and acts as the primary decision maker when it comes to the release.
CMS Maintenance Team
The
Maintenance Team
is responsible for reviewing all proposed patches for the CMS, providing feedback on the proposed patch and making decisions regarding whether a patch is merged into the code base.
Joomla! 5.x
Joomla! 5.x is the currently supported major release series of the CMS.

This version is in bugfix mode only, that means, no new features will be added, only bugfixes will be accepted.
Development Status
Download Joomla! 5
Current Release
5.4.5
Upcoming Release
5.4.6
Release Date of Series
17 October 2023
End of regular bugfix Support for 5.x
13 October 2026
End of security fix only Support for 5.x
12 October 2027
A full explanation of supported releases can be found under the heading,
4.3 Supported releases
on the Joomla! Development Strategy document.
Pull Requests Requiring Documentation
Some pull requests are merged before the documentation is written, a list of those pull requests can be found on
GitHub
. Each new feature should be documented on the
documentation wiki
by the developers involved to provide all information to users as well as helping 3rd party developers to integrate a feature to their extensions. Each page should have the following code inserted at the end: [[Category:Joomla! 5.x]] where the x is replaced with the version.
Joomla! 5.4
Joomla! 5.4 is the next minor release of the 5.x series. This is the fourth and last minor version of the 5 release. In preparation for Joomla! 6.x, Joomla! 5.4 is primarily a release containing backports of API changes from the 6.x to help ease the transition to the next major release for the community.
Schedule
5.4.0 Alpha 1
27 May 2025
5.4.0 Alpha 2
24 June 2025
5.4.0 Alpha 3
22 July 2025
5.4.0 Beta 1
19 August 2025
5.4.0 Beta 2
02 September 2025
5.4.0 Beta 3
16 September 2025
5.4.0 RC
30 September 2025
5.4.0
14 October 2025
5.4.1 RC 1
11 November 2025
5.4.1 RC 2
18 November 2025
5.4.1
25 November 2025
5.4.2 RC
20 December 2025
5.4.2
06 January 2026
5.4.3 RC
06 February 2026
5.4.3
17 February 2026
5.4.4
31 March 2026
5.4.5 RC
04 April 2026
5.4.5
14 April 2026
5.4.6
Note:
The schedule for upcoming releases is subject to change depending on the availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.
Release Manager
The release manager for Joomla! 5.4 are
Richard Fath
Heiko Lübbe
Main Features
Automated Core Updates
Accepted Features
See the list of new features on
Github
Joomla! 6.x
Joomla! 6.x is the currently supported major release series of the CMS.

It accepts new feature for upcoming minor releases.
Development Status
Download Joomla! 6
Current Release
6.1.0
Upcoming Release
6.1.1
Release Date of Series
14 October 2025
End of regular bugfix Support for 6.x
17 October 2028
End of security fix only Support for 6.x
16 October 2029
A full explanation of supported releases can be found under the heading,
4.3 Supported releases
on the Joomla! Development Strategy document.
Pull Requests Requiring Documentation
Some pull requests are merged before the documentation is written, a list of those pull requests can be found on
GitHub
. Each new feature should be documented on the
documentation wiki
by the developers involved to provide all information to users as well as helping 3rd party developers to integrate a feature to their extensions. Each page should have the following code inserted at the end: [[Category:Joomla! 6.x]] where the x is replaced with the version.
Joomla! 6.1
Joomla! 6.1 is the second release of the 6.x series.
Schedule
6.1.0 Alpha 1
25 November 2025
6.1.0 Alpha 2
23 December 2025
6.1.0 Alpha 3
20 January 2026
6.1.0 Beta 1
17 February 2026
6.1.0 Beta 2
03 March 2026
6.1.0 Beta 3
17 March 2026
6.1.0 RC 1
31 March 2026
6.1.0 RC 2
07 April 2026
6.1.0 RC 3
13 April 2026
6.1.0
14 April 2026
6.1.1
Note:
The schedule for upcoming releases is subject to change depending on the availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.
Release Manager
The release manager for Joomla! 6.1 are
Harald Leithner
Stefan Wendhausen
Main Features
POW-captcha
Graphical workflow editor
New Media Custom Fields: Audio, Video & Documents
Accepted Features
See the list of new features on
Github
Joomla! 6.2
Joomla! 6.2 is the upcoming minor release of the 6.x series.
Schedule
6.2.0 Alpha 1
26 May 2026
6.2.0 Alpha 2
23 June 2026
6.2.0 Alpha 3
21 July 2026
6.2.0 Beta 1
18 August 2026
6.2.0 Beta 2
01 September 2026
6.2.0 Beta 3
15 September 2026
6.2.0 RC
29 September 2026
6.2.0
13 October 2026
Note:
The schedule for upcoming releases is subject to change depending on the availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.
Release Manager
The release manager for Joomla! 6.2 are
Charvi Mehra
Martin Kopp
Main Features
TBA
Accepted Features
See the list of new features on
Github
Joomla! Framework
Teams
Development for the Joomla! Framework is steered by the
Framework Working Group
as part of the
Production Department.
Joomla! Framework 3.x
Joomla! Framework 3.x is the current major version of the Joomla! Framework and is the backbone of the Joomla! CMS from version 5.0 upwards.
Development Status
Current Release
3.4.1
Release Date of Series
06 October 2023
Joomla! Framework 3.0
Release Manager
The release manager for Joomla! Framework 3.0 are
Hannes Papenberg
Harald Leithner
Richard Fath
Joomla! Framework 4.x
Joomla! Framework 4.x is the current major version of the Joomla! Framework and is the backbone of the Joomla! CMS from version 6.0 upwards.
Development Status
Current Release
4.0.4
Release Date of Series
24 July 2025
Joomla! Framework 4.0
Release Manager
The release manager for Joomla! Framework 4.0 are
Hannes Papenberg
Harald Leithner
Richard Fath
14 April 2026
Joomla! CMS
Current Release
View known Issues
Development Status
Download Nightly builds
Joomla! Framework
Current Release
.x
Development Status
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