Open Source Matters is the non-profit organization that provides organizational, legal and financial support for the Joomla! open-source project. It is responsible for all project activities that are not the responsibility of the production working group or the community working group. These include areas such as operations management, events, the shop, marketing, and public relations in addition to brand management and licensing issues.

Joomla! 5 is a groundbreaking CMS that helps you take a significant leap into the world of content management systems. Joomla! 5 features a variety of impressive new features that align with current web standards and enable you to experience lightning-fast performance for optimal web page optimization, leverage the new code architecture, and tap into the WebService API, among others.

Joomla extensions help extend the Joomla websites' ability. There are five types of extensions for Joomla!: Components, Modules, Plugins, Templates, and Languages. Each of these extensions handles a specific function.

Over 7,700 free and commercial extensions are available from the official Joomla! Extension Directory, and much more are available from other sources.