This weekend, I spend some time to try out the latest version of Drupal (which is 5.0 in number) and also the latest development of the great Joomla 1.5. This both CMS looks great to me. They’ve their own strengths and weaknesses. But that’s not the main point. The main point is they both believe that open source matters.

What I like the most about Drupal is the out-of-the-box URLs just great to me and it can be improved with one easy addon. The code is generally lightweight and well-optimised. Meanwhile, Joomla has a great graphical interface in separate area of website.

Ok. I’m not going to make a comparison side-by-side between both CMS. Let’s take simple comparison by using Google Trends. Google Trends is a tool that analyzes Google web searches and that can visualize search trends over time using so called “search-volume graphs”. These graphs usually provide a good mechanism to compare the popularity of two or more products.

Here is the search-volume graph that compares Drupal (red), Joomla (blue) & Xoops (orange):

via: Google Trend

Its clear. Joomla is more popular than Drupal & Xoops. Joomla has been growing a lot faster. Why? But The open source IBM project for instance, decided to go with Drupal over Joomla because Drupal provided the right combination of framework and flexibility to break out of the framework when needed to get the job done. What say you? Popularity or Quality?

Go Open Source!

Posted on January 21st, 2007 by SMD
Filed under: Google, Open Source