Joomla!

👀 Release information

• 💁 6+ contributors
• 🧰 12+ Pull Requests has been merged
• ⬆️ New migration guide
• 📖 New developer documentation
• 🌎 Release page
• 👀 Full Changelog

🚀 Download information

[!NOTE]
Userfacing information about this Joomla! release can be found on the release page

🔥 Installation Packages

| New Joomla! Installations | SHA-256 Checksums |
|---------------------------|-------------------|
| ZIP Archive (.zip) | ec609f1beca6c11d5d8f6d453270843473d6f954efa37c3913cb141bbc4d1c29 |
| GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz) | ba184026652260816dd826ac08fc95fd710888877824e2396a85e64d6e983325 |
| Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst) | 9b89e61e55b337997e9f5ab1f362293596a8a74a6cc225676ac328fe8929d0c9 |

Additional and a second source of checksums can be found at our official download page. If you need further information on how to validate a release package please visit our documentation.

✒️ Upgrade Packages

[!IMPORTANT]
Don't update directly from a version lower than 5.4 it is important that you first update to 5.4 and then update to 6.x

| Update from a previous version | SHA-256 Checksums |
|--------------------------------|-------------------|
| ZIP Archive (.zip) | d82617bb0521e35da4f8af9d102817aee6a28b9829e1de099491501efed84a60 |
| GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz) | ba27ad36c46660295705a6e461a2cb6474c03a529aed0f989016ecb28bfdd482 |
| Zstandard Archive (.tar.zst) | 03d826f9ceb1b2f50a2e35cff27ca256f9e080fb581a7203a77db1844e5653eb |

Additional and a second source of checksums can be found at our official download page. If you need further information on how to validate a release package please visit our documentation.

🧹 What has been changed

• [6.1] README delete heavy development note by @heelc29 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47792
• [6.1] Update docs about branches after 6.1.0 stable by @heelc29 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47791
• [6.1] Remove obsolete exclusion for tinymce/langs from typos.toml by @richard67 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47831
• [6.1] Remove Dockerfile and compose.yml files from vendor folder by @HLeithner in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47876
• [6.1] Disable flaky view transitions in system tests by @laoneo in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47920
• [6.1][AI] Fix Accessiblemedia subform values for non-image media types by @tecpromotion in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47804
• [6.1] Update deleted files in script.php for 6.1.2 by @richard67 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47892
• [6.1] [AI] Make CSS url() versioning resilient to unparseable vendor CSS by @tecpromotion in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47996
• [6.1] Update Tinymce and languagse by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/47994
• [6.1] Composer updates 2026-06-24 by @richard67 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/48019
• [6.1] NPM updates 2026-06-25 by @richard67 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/48025
• [6.1] [AI] Fix extension/update upload failing after joomla/filesystem 4.2.0 by @tecpromotion in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/48038

:technologist: Test contributions

Thank you to all the testers who help us maintain high quality standards and deliver a robust product.

@bayareajenn (1), @brianteeman (2), @ChristineWk (1), @CSGoat0 (2), @LadySolveig (1), @muhme (1), @QuyTon (3), @sdwjoomla (1), @velisnolis (1)