TYPO3 CMS Development Roadmap

TYPO3 v11

Overall Goals

  • Quick and straightforward upgrade path from TYPO3 v9 and TYPO3 v10 installations
  • Improved experience for editors and administrators
  • Focus on accessibility for TYPO3 Backend
  • Streamlined authentication

TYPO3 v11 LTS version will be fully supported for 1.5 years, and will be supported with security and critical fixes until October 2024.

Releases

Version Primary Focus Estimated Release
11.0 New system requirements and breaking changes Released: 2020-12-22
11.1 Multi-factor authentication Released: 2021-02-23
11.2 Link sharing for TYPO3 Backend Released: 2021-05-04
11.3 UX improvements for backend users and PHP v8 support Released: 2021-07-13
11.4 Feature freeze Released: 2021-09-07
11.5 LTS release Released: 2021-10-05

TYPO3 v10

Overall Goals

  • Faster time-to-market via improved site setup
  • Optimized and streamlined template handling for page layouts
  • Implement strong defaults and better standards for existing APIs

TYPO3 v10 LTS version will be fully supported for 1.5 years, and will be supported with security and critical fixes until April 2023.

Releases

Version Primary Focus Estimated Release
10.0 Pave the way for exciting new concepts and APIs & necessary breaking changes Released: 2019-07-23
10.1 Routing Improvements and Site Handling v2 Released: 2019-10-01
10.2 Fluid / Rendering Engine Improvements Released: 2019-12-03
10.3 Feature Freeze Released: 2020-02-25
10.4 LTS Release Released: 2020-04-21

TYPO3 v9

Overall Goals

  • Implement optimized deprecation strategy and make upgrades even easier
  • Implement URL Routing
  • Improve Multisite handling
  • Add SEO features

The TYPO3 v9 LTS version will be fully supported for 1.5 years, and will be supported with security and critical fixes until October 2021.

The previously announced integration of new Frontend Editing is available as a separate extension.

Releases

Version Primary Focus Estimated Release
9.0 Unified Page Translations, Install Tool Refactoring, Page Tree Refactoring Released: 2017-12-12
9.1 Redirect Handling Released: 2018-01-30
9.2 Site Handling Released: 2018-04-10
9.3 SEO and URL Routing Preparations Released: 2018-06-12
9.4 URL Routing for Pages + SEO improvements Released: 2018-09-04
9.5 Long Term Support Release Released: 2018-10-02

TYPO3 v8

Overall Goals

  • Cloud Integration
  • Aid editors by creating responsive websites
  • Next level rich text editing
  • In-page editing for editors in the frontend (as a separate extension)

The TYPO3 v8 LTS version will be fully supported until TYPO3 v9 LTS is out, and will be supported with security and critical fixes until March 2020.

Releases

Version Primary Focus Estimated Release
8.0 Adding last minute things Released: 2016-03-22
8.1 Cloud Integration Released: 2016-05-03
8.2 Doctrine Prerequisites Released: 2016-07-05
8.3 Rich Text Editor Released: 2016-08-30
8.4 Doctrine Migration + Upgrades Released: 2016-10-18
8.5 New RTE + Integrator Support Released: 2016-12-20
8.6 Everything except Frontend Editing Released: 2017-02-14
8.7 Long-Term-Support Released: 2017-04-04

TYPO3 v7

Overall Goals

  • Focus on the editors
  • Massive overhaul of the Backend UI
  • Continue to remove legacy from codebase
  • Speed up the product

Release Mode

In 2014 we decided to take a much more agile approach to releases than before. (Click here to see the announcement)
This is why the following table will show estimated release dates that may change in time.

The TYPO3 v7 LTS version will be fully supported until TYPO3 v8 LTS is out, and will be supported with security and critical fixes until November 2018.

Releases

Version Primary Focus Estimated Release
7.0 Backend Overhaul Vol .1 Released: 2014-12-02
7.1 Housekeeping - Core Cleanup & Streamlining Released: 2015-02-24
7.2 Frontend Released: 2015-04-28
7.3 Package Ecosystem / Composer / Extension Handling Released: 2015-06-16
7.4 Backend Overhaul Vol .2 Released: 2015-08-04
7.5 Finetuning / Fluid-based Content / Icon APIs Released: 2015-09-29
7.6 Long Term Support (LTS) Released: 2015-11-10

TYPO3 v6

Overall goals

  • Follow-up release with Long Term Support (LTS)

More Information

Development of TYPO3 CMS 6.2 LTS started after the release of 6.1 (April 2013). Roadmap and more information can be found in the Forge Project.

Releases

Version Primary Focus Estimated Release
6.2 Release of 6.2 Released: 2014-04-01

Support Times

Extended Support for TYPO3

You can find further information about our Extended Support Plans on TYPO3.com
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PHP Compatibility Chart

PHP versions TYPO3 v11
2020 - 2024
TYPO3 v10
2019 - 2023
TYPO3 v9
2017 - 2021
TYPO3 v8
2015 - 2020
TYPO3 v7
2014 - 2018
TYPO3 v6
2013 - 2017
PHP 5.3 no no no no no Yes
PHP 5.4 no no no no no Yes
PHP 5.5 no no no no Yes Yes
PHP 5.6 no no no no Yes Yes
PHP 7.0 no no no Yes Yes no
PHP 7.1 no no no Yes Yes no
PHP 7.2 no Yes Yes Yes Yes no
PHP 7.3 no Yes Yes Yes Yes no
PHP 7.4 Yes Yes Yes Yes no no
PHP 8.0 Yes no no no no no

End-Of-Life Announcements

This list contains references to announcements for TYPO3 versions that reached their end-of-life (EOL) and are not maintained by the community any further.