Mage-OS Aug Update
· mage-os-team · Updates · 4 min read
Community & Events
Conference season is right around the corner! The first stop is Meet Magento Ukraine on September 4, an excellent chance to connect with fellow Mage-OS contributors, merchants, and community members. We’d love to see you there.
And this is just the beginning, more community events are scheduled in the coming weeks. Take a look at our events calendar, join in, share your insights, and be part of strengthening the Mage-OS ecosystem.
Technical Progress
Mage-OS 1.3.0 Release
We’re happy to announce that Mage-OS Distribution 1.3.0 is officially out! Built on Magento Open Source 2.4.8-p2, it includes all upstream updates as well as community-driven fixes.
Highlights of this release:
Foundation: Based on Magento Open Source 2.4.8-p2 with all upstream updates.
Recommended stack: Composer 2.8, OpenSearch 2.19, MariaDB 11.4 / MySQL 8.4, PHP 8.4 or 8.3, RabbitMQ 4, Valkey 8 (or Redis 7.2+), Varnish 7.6, Apache 2.4, nginx 1.26.
Backend theme updates: Freshened icons, cleaner newsletter and email template views, optimized data grids and modals, improved media galleries, refactored URL rewrites, and better LESS configuration.
Bug fixes: Addressed JavaScript errors, improved integration tests, enhanced LESS handling, and expanded city validation rules.
A big thank you goes to all contributors: Artem Kozynets, Bhushan Kumar, Fabrizio Balliano, Lucas van Staden, Ryan Hoerr, Simon Humeau (Antadis), Vinai Kopp, Vova Yatsyuk, and many others for making this release happen.
Read the full release notes here.
Project Archiving
To bring more clarity to active projects, the Web Installer and Backup Module have been archived.
Why: Lack of maintenance and unresolved issues, never reaching a stable release.
Note: Any project can be revived if a maintainer steps up.
Goal: Reduce clutter and highlight what’s actively maintained.
New Module: Theme Optimization
We’re happy to introduce the Theme Optimization Module by Ryan.
Delivers smooth page transitions on both frontend and backend for a faster, more polished user experience.
Already included in Mage-OS packages and listed in the community directory.
Future plans include possible BFCache support to make browsing even faster.
Mage-OS 2.0 – Coming in October
Work continues on Mage-OS 2.0, targeted for October 2025. Our release strategy is to provide two major updates per year, independent of Adobe Magento’s cycle.
Candidate modules being considered:
Meta Robots Tag
Theme Optimization
Potential AI-related tools
We’re also debating how to package Mage-OS best:
A full bundle with many features included.
A lean core with add-ons available as needed.
Or even multiple “flavors” (minimal vs. full-featured) generated through a custom installer.
What do you think?
Technical Work in Progress
Ryan is working on independent module versioning to give more modular control. This will:
Simplify maintenance.
Allow cleaner, more flexible updates.
Opportunities
Mage-OS is built by the community, for the community. You can help by:
Have a contribution idea or interested in the Mage-OS Distribution? Join our weekly tech meetings, public on Discord at 3 PM CET / 2 PM UTC / 9 AM EST every Tuesday: chat.mage-os.org
Contributing to modules, documentation, or the website
Track open work on our Technical Initiatives Board
Or explore ideas in Mage-OS Lab
Providing feedback on new features or release candidates
Sharing your ideas in the Discord server or GitHub discussions
We’re looking for new features to enhance Mage-OS this year that will help to modernize and excite merchants. This might include AI enhancements, low/no code processes, or more. Talk to Vinai Kopp or #tech if you’re interested!
Whether you’re a developer, merchant, or just interested in open source, there’s always a way to get involved
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