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30. Apr. 2026

Aimeos 2026.04 – Stable 2026 release

The Aimeos 2026.04 release brings important support for the latest PHP versions and frameworks, a brand-new customer CSV import, security hardening, and static analysis for the codebase.

1. Oct. 2025

The Future of Content Management

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, mastering content management is no longer optional—it's essential for success. Legacy Content Management Systems (CMS) often struggle to keep pace with modern demands for agility, personalized experiences, and intelligent automation. Enter PagibleAI CMS: a revolutionary platform engineered to overcome these limitations by seamlessly integrating cutting-edge artificial intelligence throughout every stage of the content lifecycle.

9. Apr. 2025

Aimeos 2025.04 - First stable release in 2025

With 2025.04, the first stable release of the Aimeos e-commerce framework for 2025 is available now. It's a new major release with some breaking changes, rewritten code and includes: Full translations of frontend and backend in over 30 languages Removed jQuery completely Feature complete GraphQL API Merged all types into single table Moved stored baskets to own domain

30. Oct. 2024

Aimeos 2024.10 LTS

The 2024.10 release for Laravel and TYPO3 with long term support offers some exciting new features and a lot of internal improvements to make live of developers easier than ever before. The highlights of this release are: AI-based image generation and background removal Extended JSON:API and GraphQL API Laravel Octane support TYPO3 v13 support Simplified managers Improved frontend and backend

24. Jul. 2024

Aimeos 2024.07 release

The 2024.07 release completes the GraphQL API and adds some nice features to Aimeos. In addition, we've invested a lot of time to improve the documentation of the GraphQL and JSON APIs: GraphQL file uploads and new index query Extended GraphQL and JSON:API documentation Custom address types Full time support in subscriptions Multiple mailer support in Laravel

24. Apr. 2024

Aimeos 2024.04 release

The first stable release of the Aimeos ecommerce framwork for Laravel and TYPO3 in 2024 offers a whole bunch of updates compared to previous versions and is prepared for the upcoming accessibility requirements in the EU. The most important features and changes are: Full Laravel 11 support WCAG AAA compatible template Top-level URLs for products/categories/pages Product CSV upload in backend and imports per site VueJS 3 in admin backend with locally bundled JS libs Improved GraphQL admin API Simp...

25. Oct. 2023

Aimeos 2023.10 LTS release

The 2023.10 version of the Aimeos e-commerce framework for Laravel and TYPO3 is available now! Especially developers will love the 2023 version because it contains a lot of simplifications and fully supports scaleable cloud setups like Kubernetes natively. The most important updates in 2023 are: Laravel 10 distributions TYPO3 12 support Kubernetes/Serverless support Create managers easily Merged order and order base Stored basket panel DB-based translations for type names VueJS and GraphQL in ba...

24. Jan. 2023

AI revolution in eCommerce

Since the availability of ChatGPT, a large language machine learning model from OpenAI, artificial intelligence seems to be on the rise. Now, editors writing texts might be seen as a dying species because tools like ChatGPT can do the same in seconds and in almost the same quality. This is similar to how DeepL, a translation tool based on machine learning, changed the translation industry before.

27. Oct. 2022

Aimeos 2022.10 LTS release

The Aimeos 2022.10 version with long term support is now available for Laravel and TYPO3. It contains a lot of improvements for customers, editors, developers and marketplace owners. The most important improvements included in this release are: GraphQL admin API Headless Laravel distribution Direct editing of marketplace items Dynamic supplier filter Customers can save baskets Invoice numbers per site Optimized performance SEO and 404 improvements

27. Jul. 2022

Aimeos 2022.07 release

The second stable release in 2022 contains new features and some changes/improvements for developers to keep an eye on. This version focuses on improvements for editors and on minimizing code developers have to write when creating new features in Aimeos. The most important changes are: Bulk editing in admin backend Customizable theme colors in backend Uses Bootstrap icons instead of Fontawesome No more need for factories Scales images in media manager More fractional quantity support Improved de...

3. May. 2022

Aimeos 2022.04 release

The first stable release of the Aimeos e-commerce framework in 2022 contains a lot of exciting new features and changes compared to the last LTS version. Improving the developer experience further was one of the most important goals for this release besides more performance. All improvements are available for both, Laravel and TYPO3 and include: Laravel 9 LTS support Integrated distribution based on Laravel 9 New Aimeos headless distribution built on Laravel 9 Radically simplified HTML client co...

10. Feb. 2022

Aimeos 2022 news

Since 2022.01 beta, the Aimeos core is using Upscheme for updating the database schema and migrating data between new releases. Upscheme is composer package for schema management based on Doctrine DBAL which offers an easy to use API. You can also integrate Upscheme it in your own application easily and this article explains the differences and how you can write migrations with only a few lines of code :-)

27. Oct. 2021

Aimeos 2021.10 LTS release

The 2021.10 release of the Aimeos e-commerce framework with long term support is available for Laravel, Symfony and TYPO3. It contains a lot of small features repeatedly requested by developers and users and which improve user experience, usability for editors and security. The most important improvements are: Laravel 8 distribution and TYPO3 11 Radius search and maps "Price on request" feature Product video support Improved backend usability Custom invoice numbers Warehouse management...

29. Jul. 2021

Aimeos 2021.07 release

The second stable release in 2021 of the Aimeos e-commerce framework is now available. The fantastic new default theme is the most notable change for sure but this release contains many more improvements, especially for multi-site environements. The most important points are: New default theme New settings panel in backend Send order notification emails Extended order management Multi-site improvements Improved security Upgrade notes

28. Apr. 2021

Aimeos 2021.04 release

The first stable release of the Aimeos e-commerce framework in 2021 contains some major improvements in the front-end and back-end as well as several breaking changes compared to the last LTS version. The new administration interface is the most visible of these improvements for sure: New admin backend incl. dark mode RTL support in frontend and admin backend Full mobile optimization New supplier detail component Rule based dynamic pricing Extensible CMS extension Simplified configuration

10. Feb. 2021

PHP: Array > Map 2.0

The new 2.0 major release of the PHP map package is available which includes new methods and support for working with multi-dimensional arrays in an easy way. Additionally, it comes with the best documentation ever so you find everything you need quickly!

29. Oct. 2020

Aimeos 2020.10 LTS release

The new 2020.10 release with long term support contains a lot of polishing and some features users and developers have been asking for. But one of the most important changes is related to the documentation, which has been greatly improved! Feature-wise, the most important additions are: Complete product rating and review system incl. JSON API Home page component Price facet filter Date/time range filter in admin backend Simplified getter in context Better log entries for SQL statements Official...

22. Jul. 2020

Aimeos 2020.07 release

The new Aimeos feature release contains some long-awaited new stuff for developers and customers alike. What you get by using the 2020.07 release among various minor improvements and bugfixes is: PDF invoice in order confirmation e-mail Supplier CSV import Improved admin backend for mobile phones Better full text search and URL segments Official TYPO3 10 support Simplified manager and criteria filter methods

18. May. 2020

Aimeos 2020.04 release

2020.04 is the first stable release this year which contains a lot of changes and improvements. The most important one are: Slick and clean frontend theme Better admin interface usability Major performance improvement when using MySQL SEO improvements and support for fractional quantities Cleaned up templates for the HTML client Full SQL Server support Requires PHP 7.1 and PHP Map object Retrieve related items more easily

11. Mar. 2020

PHP: Advanced map methods

The PHP Map package contains many methods to ease your day to day work. They are extremely helpful in a lot of situations where you’ve written custom code up to now. This tutorial explains some of the most useful ones you don't want to miss any more!

22. Jan. 2020

10 Essential Ecommerce Trends to Look for in 2020

The first e-commerce transaction was in July of 1995. That was a book by Douglas Hofstadter named Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies priced at $27.95.

7. Dec. 2019

PHP: Array to Map

Arrays are the working horse of PHP, the programming language used by the vast majority of web applications. An array seems to be incredible simple to use but things get complicated and ugly when PHP functions for array manipulation come into play. Are you tired of hard to read code with excessive error handling too? Then maps can be the answer.

23. Oct. 2019

Aimeos 2019.10 LTS release

The new 2019.10 branch of the Aimeos e-commerce framework with long term support (LTS) contains lots of helpful improvements. The most important ones are: AI-based translation of texts with DeepL Customizable product datasets Manage multiple tax rates Watermarks for images Bulk delete and reorder items Bulk order form for B2B and B2C Add new columns/properties to managers/items easily

11. Sep. 2019

GraphQL vs JSON:API for e-commerce

GraphQL is hot these days! More and more GraphQL APIs appear and especially in the Javascript / NodeJS scene, GraphQL is extremely popular. As progressive web applications using GraphQL are also on the rise (not only in the e-commerce area), we compare how GraphQL and the JSON REST API standard fits for e-commerce applications based on our experience in these areas: Ease of implementation and use Performance and scalability Reading and writing data

29. Jul. 2019

Aimeos 2019.07 stable release

The most important changes in the Aimeos 2019.07 release are: Responsive images Responsive e-mails with MJML Multiple tax rates per price Customizable XML order export Address management in user profile