Maho 25.11.0 is out today!
This has been one of the most intensive releases we've ever shipped, and the name says it all, Core Fission represents the moment Maho stops being a fork and becomes a drop-in modern replacement for the Magento 1 framework, the ecommerce framework that everybody loved, with complete compatibility. We've eliminated every last piece of Zend Framework, purged all the old JavaScript libraries for modern vanilla, and migrated the entire Varien namespace to proper Maho classes with PHP 8.3+ namespacing.
This isn't just cleaning house, it's splitting off from two decades of accumulated tech debt to emerge as something entirely new. Maho's framework is now based on Symfony, Doctrine, Laminas, and other major modern maintained libraries that will be around for years to come.
The result? A cleaner, faster, more maintainable platform that drops right into your existing setup and is ready for the next decade of ecommerce.
This release also introduces what might just be the best email automation platform ever built into an ecommerce system, giving you enterprise-level marketing tools right out of the box.
Highlights
- Complete email automation system with multi-step campaigns, automatic coupon generation, and segment-based triggers.
 - 100% VanillaJS: Removed all JavaScript libraries for a modern, lightweight frontend and backend.
 - Zend Framework completely removed: Now built on Symfony, Laminas, and Doctrine DBAL.
 - All Varien classes migrated to Maho namespace with proper PHP 8.3+ namespacing and backward compatibility.
 - Modern web installer design with responsive layout, CSS animations, and improved UX.
 - Array Adapter for ImportExport module for direct PHP array imports.
 - SVG support for favicon and placeholder uploads with security sanitization.