Magento Community Edition Just Got Faster: Hyvä Theme Goes Open Source
Today (10th Nov 2025) Hyvä takes a huge step for businesses on Magento Community.
It made their Theme open source, which means Australian online retailers will have access to a high-performance storefront framework with no theme licensing fees.
Now the Australian users can experience faster sites, better conversion and improved bottom-line results, which is the major need of fast-changing digital retail environment of the aussie market.
With Hyvä your brand can get rapid page loading, ease of navigation, and frictionless checkout for the end-users, that too in a minimal complexity and budgeted price.
In this blog we will help you understand the key benefits of this update, and how as a partner we can help your Australian brands grow.
Why This Matters for Australian eCommerce Stores?
Most of the Magento Community Edition online shops are still working on the default Luma theme, which is notorious for its heaviness and slow performance. This quite often causes:
- High bounce and exit rates
- Friction in browsing and checkout
- Poor performance on mobile networks
- Lower search engine rankings
Hyvä tackles these problems by offering a modern, lightweight frontend structure that is focused on speed and usability.
Key Benefits of Hyvä Theme for Magento Community Edition
Faster Page Load Speeds
Hyvä removes bloat from the front-end, reducing usage of JavaScript. This will make the storefront considerably quicker, which is very important for Australian customers on mobile or regional networks.
Modern Development Stack
Hyvä by default use Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js, making the architecture more straightforward, maintainable, and efficient for the developer.
Lower Total Cost of Ownership
As Hyvä Theme becomes open-sourced and licensing fees for merchants . Aussie businesses can invest more in enhancing UX, SEO, or performance optimisation.
Better Core Web Vitals & SEO
Better performance signifies better search rankings, more engaged customers across product pages, and smoother checkout flows.
Paid Add-On’s With This Update
The Hyvä Theme is now free for Magento Community Edition users, however Hyvä Checkout remains a paid add-on.
Brands can choose to combine the theme with Hyvä Checkout to boost overall store performance, especially at the checkout stage, where speed has a direct impact on conversions.
For Adobe Commerce (Magento Enterprise) users, the Hyvä Theme and Hyvä Checkout still require traditional license and subscription payments. Although , both editions offer the same speed advantages and reduced frontend complexity.
Hyvä Checkout decreases cart abandonment by offering a faster, simpler, and frictionless final step in the purchasing process, which is crucial for maximising revenue and improving customer experience.
You can customise the plan as per the need of your brands for ensuring better experience.
How We Support Australian Merchants with Hyvä Adoption
As the leading Hyvä development partners, we can help Australian businesses with the following.
- Migrating from Luma or custom Magento themes to Hyvä
- Design the UI/UX of a modern storefront, aligning with the behaviours of Australian shoppers.
- Hyvä Checkout Implementation for Faster Conversions
- Ensuring extension compatibility and maintaining stable integrations
- Performance and Core Web Vitals optimisation
- Long-term maintenance and CRO improvements
We offer complete structured migration process that cutdown disruption and offer full transparency into timelines and costs.
Who Should Consider Switching to Hyvä?
Hyvä is particularly suited for
- Brands planning to redesign their stores and looking for modern UI/UX.
- Stores experiencing performance or speed issues.
- Retailers who want to minimise development overhead in the long run.
- The business need a mobile-first approach for shopping.
If your Magento store isn’t performing as fast as it should, or if your conversions aren’t where they should be, then this is the right time to choose Hyvä. It will help you to stay upgraded without changing platforms.
Conclusion
The Hyvä Theme has just become open source for the Magento community. This means so much faster performance, a better development framework, and budgeted adoption cost.
Hyvä offers a lighting fast, and future-proof solution for brands wishing to improve storefront speed, customer experiences, and conversion rates without replatforming, and the best part is it’s now free for the Australian Hyvä and Magento users.
Thus, this is the best time to think about upgrading to a faster and more efficient way of online shopping.
Still thinking about the implementation? Connect with our Hyvä experts to implement with ease.
FAQs
Will Hyvä work with my existing Magento extensions?
Most of the backend extensions are fully compatible; some frontend components may require adjustments, which we assess during the migration phase.
Is Hyvä available for existing stores, or can it be used only for a new build?
Both are possible. Community Edition Magento stores that are already in existence can migrate to Hyvä without having to build from scratch.
How long does it take for a Hyvä migration?
It will depend upon the complexity of your current theme and how much customisation you have performed on it.
A small store can migrate within weeks, while big setups will take a couple of months. We will provide a clear roadmap upfront.
Is Hyvä Theme completely free now for all the users?
Yes, it’s now free for all the Magento Community Edition users. But it’s still paid for adobe commerce users and for checkout ad ons. Connect with our team to get detail information about the plan.
