Magento-lts

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

A community-maintained continuation of Magento 1 with security patches, bug fixes and PHP compatibility updates.

Adopt it when

You still run a Magento 1 store and need it patched while you plan a migration.

Watch out

Unofficial, the Magento 1 extension ecosystem has largely dried up, and it is not a choice for new stores.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Self-hosted server

Built with

PHP and MySQL

How established

Established: started 12 years ago, latest release v20.19.0.

What the license allows

Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Magento-lts → Php-src → GCC → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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