Yii3 Roadmap

yii3-roadmap.md

Yii3 Roadmap

Last updated: 02.10.2025

The Yii3 release is approaching, and the team is working hard to complete the final steps 💪.

At the heart of Yii3 are its packages, which form the foundation of the framework. So far, 109 packages have been released, and the remaining ones are already 80-90% complete. But Yii3 is more than just its set of packages. It also includes great documentation and ready-to-use application templates. Completing these elements is a key part of preparing for the final release.

You can support the Yii3 team and help accelerate the release by making a donation. Every contribution, no matter the size, helps us move closer to delivering Yii3:

• Open Collective
• Sponsr
• Boosty

Your support makes a real difference and is deeply appreciated 💖. Together, we can bring Yii3 to life!

😎 Stay tuned for updates on yiiframework.com, join the conversation in Yii3 telegram chat (English / Русский), and follow Yii3 Chronicles channel (English / Русский).

Database

• Release Yii DB 2 (package yiisoft/db)
• Adapt DBMS-packages to Yii DB 2 and release it
  • yiisoft/db-mssql
  • yiisoft/db-mysql
  • yiisoft/db-oracle
  • yiisoft/db-pgsql
  • yiisoft/db-sqlite
• Adapt yiisoft/db-migration to Yii DB 2 and release it
• Release yiisoft/active-record

Data

• Release yiisoft/yii-dataview
• Release yiisoft/data-db

Demo

• Create a demo application with web and API endpoints.

Application Templates

• Release yiisoft/app
• Release yiisoft/app-api

Documentation

• Actualize yiisoft/docs
• Guide based on yiisoft/docs
• API documentation

Yii3 Release

• Landing page
  • Design & Layout
  • Content
• Update yiiframework.com
• Official announce
  • Write announce text

After Yii3 Release

Debug

• Release yiisoft/yii-debug
• Release yiisoft/yii-debug-api
• Release yiisoft/yii-dev-panel

Demo

• Split yiisoft/demo on separate packages for web application and API application
• Refactor demo web application
• Refactor demo API application

The delays in bringing Yii3 to completion has not been comforting to me. I wanted to use Yii3 but continued using Yii2. But I keep wondering if that was the correct approach. In hindsight, I should have opted for something like Symfony a long time ago. Not trying to start a flame war - just saying that the delays show a lack of commitment to the project from the devs.

@pradeshc It's not the lack of commitment. It is the nature of pure community-driven OpenSource. We want not just to release something but make it excellent. That's why.

The pursuit of excellence is commendable, but sometimes it becomes the enemy of progress. In the world of Open Source, that obsession with perfection can slow a project to a halt. Often, a "good enough" product that is available and in the hands of the community to be improved is more valuable than a "masterpiece" that takes years to be released.

Yeah. I know.