What is the difference between TYPO3 LTS and ELTS?
With free TYPO3, support for updates for each version is discontinued after a certain period of time. This confronts many website operators with challenges, as new versions often bring with them a changed user interface and are not immediately compatible with the corresponding website. To prevent exactly this problem, there is the so-called TYPO3 LTS - a free long-term support. This guarantees that the corresponding version can be used safely in all common browsers for a certain period of time with free updates.
The fee-based TYPO3 ELTS - Extended Long Term Support - extends this period again by a further three years. Due to the fact that the technology of the latest version is up to six years ahead of older editions, the TYPO3 ELTS offer serves more as security for the long-term operation of a website - but does not have to be necessary due to regular updates.
Why is the TYPO3 Roadmap useful?
TYPO3 is an open source software that is constantly being developed by its community and the TYPO3 Association. Newer versions bring new features, but may also bring new challenges and unfamiliar changes to which the respective website cannot be immediately adapted. With the help of the TYPO3 Roadmap, the design and development of your website can be planned reliably and far into the future. The CMS has a very committed community that invests a lot of passion in the development of new versions and creates the corresponding roadmap just as meticulously together with the Association. The dates given for support for the individual versions are binding. You should therefore check the conditions for LTS and ELTS versions at an early stage. This long-term planning security is particularly helpful for a major website relaunch. Due to the fixed version planning, this can be designed in peace and carried out at a favorable time.
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FAQs on the TYPO3 Roadmap
The TYPO3 roadmap is the version planning for the CMS. This provides long-term information on how long which versions of TYPO3 can be supplied with security updates and used safely.
TYPO3 LTS (Long Term Support) offers its users free updates for a period of 3 years from release. With the fee-based TYPO3 ELTS (Extended Long Term Support), a version can be used securely for a further three years, i.e. a total of six years.
Thanks to TYPO3's roadmap, webmasters can plan the further development of their site well in advance. For example, an extensive relaunch can be scheduled in such a way that support through security updates is always guaranteed.