Now that Hyvä Theme is Open Source, developers finally have access to a modern Magento frontend framework with unmatched performance.
This first article in the series walks you through:
- System requirements
- Installation steps
- Enabling the Hyvä theme
- Running setup commands
- Basic configuration
1. Requirements
Before installing Hyvä, make sure your server meets these versions:
Magento 2.4.4+ PHP 8.1+ Composer 2+ Node.js 16+/18+ Access to SSH
2. Download Hyvä Theme
Navigate to your Magento root directory:
cd /var/www/html/magento
Clone the free Hyvä Open Source repo:
git clone https://github.com/hyva-themes/magento2-frontend-theme-hyva.git app/design/frontend/Hyva/default
3. Register the Theme in Magento
Run Magento upgrade commands:
php bin/magento setup:upgrade php bin/magento setup:di:compile php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f
Clear cache:
php bin/magento cache:flush
4. Activate Hyvä Theme in Admin
Go to:
Admin → Content → Design → Configuration → Your Store View
Select theme:
➡ Hyva/default
Save & refresh frontend.
Your Magento store is now running on Hyvä!