Maravel-Framework v20.0.0-RC Is Out

Maravel-Framework

Maravel-Framework v20.0.0-RC is out.

This is planned for release in version 20.0.0 in Q4 2026.

Other breaking changes are planned to be avoided as much as possible.

Breaking changes:

• Minimum PHP version 8.2 from 8.1
• Symfony components 7.4 from 6.x

Breaking change in the kernel dependencies

Some dependencies were moved from the kernel into the templates:

• When migrating add in your Maravel Template under composer.json require:

        "league/commonmark": "^2.6", // for mail
        "nikic/fast-route": "^1.3",
        "symfony/mailer": "^7.4", // for mail
        "tijsverkoyen/css-to-inline-styles": "^2.2.5" // for mail

• When migrating add in your Maravelith Template under composer.json require:

        "league/commonmark": "^2.6", // for mail
        "symfony/mailer": "^7.4", // for mail
        "symfony/routing": "^7.4"
        "tijsverkoyen/css-to-inline-styles": "^2.2.5" // for mail

UPDATE 2026.05.08
It seems Symfony 7.4 vs 6.4 is a bit slower. RPS dropped by 0.77%

The latest image is with 10.71.9 changes. Still the upgrate to Symfony 7.4 did slow down a bit the boot process.

UPDATE 2026.05.11

Version 20.0.0-RC5 improves how Symfony Request is used and also how the precompiled autowiring cache is used, leading to increased boot performance vs version 10.x.

This leads to Maravel 20.x being faster than Lumen 10 by 123.78%. Also Maravelith 20.x API extended its lead over Laravel 10 api and also lowered its memory from 0.63 to 0.60 MB.

Version 20.0.0-RC6 improves how Symfony Response. Yii Framework 2.0 is in sight.

Version 20.0.0-RC7 improves even more the Response time making Maravel faster than YII 2 by 1.1% in RPS and when looking at the memory used 0.37 vs 0.69 MB. Lumen 10 remains behing while Maravel 20.x-RC is faster by 133.33%.