Magento hyva

Hyvä Theme Development (Magento 2 / Mage-OS)

Hyvä is a Magento frontend theme that replaces the Luma stack (RequireJS + Knockout + jQuery + LESS) with Alpine.js + Tailwind CSS, plus Magewire for reactive server-rendered components. It ships far less JavaScript and is the de-facto modern choice for new Magento and Mage-OS storefronts. Layout XML, view models, and the module system are unchanged — only the template/JS/CSS layer differs.

Hyvä's core theme is commercial (a one-time license, package hyva-themes/magento2-default-theme); the supporting Hyva_Theme module and many helpers are MIT. This skill covers the development conventions; it does not bundle or require the licensed theme.

Workflow

1. Identify the task and read the matching reference before writing code:

   Task	Read first
   New child theme, Tailwind build setup	references/theme-setup.md
   Interactivity in templates (Alpine.js)	references/alpine.md
   Styling, Tailwind config, design tokens	references/tailwind.md
   Reactive server-driven components (forms, cart)	references/magewire.md
   Override a template, add a block, layout XML	references/overriding.md
   A Luma module/extension breaks on Hyvä	references/luma-compat.md

2. For a new theme, scaffold the skeleton with the script — it produces the child-theme files and the web/tailwind/ build directory deterministically:

   python scripts/scaffold-theme.py "Vendor/theme-name" --parent Hyva/default
   

3. Implement templates with Alpine for client-side interactivity and Magewire when the logic belongs on the server. Keep JavaScript minimal — that is the entire point of Hyvä.

4. Build the CSS and verify. Tailwind compiles web/tailwind/tailwind-source.css → web/css/styles.css:

   cd app/design/frontend/Vendor/theme/web/tailwind && npm ci && npm run build
   bin/magento cache:flush
   # production: bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f
   

Non-negotiable conventions (why they matter)

• No RequireJS, Knockout, or jQuery. If you reach for data-mage-init, require([...]), or $(...), you're writing Luma, not Hyvä. Use Alpine (x-data, @click, x-model) for client interactivity, Magewire for server interactivity.
• Style with Tailwind utility classes, not custom LESS/CSS files. Component classes go in the Tailwind layer via @apply only when a utility string genuinely repeats.
• Escape output exactly as in Luma — $escaper->escapeHtml() / escapeHtmlAttr() / escapeUrl(). Alpine expressions in attributes are still attribute values: escape the PHP-injected parts.
• CSP matters. Hyvä storefronts commonly run Magento's Content-Security-Policy in restrict mode; inline event handlers and scripts must go through the secure renderer / Hyvä's CSP-friendly patterns (references/alpine.md).
• Logic still lives in view models, not blocks or templates — same rule as Luma (see the magento-module frontend.md reference).

Verification note

A running Hyvä theme requires the licensed hyva-themes/magento2-default-theme package. When it isn't installed, verify generated code structurally: theme registration and theme.xml parent resolve, tailwind.config.js/package.json are valid, layout XML validates, and templates escape output. Note in your summary that a live render needs a Hyvä-licensed environment.

Pairing

• Backend for the feature (the module, its data, di.xml, APIs) → magento-module skill.
• "Why is my Hyvä store slow / not caching" → magento-audit skill.