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PWA Studio migration

PWA Studio to Hyvä Migration

Get headless-level speed without the headless overhead. We move your Magento store from PWA Studio to Hyvä, so you run one codebase, extensions work natively and every change gets cheaper.

  • No separate Node.js frontend, build pipeline or UPWARD server to host
  • Magento extensions work again without custom GraphQL work
  • SEO-friendly server-rendered pages with 95+ Lighthouse scores
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Hyvä vs PWA Studio: why teams switch

PWA Studio promised an app-like Magento storefront built in React. In practice, many merchants found that it doubled their engineering effort: a separate frontend application, a GraphQL layer that every extension has to support, its own hosting and deployment pipeline, and a smaller pool of developers who know it well.

Hyvä reaches the same goal, a fast and modern storefront, from the other direction. Pages are rendered by Magento itself with very little JavaScript, so there is nothing extra to host, extensions only need lightweight Hyvä compatibility, and any Magento developer can contribute. For most stores that means lower total cost and faster delivery of new features.

What you gain by moving from PWA Studio to Hyvä

One codebase

Frontend and backend live in Magento again, with one deployment and one team.

Extensions just work

No need for GraphQL coverage for every module; Hyvä compatibility is far lighter.

Server-rendered SEO

Crawlers get complete HTML on the first request, with no reliance on JavaScript rendering.

Simpler hosting

No Node.js runtime or UPWARD layer to run, monitor and scale alongside Magento.

Bigger talent pool

Hyvä uses PHP templates, Tailwind and Alpine.js: skills most Magento developers already have.

Still very fast

Sub-second loads and green Core Web Vitals without a single-page app.

How we migrate a PWA Studio storefront

We start from what your customers see today. Each Venia or custom React component is mapped to a Hyvä template or Alpine.js component, and any business logic that lived in the PWA layer (custom GraphQL resolvers, client-side pricing rules, personalisation) is moved back into Magento where it belongs.

Because the PWA and Magento share the same catalog and URLs, we can plan a clean cut-over with redirects for any PWA-only routes.

  • Component-by-component mapping from React to Hyvä
  • Custom GraphQL logic moved into Magento view models
  • Route and URL parity check, with redirects where needed
  • Decommissioning plan for the Node and UPWARD servers

PWA Studio to Hyvä in four stages

  1. 01

    Architecture audit

    We map components, GraphQL customisations, routes and hosting.

  2. 02

    Rebuild on Hyvä

    Storefront rebuilt in Magento with Hyvä templates and Alpine.js.

  3. 03

    Parity & QA

    Feature, URL, checkout and performance parity verified on staging.

  4. 04

    Cut-over

    DNS or routing switched with zero downtime, then PWA infrastructure retired.

FAQ

PWA Studio to Hyvä Migration questions

Something else? Ask a Hyvä developer.

For most Magento stores, yes. Hyvä delivers comparable speed with one codebase, native extension support and lower development and hosting costs. PWA Studio can still make sense if you need a fully app-like experience and have a dedicated React team.

Typically three to five weeks, depending on how much custom React and GraphQL logic your PWA contains.

No. Every feature is mapped before we start, and we rebuild it in Hyvä or Magento. Anything that cannot be matched one to one is agreed with you in the audit.

Once Hyvä is live and stable, the Node.js and UPWARD servers can be shut down. We provide a step-by-step decommissioning plan.

Migrations start from $999 and PWA projects are always quoted at a fixed price after an architecture audit.

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Simplify your Magento frontend

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