TYPO3 Units
Where Work on the TYPO3 Product Happens
Each Unit takes responsibility for one area of the TYPO3 project, within a charter set by the TYPO3 Association Board. Coordinators lead the day-to-day work, Unit Councils guide long-term priorities, and both Members and Supporters help shape the results.
Why TYPO3 Units?
The idea of Units goes back to the TYPO3 CMS Product Strategy. The Governance Working Group turned it into concrete rules, which went through a public community review in August and September 2026. The members of the TYPO3 Association adopted them at the extraordinary General Assembly on 29 October 2026.
The summary of the public review explains what changed along the way. The rules themselves, each with a detailed FAQ, are in the TYPO3 Policy Directory:
Units do not simply replace the existing teams. The teams built what TYPO3 is today, and the Units keep that work and those people. Existing teams will not be dissolved overnight. Until the end of 2026, there is a transition phase in which their work moves step by step into the new Unit structure. Much of what teams and committees do today will continue as Working Groups within a Unit. What changes is the structure around the work, which spreads the load across more people and makes it easier to join.
The new structure also makes the project quicker to respond. Under the previous team structure, a new team needed months to show it had a right to exist, and budgets were allocated only once a year. Units are organized around broader groups of subject-matter experts. They can act across a whole topic area without waiting for other bodies.