Magento 1 to OpenMage Migration
Migrate Magento 1 to OpenMage LTS: security patches, PHP 8, same theme and extensions, zero data loss. Fixed price from $2,499, done in 2 to 3 weeks by an Adobe-certified Magento developer.
- Hourly
- $22 to $45
- Fixed price
- from $2,499
- Written quote
- within 24 hours
How the work runs.
01Send a brief
Two paragraphs is enough. Store URL, what is wrong or what you want built, and when you need it.
02Get a written quote in 24 hours
Scope, price and timeline in writing. No sales call, no account manager, no discovery theatre.
03Kick off on staging
Code lands on a staging copy first, usually the same week. Daily commits, a 14-day bug-fix window after launch.
- Requested
- Your brief, two paragraphs is enough
- Scope
- Written, fixed, itemised
- Rate
- $22 to $45 per hour, or a fixed price
- First reply
- Under 4 hours, IST working days
- Quote delivered
- Within 24 hours
- Kick-off
- On staging, usually the same week
Delivered in 24 hours
Questions about Magento 1 to OpenMage Migration
What exactly is OpenMage?
OpenMage LTS is the community-maintained fork of Magento 1.9. When Adobe ended Magento 1 support in June 2020, the OpenMage project took over the codebase and has shipped security patches, bug fixes, PHP 7 and PHP 8 compatibility, and performance work ever since. It is a drop-in replacement: same database, same theme system, same extension format, same admin.
Should I migrate to OpenMage or straight to Magento 2?
They solve different problems. OpenMage keeps your existing store safe and maintained for a few thousand dollars in weeks. Magento 2 (or Hyvä on top of it) is a full replatform: new theme, new extensions, new integrations, typically five figures and months of work. Many of my clients do both: OpenMage now to stop the security bleeding, then a planned Magento 2 move when budget and timing are right. I offer both services, so the advice you get is not biased toward the bigger project.
Will my extensions and custom theme keep working?
Most Magento 1 extensions run on OpenMage unchanged, because OpenMage keeps the Magento 1 module format. What usually needs work is PHP compatibility: modules written for PHP 5.6 can throw deprecation errors on PHP 8. The pre-migration audit lists every module with its risk level, and patching those is part of the fixed quote, not an extra.
How long does a Magento 1 to OpenMage migration take?
Two to three weeks for a typical store: audit, staging build, compatibility fixes, launch. Heavily customised stores with dozens of local modules can take four. The live store keeps trading the whole time; the only downtime is the final switch, usually under 15 minutes in a low-traffic window.
Is it safe to keep taking card payments on Magento 1 today?
On stock, unpatched Magento 1: no. It has known exploited vulnerabilities (card-skimming attacks against abandoned Magento 1 stores are well documented) and an unmaintained platform is hard to defend in a PCI DSS assessment. On OpenMage with current patches, a maintained PHP version, and a hardened server, you are in a defensible position again. That gap is the main reason this migration exists.
What happens to my SEO and URLs?
Nothing changes by default. OpenMage uses the same URL rewrite system and the same database, so category, product, and CMS URLs stay identical. As part of launch QA I crawl the staging store against the live sitemap and verify status codes, canonicals, and meta data match before the switch.
What clients wrote.
- "After trying and failing with multiple development companies Kishan came to the rescue in our hour of need."Michael Lin, Natonic
- "Where others quoted 10 hours minimum, he did it within 3."Pieter Van Hees, Business Branding
- "Sorted out my issue within an hour!"Steve Zed
Send a brief for Magento 1 to OpenMage Migration.
Two paragraphs is enough: scope, price and timeline come back in writing.