Does it make sense to start a new website project using the current beta version of Kirby v6 so that I won’t run into any problems later when migrating from v5 to v6?
Or is it still too early for that?
When do you expect the final version to be released? My development will probably take until the end of the year.
Best regards, Matthias
I think Bastian said in the recently published KirbyConf 2026 keynote that they want to ship v6 this year, so before the end of the year. So technically it could work out.
But it’s a gamble. Maybe the stable v6 will ship in February or March next year because of some big bugs found in v6 betas or big security issues to address in v5/v6. Which could be okay still if you ship something like a v6.0.0-beta.6 to prod and it’s stable enough, but it’s a risk.
Usually the official advice is: never use pre-releases in prod. Not alphas, not betas.
Another thing to consider is that most plugins will not be updated for v6, and there are breaking changes that will require many plugins to upgrade (especially all panel plugins). So if you use v6 now, I hope you don’t rely on plugins or just one or two that you are willing to fork and update yourself.
Keynote: Kirby Konf 2026: Keynote
v6 beta announcement: Kirby 6.0.0-beta.1 is here!