TYPO3 Surfcamp 2026 Recap: Highlights from the TYPO3 Community Event - TYPO3 Surfcamp

The Next Generation Takes the Lead: Third Surfcamp Edition

From 11 to 18 May 2026, the third TYPO3 Surfcamp brought 28 young professionals from across the TYPO3 community to Fuerteventura for another inspiring week of collaboration, learning, and connection. Mornings were dedicated to code and project work, lunch breaks turned into team activities, afternoons belonged to surf lessons, and many evenings continued with coding sessions and exchange.

Building on the momentum of the past two years, this edition placed a clear focus on TYPO3’s next generation — not as a promise for the future, but as an active force in the present. Developers, designers, and marketers contributed ideas, strengthened the community, and formed new friendships that will continue at upcoming TYPO3 Camps and TYPO3 Developer Days.

After three successful years, one lesson stands out: TYPO3’s next generation is here to stay. What began in 2024 as an experiment has grown into a proven format that empowers young contributors and helps shape the future of our beloved CMS.

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Outcomes: The Next Generation Builds Its Own Wave

At TYPO3 Surfcamp 2026, teams took even more ownership by choosing and shaping their own project topics. From practical backend improvements to bold experiments and release communication, participants explored what matters to them — proving once again that innovation in TYPO3 thrives when fresh perspectives are empowered.

This year’s projects included hands-on results such as:

▸ Colaboracion, bringing live collaboration features into the TYPO3 backend
▸ A Knowledge Base integration directly embedded within the TYPO3 backend
▸ Surf-Ally, an accessibility check powered through a dashboard widget
▸ WaveMailer, enabling newsletter management right within TYPO3
▸ Contributions to TYPO3 v14 Release Marketing and Communication, supporting the upcoming release beyond code
▸ And several fun experimental extensions showing the creative side of TYPO3 — including Magic Mussle, Tarot Card of the Day, and Unicorn, proving that almost anything is possible with TYPO3

What stood out was not only the variety of ideas, but the confidence behind them. Teams identified problems, proposed solutions, and built working prototypes in just a few days — combining technical exploration with creativity and collaboration.