# Sage v11 and Acorn v5 Released

## What’s new in Sage v11

### Vite for front-end builds

We’ve said goodbye to our previous build processes and introduced [Vite](https://vite.dev/) for compiling and bundling Sage’s assets. Vite provides a lightning-fast development server with hot module replacement (HMR), and a straightforward production build process. It pairs seamlessly with Laravel’s Vite plugin and Laravel's Vite facades.

### Tailwind CSS v4

Tailwind is still baked in as our default utility-first CSS framework, updated now to **Tailwind v4**. Sage still remains flexible—if you’d rather use another CSS framework or traditional Sass, [simply swap it out](/sage/docs/bootstrap/). We’ve updated our documentation with instructions to help you switch to an alternative.

### Integration with Acorn v5

Sage 11 pairs includes **Acorn v5** out of the box again. You’ll also notice that Acorn is now more configurable and can be booted in a more “Laravel-ish” way with `Application::configure()`.

### Additional improvements

- We’ve cleaned up our file structure to better align with modern Laravel conventions
- New and improved default `theme.json` generation for the WordPress block editor, including the mapping of your Tailwind config to WordPress design tokens

For more detail, check out [Sage’s v11 Release Notes](https://github.com/roots/sage/releases/tag/v11.0.0).

## What's new in Acorn v5

### Laravel v12 Under the Hood

Acorn v5 pulls in Laravel v12 components, so you get the benefits of the newest framework features, improvements, and security updates.

### New commands & features

- **`acorn:install` command** – Quickly setup Acorn's post installer script for your project
- **`make:seeder` command** – An easy way to scaffold seeders in your WordPress projects
- **New scheduling console commands** – More parity with core Laravel for scheduled tasks

### Streamlined boot & configuration

Acorn’s boot flow has been revamped. Rather than the old `bootloader()` helper, you can now configure your application with:

```
use Roots\Acorn\Application;

add_action('after_setup_theme', function () {
    Application::configure()
        ->withProviders([
            // ...
        ])
        ->boot();
}, 0);

```

This approach is more consistent with standard Laravel patterns.

### Breaking changes

- **PHP 8.2+** is required
- Laravel packages and dependencies have been bumped to `^12.0`
- The experimental WordPress request handler flag has been removed
- If you rely on `\Roots\Acorn\Bootloader`, be sure to migrate to `Application::configure()`.

See the [Acorn v5 Release Notes](https://github.com/roots/acorn/releases/tag/v5.0.0) for the full changelog, details on smaller fixes, and documentation updates.

### Upgrading from v4

Check out the [Acorn Upgrading Docs](https://roots.io/acorn/docs/upgrading-acorn/) for more details.

## Thank you

Thank you to our amazing contributors and the Roots community for testing and contributing to the development of Sage v11 and Acorn v5.

[aksld](https://github.com/aksld), [codewithfeeling](https://github.com/codewithfeeling), [csorrentino](https://github.com/csorrentino), [KIKOmanasijev](https://github.com/KIKOmanasijev), [kinglouie](https://github.com/kinglouie), [lis-marcin](https://github.com/lis-marcin), [marcelo2605](https://github.com/marcelo2605), [palicko](https://github.com/palicko), [RafaelKr](https://github.com/RafaelKr), [ssang](https://github.com/ssang), [tombroucke](https://github.com/tombroucke), [trajche](https://github.com/trajche)

Check out the [full Sage docs](https://roots.io/sage/) or dive into [Acorn’s documentation](https://roots.io/acorn/) to get started or upgrade. As always, feel free drop into our <a>community forums</a> if you have any questions or feedback.

We look forward to seeing what you build with Sage v11 and Acorn v5!

— Ben Word, [Brandon Nifong](https://github.com/log1x)