Open-source alternatives to Shopify

5 alternatives, ranked by a published maintenance score computed from live GitHub signals (fetched 2026-09-04). We flag unmaintained projects on both sides — including Shopify itself when the data says so.

About Shopify: Proprietary SaaS; monthly fees plus transaction cuts, and your store lives on their platform. It is closed-source, so the same public maintenance signals do not exist for it — we score only the alternatives below.

The alternatives

Medusa

90 /100 actively maintained

Composable commerce engine for Node.js developers.

36,137 stars · last commit 2026-09-04 · latest release v2.20.1 (2026-09-03) · 189 open issues/PRs · custom license · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 90/100 was computed

Last commit	today	40/40
Latest release	yesterday	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	15/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		90/100

Saleor

90 /100 actively maintained

GraphQL-first e-commerce platform for custom storefronts.

23,289 stars · last commit 2026-09-03 · latest release 3.23.31 (2026-09-02) · 248 open issues/PRs · BSD-3-Clause · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 90/100 was computed

Last commit	yesterday	40/40
Latest release	2 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	15/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		90/100

Bagisto

90 /100 actively maintained

Laravel e-commerce with multi-vendor and multi-channel support.

28,090 stars · last commit 2026-09-03 · latest release v2.5.0-beta1 (2026-09-02) · 37 open issues/PRs · MIT · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 90/100 was computed

Last commit	yesterday	40/40
Latest release	2 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	15/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		90/100

WooCommerce

87 /100 actively maintained

The WordPress e-commerce plugin powering a huge share of online stores.

10,488 stars · last commit 2026-09-04 · latest release 11.1.0 (2026-09-03) · 1,669 open issues/PRs · custom license · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 87/100 was computed

Last commit	today	40/40
Latest release	yesterday	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	12/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		87/100

EverShop

87 /100 actively maintained

Node.js e-commerce platform with React storefront.

10,440 stars · last commit 2026-09-04 · latest release v2.2.1 (2026-08-14) · 73 open issues/PRs · GPL-3.0 · fetched 2026-09-04

How this 87/100 was computed

Last commit	today	40/40
Latest release	21 days ago	25/25
Community size	GitHub stars	12/15
Open-issue trend	not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile	10/20
Total		87/100