Medusa vs Shopware
Comparing two open source alternatives to Shopify. Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.
Shopware
MITShopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 3.100 community extensions
Side-by-side comparison
 Medusa | Shopware | |
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| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| GitHub Stars | 36,471 | 3,432 |
| Forks | 5,306 | 1,212 |
| Open Issues | 186 | 1,487 |
| Last Commit | Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 |
| First Released | Jan 18, 2020 | May 3, 2018 |
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GitHub stars over time
GitHub stars over time
Medusa36,471
Shopware
