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 | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-hostable | Yes | No |
| GitHub Stars | 32,464 | 3,300 |
| Forks | 4,193 | 1,169 |
| Open Issues | 211 | 1,416 |
| Last Commit | Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 28, 2026 |
| First Released | Jan 18, 2020 | May 3, 2018 |
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