Shopware

Shopware is an open source e-commerce platform built on the Symfony framework and Vue.js. It is designed for building and running online stores of all sizes — from mid-market retailers and B2B wholesalers to large global brands — and supports B2C, B2B, and omnichannel commerce scenarios.

Shopware is commonly used as an open source alternative to Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud. It offers similar storefront, checkout, and back-office capabilities without locking you into a proprietary ecosystem.

Shopware Community Edition is free and open source under the MIT license. Shopware also offers paid commercial tiers (Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise) that include additional features, support, and a SaaS-hosted deployment option.

Yes. Shopware can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure or run on a Platform-as-a-Service environment. Officially supported deployment options include Docker, on-premise servers, and the Shopware PaaS, or you can use the fully managed SaaS if you prefer not to operate the stack yourself.

Yes. Shopware has built-in B2B features including digital sales rooms, complex pricing and rule engines, custom quoting, account hierarchies, and approval workflows — making it suitable for wholesalers and businesses that need enterprise-grade commerce functionality.

Shopware is built with PHP (Symfony) on the backend and Vue.js on the frontend. It ships with a headless API, supports custom frontends via Storefront and Headless channels, and integrates with over 3,100 community extensions.