Open source by industry / E-commerce & retail
Shopware
An open-source online store platform from Germany with a ready storefront and admin, and more than 3,100 extensions in its store.
Does it fit your team?
- Consider it if
- You want a store with a ready storefront and admin and a large extension catalogue, you can provide a server with four cores and 8 GB of RAM or more, and someone can deploy with Docker.
- Look elsewhere if
- Your annual sales will pass €1 million and you do not want to move to a paid plan (from €600 a month), or you are unwilling to report your sales volume to Shopware every year.
- Can you use it commercially?
- Yes, until €1M a year in sales
The code is MIT. Since March 2025 a Fair Usage Policy applies on top: Community Edition merchants with more than €1 million in annual gross merchandise value must take a paid plan to keep access to the Shopware Account and Store; without it they cannot buy new extensions or receive updates for existing ones. Shopware says the MIT license itself is unaffected.
- Is it still maintained?
- Active
Last push on 2026-10-12. The repository is not archived.
- How hard is it to deploy?
- Moderate
The recommended install is Docker-based and only Unix-like systems are supported (Windows via WSL 2 or Docker Desktop). It needs PHP 8.2 or later (8.4 recommended) with a memory limit of at least 512M, plus MariaDB or MySQL. The README also mentions a web-based installer and hosting partners offering it pre-installed.
- What does it cost?
- Heavier on hardware; paid plans from €600 a month
The Community Edition is free. The system requirements page lists a quad-core CPU, 8 GB of RAM minimum with 16 GB recommended, and about 10 GB of disk. Paid plans start at €600 a month for Rise and €2,400 a month for Evolve, excluding VAT, priced on gross merchandise value. The free edition is not offered on Shopware Cloud, so setup and maintenance are yours.
- What to watch out for
- Even free users must report sales yearly
The Fair Usage Policy requires every Community Edition user to report gross merchandise value, including those under €1 million: install the official reporting extension, or submit a form at least once a year. The figure is net of tax, includes shipping, subtracts discounts and does not subtract returns.
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