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Magento Open Source: the best Open Source alternative to Shopify Plus in 2026

Magento Open Source (Adobe Commerce Community Edition) is one of the most powerful, customizable ecommerce platforms, used for huge catalogs, as an alternative to Shopify Plus.

License OSL-3.0 ~10k stars (estimated)Website GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: OSL-3.0
Category: E-commerce
Replaces: Shopify Plus, BigCommerce
Tech stack: PHPMySQLElasticsearch

Key features

Massive catalogs with complex attributes
Native multi-store and multi-language
Very wide extension ecosystem

Magento Open Source vs. Shopify Plus

Pros

The most powerful option for very large B2B/B2C catalogs

Things to consider

Considerably higher server requirements

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  magento:
    image: markoshust/magento-nginx:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    environment:
      - MYSQL_HOST=magento-db
    depends_on:
      - magento-db
  magento-db:
    image: mariadb:11
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=magento
    volumes:
      - magento_db_data:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
  magento_db_data: