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Shopware: the best Open Source alternative to Shopify in 2026

Shopware is a German ecommerce platform with a powerful open source core, a visual store editor and an API-first architecture, as an alternative to Shopify or Magento.

License MIT ~7k stars (estimated)Website GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: MIT
Category: E-commerce
Replaces: Shopify, Magento
Tech stack: PHPSymfonyVue.jsMySQL

Preview

Public image provided by Shopware on its own website.

Key features

Visual store editor (Shopping Experiences)
API-first with decoupled admin
Extension marketplace

Shopware vs. Shopify

Pros

Very powerful visual editor for product landing pages

Things to consider

Some advanced features are Commercial-edition only

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:
  shopware:
    image: dockware/play:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - shopware_data:/var/www/html
volumes:
  shopware_data: