Shopware Community Edition
PHP based open source e-commerce software made in Germany.
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Still maintained? Yes: 1,220 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v6.7.15.1 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in E-commerce: Shopify alternatives.
At a glance
Shopware Community Edition quick facts
- Health score
- 84/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 3,464
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v6.7.15.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Shopware 6 is an open headless commerce platform powered by Symfony 7 and Vue.js 3 that is used by thousands of shops and supported by a huge, worldwide community of developers, agencies, and merchants."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Shopware Community Edition scores 84/100, #17 of 25 in E-commerce: 1,220 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v6.7.15.1, 23 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 3,464 stars add 14.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
1220 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v6.7.15.1 released 23 days ago
- Stars 14.2 / 20
3.5k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 1220
- Last 90 days
- 3,391
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #17 of 25 tools in E-commerce by health , between Open Source POS (#16) and Thelia (#18) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | v6.7.15.1 · 23 days ago |
| Stars | 3,464 |
| Open issues | 1,280 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | shopware/shopware ↗ |
Shopware Community Edition vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Shopware Community Edition (E-commerce), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saleor | 97 | 23k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
| EverShop | 96 | 11k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Bagisto | 88 | 28k | MIT | 2 days ago |
| MedusaJs | 88 | 37k | MIT | today |
| Spree Commerce | 87 | 16k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
| Shopware Community Edition (this tool) | 84 | 3.5k | MIT | today |
Shopware Community Edition: common questions
Is Shopware Community Edition still maintained?
Shopware Community Edition had 1,220 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v6.7.15.1, is from 23 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.