Spree Commerce
Spree is a complete, modular & API-driven open source e-commerce solution for Ruby on Rails.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 1,814 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v6.0.1 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Shopify.
At a glance
Spree Commerce quick facts
- Health score
- 87/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 15,792
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v6.0.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
Top alternatives to Spree Commerce
Full rankings: Shopify alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Website · Next.js Storefront · Documentation · API · Roadmap · Discord."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Spree Commerce scores 87/100, #9 of 25 in E-commerce: 1,814 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v6.0.1, yesterday) earns 25.0 of 25, 15,792 stars add 16.8 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
1814 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v6.0.1 released yesterday
- Stars 16.8 / 20
16k 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
- 1814
- Last 90 days
- 3,943
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 25 tools in E-commerce by health , between MedusaJs (#8) and Magento Open Source (#10) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | Ruby |
| Latest release | v6.0.1 · yesterday |
| Stars | 15,792 |
| Open issues | 90 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | spree/spree ↗ |
Spree Commerce vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Spree Commerce (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 (this tool) | 87 | 16k | BSD-3-Clause | today |
| PrestaShop | 86 | 9.2k | OSL-3.0 | today |
Spree Commerce: common questions
What does Spree Commerce replace?
Repoly lists Spree Commerce as an open-source alternative to Shopify. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Spree Commerce stands against the others.
Is Spree Commerce still maintained?
Spree Commerce had 1,814 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v6.0.1, is from yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.