5 self-hosted commercetools alternatives

commercetools is a popular proprietary tool in the e-commerce platforms space. These open-source apps let you replace commercetools with software you host and control yourself.

Best self-hosted commercetools alternatives

Medusa

E-commerce Platforms

Composable commerce engine for developers

Replaces Shopify, commercetools

★ 35.6k Medium setup MIT

Saleor

E-commerce Platforms

GraphQL-first headless commerce platform

Replaces Shopify, commercetools

★ 23.2k Hard setup BSD-3-Clause

Reaction Commerce

E-commerce Platforms

Headless GraphQL commerce microservices platform

Replaces Shopify, commercetools

★ 12.4k Hard setup Apache-2.0

Vendure

E-commerce Platforms

Headless commerce framework built on Node.js

Replaces Shopify, commercetools

★ 8.3k Medium setup GPL-3.0

Shopinvader

E-commerce Platforms

Headless e-commerce framework powered by Odoo

Replaces Shopify Plus, commercetools

★ 134 Hard setup AGPL-3.0

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Switching from commercetools

Moving off commercetools means trading a managed subscription for a service you run yourself. The payoff is ownership: no per-seat pricing, no vendor lock-in, and full control of your data. Start with the option above that matches your setup-difficulty comfort level — every app links to a detailed specs page and head-to-head comparisons.