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Best Free E-commerce Platforms for self-hosting

The 23 best Free e-commerce platforms you can self-host, ranked by community traction.

QloApps

E-commerce Platforms

Hotel booking and reservation commerce system

Replaces Booking.com, Cloudbeds

★ 14.4k Medium setup OSL-3.0

Polar

E-commerce Platforms

Open-source monetization platform for developers

Replaces Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad

★ 10.4k Medium setup Apache-2.0

QOR Commerce

E-commerce Platforms

Go-based content management and e-commerce framework

Replaces Shopify, Magento

★ 5.3k Hard setup MIT

Shopizer

E-commerce Platforms

Java-based open-source e-commerce and shopping cart software

Replaces Magento, Broadleaf Commerce

★ 3.9k Medium setup Apache-2.0

Django Shop

E-commerce Platforms

E-commerce framework for the Django web framework

Replaces Shopify, WooCommerce

★ 3.3k Hard setup BSD-3-Clause

Alokai Storefront UI

E-commerce Platforms

Open-source design system for e-commerce frontends

Replaces Shopify Polaris, commercetools UI Kit

★ 2.8k Easy setup MIT

Sharetribe

E-commerce Platforms

Open-source platform for building online marketplaces

Replaces Sharetribe Flex, Marketplace builders

★ 2.4k Hard setup Apache-2.0

Saleor Dashboard

E-commerce Platforms

Standalone admin dashboard for Saleor commerce

Replaces Shopify Admin, BigCommerce control panel

★ 1k Medium setup BSD-3-Clause

thirty bees

E-commerce Platforms

Stable e-commerce platform forked from PrestaShop

Replaces Shopify

★ 769 Medium setup OSL-3.0

Discount Bandit

E-commerce Platforms

Track pricing, stock status of products across multiple stores such

★ 750 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Cartridge

E-commerce Platforms

Django shopping cart for the Mezzanine CMS

Replaces Shopify, WooCommerce

★ 710 Medium setup BSD-2-Clause

Zen Cart

E-commerce Platforms

Veteran open-source online store software

Replaces Shopify, osCommerce

★ 425 Medium setup GPL-2.0

myCart

E-commerce Platforms

Shopping cart in 1 file (with support for payment by card

★ 362 Medium setup MIT

Drupal Commerce

E-commerce Platforms

E-commerce framework for the Drupal CMS

Replaces Shopify, WooCommerce

★ 353 Hard setup GPL-2.0

CoreShop

E-commerce Platforms

E-commerce plugin for Pimcore

★ 292 Medium setup GPL-3.0

Catalyst Storefront

E-commerce Platforms

Composable storefront starter for BigCommerce-style backends

Replaces Shopify Hydrogen, Vue Storefront

★ 247 Medium setup MIT

LiteCart

E-commerce Platforms

Lightweight free shopping cart built with PHP

Replaces Shopify, Ecwid

★ 236 Easy setup GPL-3.0

Vendure Remix Storefront

E-commerce Platforms

Example storefront for Vendure built with Remix

Replaces Shopify Hydrogen, Saleor Storefront

★ 227 Medium setup MIT

Frappe Webshop

E-commerce Platforms

Open-source e-commerce storefront on the Frappe framework

Replaces Shopify, WooCommerce

★ 208 Hard setup GPL-3.0

AbanteCart

E-commerce Platforms

Free PHP shopping cart for small businesses

Replaces Shopify, OpenCart

★ 150 Easy setup OSL-3.0

Shopinvader

E-commerce Platforms

Headless e-commerce framework powered by Odoo

Replaces Shopify Plus, commercetools

★ 135 Hard setup AGPL-3.0

WooCommerce POS

E-commerce Platforms

Self-hosted point of sale for WooCommerce stores

Replaces Square POS, Shopify POS

★ 49 Easy setup GPL-3.0

s-cart

E-commerce Platforms

E-commerce website for individuals and businesses, built on top

★ 12 Medium setup MIT

At a glance

App	Deploy effort	Difficulty	Min. RAM	License	★ Stars
QloApps	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	512 MB	OSL-3.0	14,426
Polar	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	1,024 MB	Apache-2.0	10,363
QOR Commerce	Read-the-docs project	Hard	256 MB	MIT	5,345
Shopizer	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	1,024 MB	Apache-2.0	3,943
Django Shop	Under-an-hour setup	Hard	512 MB	BSD-3-Clause	3,315
Alokai Storefront UI	Read-the-docs project	Easy	256 MB	MIT	2,779
Sharetribe	Read-the-docs project	Hard	1,024 MB	Apache-2.0	2,447
Saleor Dashboard	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	512 MB	BSD-3-Clause	1,040
thirty bees	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	1,024 MB	OSL-3.0	769
Discount Bandit	Under-an-hour setup	Medium	512 MB	GPL-3.0	750

Quick picks

Most adopted: QloApps (14,426 GitHub stars).
Lightest footprint: LiteCart (from 128 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
Licensing: 6 of 23 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.

Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Free within the e-commerce platforms category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.

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