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aimeos-laravel vs Solidus
aimeos-laravel has 8,700 GitHub stars, 1,110 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. Solidus has 5,329 stars, 1,403 forks, 92 open issues and last shipped yesterday. aimeos-laravel leads on adoption by 63% (8,700 vs 5,329 stars). aimeos-laravel is written in PHP under MIT; Solidus is written in Ruby under BSD-3-Clause. aimeos-laravel has attracted 13% as many forks as stars, Solidus 26%. Solidus was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (ecommerce, ecommerce-framework, ecommerce-platform), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| aimeos-laravel | Solidus | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.7K | ★ 5.3K |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | PHP | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-07-23 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.1K | ⑂ 1.4K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick aimeos-laravel if
- You weight community size — 8.7K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Solidus if
- You want the Solidus feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and Solidus fits your workflow better
About aimeos-laravel
Aimeos Laravel is an MIT licensed e commerce package for PHP that adds a full featured shop—catalog, basket, checkout, admin backend and APIs—to an existing Laravel application, and it is aimed at Laravel developers building online shops, multi vendor marketplaces and complex B2B commerce applications.
read the full aimeos-laravel overview →
About Solidus
Solidus is a free, BSD 3 Clause licensed e commerce platform built with Ruby on Rails, aimed at developers and merchants who want to own and modify their entire storefront rather than rent one from a hosted provider.
read the full Solidus overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is aimeos-laravel or Solidus more popular?
aimeos-laravel has 8,700 GitHub stars and Solidus has 5,329. aimeos-laravel has the larger community by that measure.
Are aimeos-laravel and Solidus free?
Both are open source. aimeos-laravel is licensed under MIT and Solidus under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between aimeos-laravel and Solidus?
aimeos-laravel is written in PHP and Solidus in Ruby. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, aimeos-laravel or Solidus?
Choose aimeos-laravel if you want the larger community (8,700 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Solidus if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.