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Alokai vs Vendure
Alokai has 10,944 GitHub stars, 2,064 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Vendure has 8,456 stars, 1,493 forks, 231 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Alokai leads on adoption by 29% (10,944 vs 8,456 stars). Alokai is written in various languages under a licence not recorded in this registry; Vendure is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Alokai has attracted 19% as many forks as stars, Vendure 18%. Vendure was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (ecommerce, ecommerce-platform, headless, headless-commerce), 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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| Alokai | Vendure | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 11K | ★ 8.5K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | — | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-06-09 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.1K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Alokai if
- You weight community size — 11K stars and counting
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Vendure if
- You want the Vendure feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Vendure fits your workflow better
About Alokai
Alokai is an open source ecosystem of developer tools and a Frontend as a Service solution for composable commerce. It lives in the headless commerce ecosystem, where ecommerce backends expose APIs and separate frontend applications deliver storefronts.
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About Vendure
Vendure is an open source headless commerce platform built on a TypeScript stack that spans a Node.js and NestJS backend, a GraphQL API, and a React and TanStack admin dashboard. It lives in the TypeScript and Node.js ecosystem, and its topics place it among ecommerce frameworks, headless commerce platforms, and GraphQL commerce tools. The project is distributed as a monorepo containing the @vendure/core framework, the admin dashboard, the CLI, the official plugins, and an end to end testing harness. Vendure is licensed under GPLv3, with a plugin license exception that lets developers release their own Vendure pl…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Alokai or Vendure more popular?
Alokai has 10,944 GitHub stars and Vendure has 8,456. Alokai has the larger community by that measure.
Are Alokai and Vendure free?
Neither Alokai nor Vendure declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Alokai and Vendure?
Alokai is written in various languages and Vendure in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Alokai or Vendure?
Choose Alokai if you want the larger community (10,944 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Vendure if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.