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Bagisto vs pay
Bagisto has 28,125 GitHub stars, 3,285 forks, 36 open issues and last shipped yesterday. pay has 5,367 stars, 1,052 forks, 6 open issues and last shipped 7 days ago. Bagisto leads on adoption by 424% (28,125 vs 5,367 stars). Bagisto is written in PHP under MIT; pay is written in PHP under MIT. Bagisto has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, pay 20%. Bagisto was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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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| Bagisto | pay | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 28K | ★ 5.4K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-11 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 1.1K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Bagisto if
- You weight community size — 28K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick pay if
- You want the pay feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and pay fits your workflow better
About Bagisto
Bagisto is an open source Laravel based e commerce platform designed for building scalable online stores, multi vendor marketplaces, and enterprise grade commerce solutions. It runs on PHP with Laravel as the backend framework and Vue.js for the frontend, providing a modular architecture that supports customization and extension. The project lives in the Laravel ecosystem and is licensed under MIT.
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About pay
Yansongda Pay is an open source PHP payment SDK that provides a unified interface to multiple Chinese payment gateways, including Alipay, WeChat, Douyin, Unipay, Jiangsu Bank, Tonglian Pay, and BestPay. It lives in the PHP ecosystem and is distributed as a Composer package under the MIT license. The project has been maintained for nine years, carries 5,367 stars and 1,052 forks, and its most recent push was on 11 September 2026. Framework specific wrappers exist for Laravel, Hyperf, and Yii, while the core package remains framework agnostic.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bagisto or pay more popular?
Bagisto has 28,125 GitHub stars and pay has 5,367. Bagisto has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bagisto and pay free?
Both are open source. Bagisto is licensed under MIT and pay under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bagisto and pay?
Bagisto is written in PHP and pay in PHP. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Bagisto or pay?
Choose Bagisto if you want the larger community (28,125 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose pay if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.