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Bagisto vs Payum
Bagisto has 28,324 GitHub stars, 3,366 forks, 36 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Payum has 1,926 stars, 347 forks, 99 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Bagisto leads on adoption by 1,371% (28,324 vs 1,926 stars). Bagisto is written in PHP under MIT; Payum is written in PHP under MIT. Bagisto has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, Payum 18%. 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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Side by side
| Bagisto | Payum | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 28K | ★ 1.9K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.4K | ⑂ 347 |
| 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 Payum if
- You want the Payum feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and Payum fits your workflow better
About Bagisto
➡️ Website Documentation Installation Guide Docker Installation Forums Community ⬅️ Introduction Bagisto is an open source Laravel eCommerce and multi vendor marketplace platform for building scalable online commerce solutions. Built with Laravel and Vue.js, Bagisto provides a flexible and customizable foundation for businesses to launch online stores, multi vendor marketplaces, and enterprise commerce experiences. Whether you're building a single vendor store, B2B eCommerce platform, or multi vendor marketplace, Bagisto helps reduce development time and cost while giving you the freedom to customize and scale…
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About Payum
Supporting Payum Payum is an MIT licensed open source project with its ongoing development made possible entirely by the support of community and our customers. If you'd like to join them, please consider: Become a sponsor Payum Reduce Your Development Time with Payum integrating more than 50 payment services simultaneously. Payum is one of the most popular bug free solution that has over 1 000 000 downloads already. It is friendly for all top PHP frameworks and was successfully installed and tested by thousands of developers worldwide Sponsors Payum is supported by: GitBook — hosts our documentation If you'd…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bagisto or Payum more popular?
Bagisto has 28,324 GitHub stars and Payum has 1,926. Bagisto has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bagisto and Payum free?
Both are open source. Bagisto is licensed under MIT and Payum under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bagisto and Payum?
Bagisto is written in PHP and Payum 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 Payum?
Choose Bagisto if you want the larger community (28,324 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Payum if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.