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Bagisto vs reaction
Bagisto has 28,125 GitHub stars, 3,285 forks, 36 open issues and last shipped yesterday. reaction has 12,399 stars, 2,176 forks, 96 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. Bagisto leads on adoption by 127% (28,125 vs 12,399 stars). Bagisto is written in PHP under MIT; reaction is written in JavaScript under GPL-3.0. Bagisto has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, reaction 18%. Bagisto 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-platform, hacktoberfest), 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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| Bagisto | reaction | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 28K | ★ 12K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | PHP | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-03-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 2.2K |
| 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 reaction if
- You want the reaction feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and reaction 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 reaction
Mailchimp Open Commerce, formerly Reaction Commerce, is an API first, headless commerce platform built on Node.js, MongoDB, and GraphQL for development teams that want to run a custom storefront, marketplace, or multi shop operation on their own infrastructure — and the project has been discontinued.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bagisto or reaction more popular?
Bagisto has 28,125 GitHub stars and reaction has 12,399. Bagisto has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bagisto and reaction free?
Both are open source. Bagisto is licensed under MIT and reaction under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bagisto and reaction?
Bagisto is written in PHP and reaction in JavaScript. 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 reaction?
Choose Bagisto if you want the larger community (28,125 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose reaction if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.