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Bagisto vs WooCommerce
Bagisto has 28,125 GitHub stars, 3,285 forks, 36 open issues and last shipped yesterday. WooCommerce has 10,514 stars, 10,675 forks, 1,638 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Bagisto leads on adoption by 168% (28,125 vs 10,514 stars). Bagisto is written in PHP under MIT; WooCommerce is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. Bagisto has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, WooCommerce 102%. WooCommerce 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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Side by side
| Bagisto | WooCommerce | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 28K | ★ 11K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | PHP | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 11K |
| 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 WooCommerce if
- You want the WooCommerce feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce
WooCommerce is an open source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. It lives in the WordPress ecosystem, where a website owner can add commerce functionality through a plugin. The project is described as customizable and positioned as an open alternative to Shopify.
read the full WooCommerce overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bagisto or WooCommerce more popular?
Bagisto has 28,125 GitHub stars and WooCommerce has 10,514. Bagisto has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bagisto and WooCommerce free?
Both are open source. Bagisto is licensed under MIT, and WooCommerce has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Bagisto and WooCommerce?
Bagisto is written in PHP and WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce?
Choose Bagisto if you want the larger community (28,125 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose WooCommerce if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.