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Bagisto vs WordPress
Bagisto has 28,127 GitHub stars, 3,285 forks, 36 open issues and last shipped yesterday. WordPress has 21,428 stars, 12,979 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped today. Bagisto leads on adoption by 31% (28,127 vs 21,428 stars). Bagisto is written in PHP under MIT; WordPress is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence. Bagisto has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, WordPress 61%. WordPress 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 | WordPress | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 28K | ★ 21K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | PHP | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 13K |
| 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 WordPress if
- You want the WordPress feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and WordPress 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 WordPress
WordPress is a PHP based website builder and personal publishing platform. It lives in the open source web publishing ecosystem and is distributed as a self hosted package installed on a web server. The project provides an administrative interface for creating, customizing, and managing a website, and it relies on a MySQL or MariaDB database for site content and configuration.
read the full WordPress overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bagisto or WordPress more popular?
Bagisto has 28,127 GitHub stars and WordPress has 21,428. Bagisto has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bagisto and WordPress free?
Both are open source. Bagisto is licensed under MIT, and WordPress has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Bagisto and WordPress?
Bagisto is written in PHP and WordPress 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 WordPress?
Choose Bagisto if you want the larger community (28,127 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose WordPress if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.