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Bagisto vs yas
Bagisto has 28,125 GitHub stars, 3,285 forks, 36 open issues and last shipped yesterday. yas has 1,987 stars, 730 forks, 156 open issues and last shipped 3 months ago. Bagisto leads on adoption by 1,315% (28,125 vs 1,987 stars). Bagisto is written in PHP under MIT; yas is written in Java under MIT. Bagisto has attracted 12% as many forks as stars, yas 37%. Bagisto was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (ecommerce, 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 | yas | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 28K | ★ 2.0K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | Java |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-06-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 3.3K | ⑂ 730 |
| 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 yas if
- You want the yas feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You evaluated both and yas 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 yas
YAS (Yet Another Shop) is a sample microservices e commerce application written in Java, built to practise how a typical microservice system is assembled, and it is aimed at Java and Spring Boot developers who want a realistic multi service codebase to study, run locally, or extend.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bagisto or yas more popular?
Bagisto has 28,125 GitHub stars and yas has 1,987. Bagisto has the larger community by that measure.
Are Bagisto and yas free?
Both are open source. Bagisto is licensed under MIT and yas under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Bagisto and yas?
Bagisto is written in PHP and yas in Java. 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 yas?
Choose Bagisto if you want the larger community (28,125 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose yas if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.