head to head · open source
mall vs surging
mall has 85,005 GitHub stars, 29,840 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. surging has 3,263 stars, 912 forks, 255 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. mall leads on adoption by 2,505% (85,005 vs 3,263 stars). mall is written in Java under Apache-2.0; surging is written in C# under MIT. mall has attracted 35% as many forks as stars, surging 28%. mall 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
| mall | surging | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 85K | ★ 3.3K |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Written in | Java | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-15 | 2026-04-10 |
| Forks | ⑂ 30K | ⑂ 912 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick mall if
- You weight community size — 85K stars and counting
- You want the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Java
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick surging if
- You want the surging feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and surging fits your workflow better
About mall
mall 友情提示 1. 快速体验项目 ：在线访问地址 。 2. 全套学习教程 ：《mall学习教程》 。 3. 视频教程 ：《mall视频教程》 。 4. 微服务版本 ：基于Spring Cloud Alibaba的项目：mall swarm 。 5. 分支说明 ： master 分支基于Spring Boot 3.5+JDK 17， dev v2 分支基于Spring Boot 2.7+JDK 8。 前言 mall 项目致力于打造一个完整的电商系统，采用现阶段主流技术实现。 项目文档 文档地址： 项目介绍 mall 项目是一套电商系统，包括前台商城系统及后台管理系统，基于SpringBoot+MyBatis实现，采用Docker容器化部署。前台商城系统包含首页门户、商品推荐、商品搜索、商品展示、购物车、订单流程、会员中心、客户服务、帮助中心等模块。后台管理系统包含商品管理、订单管理、会员管理、促销管理、运营管理、内容管理、统计报表、财务管理、权限管理、设置等模块。 项目演示 后台管理系统 前端项目 mall admin web 地址： 项目演示地址： 前台商城系统 前端项目 mall app web 地址： 项目演示地址（将浏览器切换为手机模式效果更佳）： 组织结构 技术选型 后端技术 前端技术 移动端技术 架构图 系统架构图 业务架构图 模块介绍 后台管理系统 mall admin 商品管理：功能结构图…
About surging
surging English surging 是一个分布式微服务框架,提供高性能RPC远程服务调用，采用Zookeeper、Consul作为surging服务的注册中心，集成了哈希，随机，轮询，压力最小优先作为负载均衡的算法，RPC可以选择采用netty或thrift框架，采用异步非阻塞传输。 名字由来 英文名：surging 中文名：滔滔 中文名来自周星驰的经典台词 我对阁下的景仰犹如滔滔江水,连绵不绝,犹如黄河泛滥,一发而不可收拾，而取名英文的含义也希望此框架能流行起来，也能像《.net core surging》这句英文语句含义一样，.net core技术风起云涌,冲击整个软件生态系统。 微服务定义 微服务应该是可以自由组合拆分，对于每个业务都是独立的，针对于业务模块的 CRUD 可以注册为服务，而每个服务都是高度自治的，从开发，部署都是独立，而每个服务只做单一功能，利用领域驱动设计去更好的拆分成粒度更小的模块 微服务边界 微服务是针对业务的松耦合，也是粒度最小的功能业务模块，针对于行业解决方案，集成相应的service host,而针对于业务需要一些中间件来辅助，比如缓存中间件，eventbus中间件（消息中间件），数据储存中间件,而各个服务又可以互相通过rpc进行可靠性通信。 引擎是微服务的容器，而docker
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Frequently asked questions
Is mall or surging more popular?
mall has 85,005 GitHub stars and surging has 3,263. mall has the larger community by that measure.
Are mall and surging free?
Both are open source. mall is licensed under Apache-2.0 and surging under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between mall and surging?
mall is written in Java and surging in C#. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, mall or surging?
Choose mall if you want the larger community (85,005 stars) or its Apache-2.0 licence terms. Choose surging if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.