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reaction vs aimeos-laravel
reaction has 12,399 GitHub stars, 2,176 forks, 96 open issues and last shipped 7 months ago. aimeos-laravel has 8,699 stars, 1,110 forks, 1 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. reaction leads on adoption by 43% (12,399 vs 8,699 stars). reaction is written in JavaScript under GPL-3.0; aimeos-laravel is written in PHP under MIT. reaction has attracted 18% as many forks as stars, aimeos-laravel 13%. aimeos-laravel was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (e-commerce, ecommerce, ecommerce-platform, graphql), 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
| reaction | aimeos-laravel | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 12K | ★ 8.7K |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | PHP |
| Last push | 2026-03-01 | 2026-07-23 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 1.1K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick reaction if
- You weight community size — 12K stars and counting
- You want the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick aimeos-laravel if
- You want the aimeos-laravel feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You evaluated both and aimeos-laravel fits your workflow better
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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About aimeos-laravel
Aimeos Laravel is an MIT licensed e commerce package for PHP that adds a full featured shop—catalog, basket, checkout, admin backend and APIs—to an existing Laravel application, and it is aimed at Laravel developers building online shops, multi vendor marketplaces and complex B2B commerce applications.
read the full aimeos-laravel overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is reaction or aimeos-laravel more popular?
reaction has 12,399 GitHub stars and aimeos-laravel has 8,699. reaction has the larger community by that measure.
Are reaction and aimeos-laravel free?
Both are open source. reaction is licensed under GPL-3.0 and aimeos-laravel under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between reaction and aimeos-laravel?
reaction is written in JavaScript and aimeos-laravel 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, reaction or aimeos-laravel?
Choose reaction if you want the larger community (12,399 stars) or its GPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose aimeos-laravel if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.