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Sylius vs grandnode2
Sylius has 8,538 GitHub stars, 2,157 forks, 225 open issues and last shipped yesterday. grandnode2 has 1,327 stars, 551 forks, 85 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sylius leads on adoption by 543% (8,538 vs 1,327 stars). Sylius is written in PHP under MIT; grandnode2 is written in C# under GPL-3.0. Sylius has attracted 25% as many forks as stars, grandnode2 42%. grandnode2 was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (ecommerce, ecommerce-platform), 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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| Sylius | grandnode2 | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.5K | ★ 1.3K |
| License | MIT | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | PHP | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 551 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Sylius if
- You weight community size — 8.5K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick grandnode2 if
- You want the grandnode2 feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and grandnode2 fits your workflow better
About Sylius
Sylius is a headless, open source eCommerce platform built on top of PHP, the Symfony framework, and API Platform. It is distributed under the MIT license and has been developed for roughly fifteen years, with the current repository carrying about 8,500 stars, 2,100 forks, and 225 open issues. The project was originally created by Paweł Jędrzejewski and is maintained by a broad contributor base. It sits in the PHP and Symfony ecosystem, and it is positioned as a framework rather than a finished storefront: developers build the commerce application on top of it instead of configuring a hosted product.…
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About grandnode2
GrandNode 2 is an open source, GPL 3.0 e commerce platform built with ASP.NET Core and MongoDB for teams that want to self host and customize a full storefront, including B2B, B2C, multi store, multi vendor, multi tenant, multi language and multi currency business models.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sylius or grandnode2 more popular?
Sylius has 8,538 GitHub stars and grandnode2 has 1,327. Sylius has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sylius and grandnode2 free?
Both are open source. Sylius is licensed under MIT and grandnode2 under GPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Sylius and grandnode2?
Sylius is written in PHP and grandnode2 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, Sylius or grandnode2?
Choose Sylius if you want the larger community (8,538 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose grandnode2 if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.