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Sylius vs Smartstore
Sylius has 8,538 GitHub stars, 2,157 forks, 225 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Smartstore has 1,521 stars, 587 forks, 530 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sylius leads on adoption by 461% (8,538 vs 1,521 stars). Sylius is written in PHP under MIT; Smartstore is written in C# under AGPL-3.0. Sylius has attracted 25% as many forks as stars, Smartstore 39%. Smartstore 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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| Sylius | Smartstore | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.5K | ★ 1.5K |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | PHP | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 587 |
| 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 Smartstore if
- You want the Smartstore feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and Smartstore 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 Smartstore
Smartstore is an open source, all in one eCommerce platform built on the ASP.NET Core ecosystem. It uses ASP.NET Core 10, Entity Framework Core 10, Vue.js, Sass, and Bootstrap to provide a modular storefront, product catalog, content tools, and shop management interface.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sylius or Smartstore more popular?
Sylius has 8,538 GitHub stars and Smartstore has 1,521. Sylius has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sylius and Smartstore free?
Both are open source. Sylius is licensed under MIT and Smartstore under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Sylius and Smartstore?
Sylius is written in PHP and Smartstore 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 Smartstore?
Choose Sylius if you want the larger community (8,538 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Smartstore if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.