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Sylius vs Solidus
Sylius has 8,538 GitHub stars, 2,157 forks, 225 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Solidus has 5,329 stars, 1,403 forks, 92 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sylius leads on adoption by 60% (8,538 vs 5,329 stars). Sylius is written in PHP under MIT; Solidus is written in Ruby under BSD-3-Clause. Sylius has attracted 25% as many forks as stars, Solidus 26%. Solidus was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (ecommerce, ecommerce-platform, 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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| Sylius | Solidus | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 8.5K | ★ 5.3K |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | PHP | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.2K | ⑂ 1.4K |
| 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 Solidus if
- You want the Solidus feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Ruby
- You evaluated both and Solidus 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 Solidus
Solidus is a free, BSD 3 Clause licensed e commerce platform built with Ruby on Rails, aimed at developers and merchants who want to own and modify their entire storefront rather than rent one from a hosted provider.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sylius or Solidus more popular?
Sylius has 8,538 GitHub stars and Solidus has 5,329. Sylius has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sylius and Solidus free?
Both are open source. Sylius is licensed under MIT and Solidus under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Sylius and Solidus?
Sylius is written in PHP and Solidus in Ruby. 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 Solidus?
Choose Sylius if you want the larger community (8,538 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Solidus if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.