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WooCommerce vs Solidus
WooCommerce has 10,518 GitHub stars, 10,674 forks, 1,638 open issues and last shipped today. Solidus has 5,329 stars, 1,403 forks, 92 open issues and last shipped yesterday. WooCommerce leads on adoption by 97% (10,518 vs 5,329 stars). WooCommerce is written in PHP under a custom or non-standard licence; Solidus is written in Ruby under BSD-3-Clause. WooCommerce has attracted 101% as many forks as stars, Solidus 26%. WooCommerce 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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Side by side
| WooCommerce | Solidus | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 11K | ★ 5.3K |
| License | Custom / other | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | PHP | Ruby |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 11K | ⑂ 1.4K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick WooCommerce if
- You weight community size — 11K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other 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 WooCommerce
WooCommerce is an open source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. It lives in the WordPress ecosystem, where a website owner can add commerce functionality through a plugin. The project is described as customizable and positioned as an open alternative to Shopify.
read the full WooCommerce overview →
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.
read the full Solidus overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is WooCommerce or Solidus more popular?
WooCommerce has 10,518 GitHub stars and Solidus has 5,329. WooCommerce has the larger community by that measure.
Are WooCommerce and Solidus free?
Both are open source. WooCommerce has no licence declared in this registry, and Solidus is licensed under BSD-3-Clause. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between WooCommerce and Solidus?
WooCommerce 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, WooCommerce or Solidus?
Choose WooCommerce if you want the larger community (10,518 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Solidus if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.