aimeos is a free, open source e-commerce platforms project written in JavaScript and released under MIT. It has 5,472 GitHub stars, 335 forks and 1 open issues, and was last pushed 10 days ago. On this registry it ranks #12 of 46 tracked projects in E-commerce Platforms, with 5 head-to-head comparisons available. It gained 11 stars over the last 30 tracked days.

What is aimeos?

Aimeos is an MIT-licensed, API-first e-commerce platform built on Laravel that ships an integrated online shop for teams that need ultra-fast storefronts, scalable marketplaces and complex B2B commerce running on infrastructure they control.

What it is

Aimeos is a full-featured e-commerce package that lives in the Laravel and PHP ecosystem. This repository is the standalone shop distribution: a Laravel application with the Aimeos e-commerce framework already wired in. It is described as ultra-fast, cloud-native and API-first, and it runs on PHP 8.2 or later against MySQL 5.7.8+, MariaDB 10.2.2+, PostgreSQL 9.6+ or SQL Server 2019+, behind Apache, Nginx or the integrated PHP web server. Alongside the standalone distribution, the project offers a headless variant, aimeos/aimeos-headless, with API-only operation and JWT authentication pre-configured, and a package, aimeos/aimeos-laravel, for adding commerce to an application that already exists.

The concrete problem it solves is the volume of custom code a Laravel team would otherwise write and maintain for catalogue, cart, checkout, pricing and administration. Rather than building a cart, product model, payment integration and back office from scratch, or bolting an unrelated shop system alongside a Laravel application, the platform supplies a modular structure that can be adapted, extended, overwritten and customised. The standalone distribution is the whole application; the aimeos/aimeos-laravel package is the same commerce layer added to an existing codebase in minutes.

Key capabilities

  • JSON REST API based on jsonapi.org, plus a GraphQL API for administration.
  • Headless distribution aimeos/aimeos-headless pre-configures API-only operation with JWT authentication for single-page and progressive web applications.
  • Multi-vendor, multi-channel and multi-warehouse operation, with a marketplace extension for millions of vendors and support for multi-tenant SaaS with unlimited vendors.
  • Product model covers bundles, vouchers, virtual, configurable, custom and event products, plus subscriptions with recurring payments.
  • 100+ payment gateways, block and tier pricing, customer and group based prices, discounts and vouchers, and a flexible basket rule system.
  • Fully SEO optimised output including rich snippets, translation into 30+ languages with AI-based text translation, and full RTL support in both frontend and backend.
  • Scaling from one to 1,000,000,000+ items, with response times down to 20ms, and a stated fit for AWS, Google, Azure and Kubernetes based clouds.

Who uses it and how

  • Marketplace operators running many vendors, using the marketplace extension and the multi-vendor, multi-channel and multi-warehouse capabilities.
  • B2B sellers that depend on customer and group based prices, block and tier pricing, and the flexible basket rule system.
  • SaaS teams building multi-tenant e-commerce with unlimited vendors on a single installation.
  • Teams building SPAs or PWAs that take the API-only aimeos/aimeos-headless distribution instead of the standalone application.
  • Existing Laravel applications that add the aimeos/aimeos-laravel composer package rather than deploying a second, separate application.

Getting started

Install with composer 2.2+ using php composer create-project aimeos/aimeos myshop, which prompts for database and mail server parameters and the administration account email and password, then start the integrated server with php artisan serve. For an existing Laravel application, install the aimeos/aimeos-laravel composer package instead.

How it compares

The provided facts name no competing or paid products, so no comparison on licence, hosting or cost model can be drawn from them. It stands alone in this registry as the only entry described here.

When to use it — and when not to

A self-hoster must operate a PHP 8.2+ runtime, one of the supported databases, and a web server, and must supply mail server details during installation, with the virtual host document root pointing at /.../myshop/public/ and APP_URL set in .env. It is not the right choice for teams that want a fully hosted service with no server operations, or for those working outside PHP and Laravel. One inconsistency is worth checking before adoption: the registry metadata lists the repository language as JavaScript, while the README requires PHP 8.2 and Laravel, so the README should be treated as authoritative.

project readme (upstream, from github) — read inline

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Aimeos - THE Laravel ecommerce platform

Aimeos is THE ultra-fast, cloud-native and API-first e-commerce platform! You can install it within 5 minutes and can adapt, extend, overwrite and customize anything to your needs.

Aimeos Laravel demo

Features

Aimeos is a full-featured e-commerce package:

  • JSON REST API based on jsonapi.org
  • GraphQL API for administration
  • Perfect fit for AWS, Google, Azure and Kubernetes based clouds
  • Multi vendor, multi channel and multi warehouse
  • From one to 1,000,000,000+ items
  • Extremly fast down to 20ms
  • For multi-tentant e-commerce SaaS solutions with unlimited vendors
  • Bundles, vouchers, virtual, configurable, custom and event products
  • Subscriptions with recurring payments
  • 100+ payment gateways
  • Full RTL support (frontend and backend)
  • Block/tier pricing out of the box
  • Extension for customer/group based prices
  • Discount and voucher support
  • Flexible basket rule system
  • Full-featured admin backend
  • Beautiful admin dashboard
  • Configurable product data sets
  • Completly modular structure
  • Extremely configurable and extensible
  • Extension for market places with millions of vendors
  • Fully SEO optimized including rich snippets
  • Translated to 30+ languages
  • AI-based text translation
  • Optimized for smart phones and tablets
  • Secure and reviewed implementation
  • High quality source code

... and more Aimeos features

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Check out the demos:

Headless distribution

To build a single page application (SPA) respectively a progressive web application (PWA), the Aimeos headless distribution is the right choice with API-only and JWT authentication pre-configured:

:star: Aimeos headless distribution

Integrate into existing applications

You already have an existing Laravel application and want to add a shop to your web site? Install the Aimeos composer package for Laravel and add e-commerce to your existing application in minutes:

:star: Aimeos Laravel package

Standalone application

Requirements

The Aimeos shop distribution requires:

  • Linux/Unix, WAMP/XAMP or MacOS environment
  • PHP >= 8.2
  • MySQL >= 5.7.8, MariaDB >= 10.2.2, PostgreSQL 9.6+, SQL Server 2019+
  • Web server (Apache, Nginx or integrated PHP web server for testing)

If required PHP extensions are missing, composer will tell you about the missing dependencies.

If you want to upgrade between major versions, please have a look into the upgrade guide!

Installation

To install the Aimeos shop application, you need composer 2.2+. On the CLI, execute this command for a complete installation including a working setup:

wget https://getcomposer.org/download/latest-stable/composer.phar -O composer
php composer create-project aimeos/aimeos myshop

You will be asked for the parameters of your database and mail server as well as an e-mail and password used for creating the administration account.

In a local environment, you can use the integrated PHP web server to test your new Aimeos installation. Simply execute the following command to start the web server:

cd myshop
php artisan serve

Note: In an hosting environment, the document root of your virtual host must point to the /.../myshop/public/ directory and you have to change the APP_URL setting in your .env file to your domain without port, e.g.:

APP_URL=http://myhostingdomain.com

Frontend

After the installation, you can test the Aimeos shop frontend by calling the URL of your VHost in your browser. If you use the integrated PHP web server, you should browse this URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000

Aimeos frontend

Backend

The Aimeos administration interface will be available at /admin in your VHost. When using the integrated PHP web server, call this URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin

Aimeos admin backend

Customize

Laravel and the Aimeos e-commerce package are extremely flexible and highly customizable. A lot of documentation for the Laravel framework and the Aimeos e-commerce framework exists. If you have questions about Aimeos, don't hesitate to ask in our Aimeos forum.

For more details about Aimeos Laravel integration, please have a look at its repository.

Multi-language

For shops which offers multiple languages, just add this line to your ./myshop/.env file:

SHOP_MULTILOCALE=true

Then, the language will be added to the routes automatically. You can set up the available languages in the "Locale > Locale" panel of the Aimeos admin backend.

Multi-routing

If you want to have all category, product and page URLs as top level URLs like /shoes, /my-sneaker and /about-us, then you can enable the Aimeos multi-routing feature in your ./myshop/.env file:

SHOP_MULTIROUTE=true

Caution: This will affect performance as it requires additional database queries for each request!

Multi-vendor

To enable multi-vendor features, add this settings to the ./myshop/.env file:

SHOP_MULTISHOP=true

If you want to allow vendors to register themselves as sellers, set this option in the ./myshop/.env file too:

SHOP_REGISTRATION=true

By default, newly registered sellers have administrator privileges in the backend for their own site. For a more limited access to the backend, you can change the permission level to "editor" in the ./myshop/.env file:

SHOP_PERMISSION=editor

You can change the permissions associated to "admin" or "editor" by adding your own version of the JQAdm resource configuration to the "admin" section of your ./config/shop.php file.

License

The Aimeos shop system is licensed under the terms of the MIT and LGPLv3 license and is available for free.

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Frequently asked questions

Is aimeos free to use?

aimeos is open source under the MIT licence. There is no licence fee and no seat count — you can self-host it or, where the project offers one, pay a vendor for a managed version instead.

What does aimeos do?

Integrated online shop based on Laravel and the Aimeos e-commerce framework for ultra-fast online shops, scalable marketplaces, complex B2B applications and #gi

What is aimeos written in?

aimeos is primarily written in JavaScript. Its source is publicly available at https://github.com/aimeos/aimeos, and it has 5,472 GitHub stars.