Magento Open Source

Name: Magento Open Source
Author: Adobe Inc.

An open-source platform for building and operating online retail environments

Vendor: Adobe Inc.
Also known as: magento-open-source

What is Magento Open Source?

An open-source e-commerce platform released under the Open Software License v3.0, maintained by Adobe and available for self-hosting with community contribution opportunities.

Independently observed

Magento Open Source pricing

We don't have Magento Open Source's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

What Magento Open Source does

The capabilities that matter for e-commerce platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Core

Platform type: Self-host OSS

Licensing

Open-source: ✓

Deployment

Self-hostable: ✓

Pricing

Free / open tier: ✓
Transaction fees beyond plan: ✗

Payments

Payments model: Bring-your-own gateway

Architecture

Headless / API-first storefront: -

Compliance

PCI-DSS compliance provided: -

Reach

Multi-currency / multi-language: -

Selling

B2B / wholesale features: -
POS / omnichannel: -

Extensibility

App / extension ecosystem size: Community-maintained with extensive customization and extension capabilities

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed

Deployment

On-premise
Self-hosted

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 100 (0 in the last 12 months), max severity CRITICAL sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

Magento Open Source FAQ

Common questions about Magento Open Source, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Magento Open Source?

Open-source software that gives merchants the essential features to build and operate their own fully customizable online retail stores. It is indexed under E-commerce Platforms.

Source: https://business.adobe.com/products/magento/open-source.html

Is Magento Open Source free to use?

Magento Open Source is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the OSL-3.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://business.adobe.com/products/magento/open-source.html

Can Magento Open Source be self-hosted?

Yes. Magento Open Source can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.

Source: https://business.adobe.com/products/magento/open-source.html

Is Magento Open Source open source?

Yes. Magento Open Source is published under the OSL-3.0 licence, a copyleft licence, so check its terms before embedding it in a closed-source product. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.

Source: https://github.com/magento/magento2

Magento Open Source alternatives

Other e-commerce platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.

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Compare Magento Open Source

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Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Magento Open Source, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 52 / 100

low · 39%

Signal contributions to the composite score
Signal	Score	Weight	Contribution	Evidence
Development activity	63	0.09	5.9	✓
Capabilities	58	0.08	4.5	✓
Security score	61	0.04	2.6	✓
Stars	77	0.03	2.0	✓
Dependent projects	19	0.06	1.2	✓
Integrations	0	0.07	0.0	-
Release cadence	0	0.05	0.0	-
Security posture	0	0.07	0.0	-
Package downloads	0	0.14	0.0	-
Developer Q&A activity	0	0.06	0.0	-

Computed 2026-10-15. Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	100	mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 65%

Adoption

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Github starsadoption.github_stars	12,205	highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90%
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	12	highsource · 2026-10-15 · 85%

Content

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Faqcontent.faq	4 items	mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 69%

Features

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Capabilitiesfeatures.capabilities	Free tier: Yes · Open source: Yes · Platform type: self_host · Self hostable: Yes · Payments model: byo · Transaction fees: No	mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60%

Language

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Primarylanguage.primary	PHP	highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90%

License

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Spdxlicense.spdx	OSL-3.0	highsource · 2026-10-15 · 95%

Pricing

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Free tierpricing.free_tier	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-09-14 · 60%
Modelpricing.model	open_source	mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60%
Price levelpricing.price_level	free	mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60%
Transparentpricing.transparent	Yes	mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60%

Release

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Historyrelease.history	20 items	mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 70%

Security

Attribute	Value	Evidence
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	6.1	highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90%
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 100 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=packagist&package_name=magento%2Fcommunity-edition&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: CRITICAL	highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90%

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