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Magento Open Source vs Solidus: catalog facts
Magento Open Source	Solidus
Free Free and open source; Adobe Commerce is the separate paid edition.	Free Free and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Widely used platform with a large contributor community Active development and regular releases	Highly customizable through an open Rails architecture Starter theme and admin dashboard included
Offers basic features compared with the paid Adobe Commerce edition Official website focuses on the commercial product	Requires Ruby on Rails development skills Not a ready-made store for non-technical users
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: OSL-3.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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