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S-Cart vs Aimeos: catalog facts
S-Cart	Aimeos
Freemium The core is free under MIT; some pro plugins such as multi-vendor and multi-store are…	Free Free and open source, including for commercial use.
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Complete shop with admin panel out of the box Multi-language and multi-currency	Quick start with a single Composer command REST and GraphQL APIs for headless use
Marketplace and multi-store features need paid plugins Requires PHP 8.3 and a MySQL or MariaDB server	Aimed at developers rather than non-technical shop owners Tied to Laravel or TYPO3
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT AND LGPL-3.0
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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