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Shopware Community Edition vs Magento Open Source: catalog facts
Shopware Community Edition	Magento Open Source
Free The Community Edition is free and open source under MIT.	Free Free and open source; Adobe Commerce is the separate paid edition.
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Visual page builder and media manager included Rule-based and scaled pricing	Widely used platform with a large contributor community Active development and regular releases
Hosting and customization need PHP development skills Some extensions from the community store are paid	Offers basic features compared with the paid Adobe Commerce edition Official website focuses on the commercial product
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: OSL-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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