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magento/magento2

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Magento Open Source. Build and run a custom online store.

In simple English

Magento Open Source is a program for building online stores. You can use it to list products, accept customer orders, and manage inventory from one central dashboard. If you run a small online shop, this software gives you deep control over every part of your customer's shopping trip. However, setting it up takes significant technical skill and a dedicated server to run smoothly. It is free to download, but you will pay for hosting and developer help.

What it is

Magento Open Source is a self-hosted (run on your own rented server rather than someone else's managed website) ecommerce platform written in PHP (a programming language used to build websites). It provides a full set of tools for online catalogues, checkout systems, and store management.

What it is good for

This software suits solo builders and merchants who need a heavily customized online store with thousands of products and complex inventory rules.

Stars12k
LicenceOSL-3.0
Latest2.4.10-alpha1 (2026-10-13)checked 22 Oct 2026
Last code change2026-10-22
Written inPHP
Setup effort
5 / 5
Payoff
4 / 5
Good
  • Handles massive product catalogues and high sales volumes without breaking.
  • Offers deep customization for checkout, pricing rules, and shipping options.
  • Supported by a large community of developers and module creators.
Watch for
  • Requires an advanced server with plenty of RAM (memory) and a PHP environment to run properly.
  • Extremely high setup and maintenance difficulty for non-programmers.
  • Uses the Open Software License (a licence that requires you to share modifications if you distribute the software).
Replaces

Shopify or WooCommerce

Works well with

MySQL or MariaDB

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Install
composer create-project --repository-url=https://repo.magento.com/ magento/project-community-edition <installation-directory-name>

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