# Shopify alternatives for AI agents 11 alternatives to Shopify. 9 have an interface an agent can drive. 10 are open source. 1 reaches every recorded job. Page: alternatives/shopify.html ## Aimeos Laravel e-commerce package configured through config/shop.php, with JSON:API and GraphQL admin API. - Listing: apps/aimeos--aimeos.html - JSON: apps/aimeos--aimeos.json - License: MIT - Agent interface: API, from the builder - Reach: 7 of 8 jobs - Last activity: 2026-07-29 - Effort: config-only - Use it when: I want a Laravel shop with subscriptions or multi-vendor that I can tune in one config file - Use it when: I need a JSON:API storefront backend and a GraphQL admin API so agents and apps can both drive it - Gotcha: Authentication for the APIs is not spelled out on the JSON:API getting-started page - Gotcha: The aimeos/aimeos repo is the Laravel distribution; the core lives in aimeos/aimeos-core and other packages ## Medusa TypeScript commerce modules configured in medusa-config.ts, with complete Admin and Store REST APIs. - Listing: apps/medusajs--medusa.html - JSON: apps/medusajs--medusa.json - License: MIT (Enterprise Edition materials under ENTERPRISE-LICENSE.md) - Agent interface: API, from the builder - Reach: 9 of 9 jobs - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: light-edit - Use it when: I am building a DTC or B2B backend in TypeScript and want commerce primitives I can compose rather than a monolith - Use it when: my agent should run the store through a documented REST API and learn the framework from the Builder's own skills - Gotcha: No storefront in the core; the Next.js starter is a separate repo - Gotcha: GitHub shows NOASSERTION because Enterprise Edition materials carry a separate license inside the repo - Gotcha: The agent-skills MCP reads documentation only; it does not operate a store ## Shopware 6 Symfony and Vue commerce platform with a complete Admin API and an official CLI that ships agent skills. - Listing: apps/shopware--shopware.html - JSON: apps/shopware--shopware.json - License: MIT - Agent interface: API, from the builder - Reach: 8 of 9 jobs - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: light-edit - Agent cannot reach: Paid edition features (Rise/Evolve/Beyond) - Use it when: I need a serious European B2C or B2B shop with a plugin ecosystem, and I will host it myself - Use it when: my agent should run the store through the Admin API and handle deployments with the official CLI - Gotcha: Contributions require signing the Shopware CLA - Gotcha: Pricing page could not be fetched; Rise/Evolve/Beyond prices unrecorded - Gotcha: The GitHub repo is the core monorepo; production projects are scaffolded from shopware/production ## Spree Commerce Rails commerce platform whose official CLI calls the Admin API directly, built for scripts and agents. - Listing: apps/spree--spree.html - JSON: apps/spree--spree.json - License: BSD-3-Clause - Agent interface: CLI, from the builder - Reach: 8 of 9 jobs - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: light-edit - Agent cannot reach: Enterprise-only features - Use it when: I want a Rails store for cross-border or B2B selling that my coding agent can extend using the Builder's own skills - Use it when: my agent should query and update the store from the terminal with one API key - Gotcha: The MCP the Builder publishes is docs-only (search and read); store operations go through the CLI or REST - Gotcha: Auto-minted local keys are read_all only; write scopes need an explicit key - Gotcha: Needs Node 22+ and Docker for the quickstart ## Sylius Symfony commerce framework with official admin (171 tools) and shop MCP server plugins. - Listing: apps/sylius--sylius.html - JSON: apps/sylius--sylius.json - License: MIT - Agent interface: MCP server, from the builder - Reach: 7 of 9 jobs - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: light-edit - Agent cannot reach: Sylius Plus features (B2B suite, OnePageCheckout) - Use it when: I run an agency and want a Symfony store whose admin my client's agent can operate over MCP with proper OAuth - Use it when: I need B2B or multi-channel commerce on PHP and expect to customize templates and resources - Gotcha: Admin MCP needs Sylius 2.1 or 2.2, Symfony 7.4, an RSA keypair, and ROLE_API_ACCESS on the admin user - Gotcha: On Sylius 2.2.x a symfony/type-info patch must be applied for the admin MCP plugin to warm its cache - Gotcha: The listed repo is the core; you scaffold from sylius/sylius-standard ## Bagisto Laravel storefront plus admin, configured from .env, with an official GraphQL API package. - Listing: apps/bagisto--bagisto.html - JSON: apps/bagisto--bagisto.json - License: MIT - Agent interface: API, from the builder - Reach: 3 of 8 jobs - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: config-only - Use it when: I want a complete store with an admin panel that I can run myself and brand without writing PHP - Use it when: I need a GraphQL endpoint so a headless storefront or an agent can shop the catalog - Gotcha: GraphQL API is a separate composer package (bagisto/graphql-api:dev-main) on top of Bagisto ^2.3 - Gotcha: GraphQL calls need the x-app-secret-key header from APP_SECRET_KEY - Gotcha: The older bagisto/rest-api package was last pushed 2025-08-04 ## Vendure NestJS headless commerce with an introspectable GraphQL Admin API; the old official MCP is retired. - Listing: apps/vendurehq--vendure.html - JSON: apps/vendurehq--vendure.json - License: GPL-3.0 (Vendure Commercial License available) - Agent interface: API, from the builder - Reach: 7 of 9 jobs - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: light-edit - Agent cannot reach: Operate a store through MCP; Platform features (SSO, approval workflows, B2B pricing) - Use it when: I want a TypeScript commerce backend I can change at the core through plugins and am fine with GPLv3 or a commercial license - Use it when: my agent should drive the store through an introspectable GraphQL schema - Gotcha: GPLv3, not MIT as the shortlist assumed; commercial license from vendure.io/pricing - Gotcha: The Builder's MCP is retired; do not point agents at @vendure/mcp-server - Gotcha: No bundled storefront; Vendure lists starter storefronts separately ## Saleor Headless GraphQL commerce API; the Builder hosts a read-only MCP for products, orders, and customers. - Listing: apps/saleor--saleor.html - JSON: apps/saleor--saleor.json - License: BSD-3-Clause - Agent interface: MCP server, from the builder - Reach: 3 of 9 jobs - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: light-edit - Agent cannot reach: Create and update products; Fulfil, cancel, or refund orders; Run a checkout; Manage promotions and vouchers; Configure channels, warehouses, shipping; Install apps and webhooks - Use it when: I want a commerce backend I can talk to only through GraphQL, and I will build or pull my own storefront - Use it when: my agent needs to read catalog and order data from a Saleor Cloud store without being able to change anything - Gotcha: No storefront in this repo; saleor/storefront is a separate Next.js project - Gotcha: The hosted MCP at mcp.saleor.app only connects to *.saleor.cloud instances; self-hosters run saleor-mcp themselves - Gotcha: The MCP is read-only and needs a token with MANAGE_PRODUCTS and MANAGE_ORDERS ## WooCommerce WordPress commerce plugin with native MCP abilities for products and orders (developer preview). - Listing: apps/woocommerce--woocommerce.html - JSON: apps/woocommerce--woocommerce.json - License: GPL-3.0 - Agent interface: MCP server, from the builder - Reach: 3 of 9 jobs - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: light-edit - Agent cannot reach: Manage customers; Coupons and promotions; Refunds; Reports and analytics; Shipping, tax, and store settings; Storefront checkout - Use it when: I already run WordPress and want my agent to list, create, and update products and move orders along - Use it when: I need the largest extension ecosystem and accept GPL and PHP - Gotcha: MCP integration is a developer preview behind the mcp_integration feature flag; APIs may change - Gotcha: Order and customer tools expose PII; the docs tell you to use least-privilege keys - Gotcha: Requires a local proxy (mcp-wordpress-remote) for stdio clients - Gotcha: GPL-3.0 core; some Adopters cannot accept copyleft ## Svelte Commerce SvelteKit storefront that switches between 26 commerce backends by editing one config line and .env. - Listing: apps/itswadesh--svelte-commerce.html - JSON: apps/itswadesh--svelte-commerce.json - License: MIT - Agent interface: No agent interface - Reach: Not recorded - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: config-only - Use it when: I already run Medusa, Vendure, or Saleor and want a storefront I can point at it without writing one - Use it when: I want a fast SEO storefront and expect to swap the backend later - Gotcha: README states that connectors other than Litekart and Vendure have not been run against live production instances; coverage ranges from 10/43 to 39/43 services - Gotcha: Docker builds install from package.json alone, so the connector swap must be committed ## Your Next Store Next.js storefront template with 149 theme branches; runs on the hosted YNS platform with one API key. - Listing: apps/yournextstore--yournextstore.html - JSON: apps/yournextstore--yournextstore.json - License: MIT, core closed - Agent interface: No agent interface - Reach: Not recorded - Last activity: 2026-09-02 - Effort: config-only - Use it when: I want a storefront I can restyle with Claude Code this afternoon and I am fine paying a hosted backend for catalog and orders - Use it when: I sell a few hundred products through Stripe and do not want to run a database - Gotcha: The template needs a YNS_API_KEY from the hosted platform; the pricing page lists no free plan, so running it likely costs from $30/month - Gotcha: Stores seeded from the template share no git history with it; syncing upstream needs the graft-and-merge procedure in docs/sync.md ## Questions ### Is there an open source alternative to Shopify? Yes. 10 of the 11 listings here are open source: Aimeos (MIT), Medusa (MIT (Enterprise Edition materials under ENTERPRISE-LICENSE.md)), Shopware 6 (MIT), Spree Commerce (BSD-3-Clause), Sylius (MIT), Bagisto (MIT), Vendure (GPL-3.0 (Vendure Commercial License available)), Saleor (BSD-3-Clause), WooCommerce (GPL-3.0), Svelte Commerce (MIT). ### Which Shopify alternatives have an MCP server? Sylius, Saleor and WooCommerce have MCP servers from their builders. ### Which Shopify alternative can an agent do the most with? Medusa: 9 of 9 recorded jobs reachable. Jobs differ by listing, so read each list before you choose.