Bagisto

What is Bagisto?

Bagisto is an open source ecommerce platform built on the Laravel (PHP) framework and Vue.js. It gives you a complete online store — product catalog, cart, checkout, orders, and a multi-channel admin — as code you host and own. On top of the standard storefront it can run as a multi-vendor marketplace, a B2B catalog, or a headless backend.

What is Bagisto best for?

Developers and agencies — especially Laravel/PHP shops — that want to own their store’s code and customize it deeply instead of paying SaaS fees. It fits marketplaces, B2B catalogs, and large multi-store operations well. It’s overkill for a simple one-product shop where a hosted tool would be faster to launch.

What can Bagisto do?

• Run large catalogs with multi-store, multi-channel, multi-currency, and multi-warehouse inventory (built to handle very large SKU counts)
• Sell B2B and B2C, operate a multi-vendor marketplace, and add point-of-sale (POS) for in-person selling
• Localize storefronts across multiple languages (including RTL) and currencies
• Go headless through a REST/GraphQL API, with a Next.js storefront and a Flutter mobile app available
• Take payments via PayPal, Stripe, and Authorize.net, with more gateways available as extensions
• Extend with 100+ marketplace extensions and Laravel packages, plus access-control (ACL) roles for staff

Where does Bagisto fall short?

• It ships with only one default storefront theme, and front-end theming takes real developer work — there’s no large theme store like Shopify’s for quick redesigns.
• Documentation thins out on advanced topics such as custom packages, modules, and theming, so deep customization often means reading the source.
• The plugin ecosystem and community are much smaller than Shopify, WooCommerce, or Magento — fewer ready-made integrations and agencies, and many official add-ons in the marketplace are paid.

Is Bagisto free?

Yes — Bagisto is free and open source under the MIT license. You can self-host it at no license cost and pay only for your own server. Its maintainer, Webkul, sells optional paid extras: managed Bagisto Cloud hosting, an AWS Marketplace image, and premium extensions and themes. The core platform stays free.

What does Bagisto replace?

Bagisto is a self-hosted Shopify alternative — you run the same kind of online store without monthly SaaS fees or transaction cuts, on infrastructure you control. It also overlaps with open source options like WooCommerce and Magento, and among developer-first, self-hostable platforms it sits alongside roster tools such as Medusa and Saleor.

FAQ

Is Bagisto open source? Yes — it’s MIT-licensed and fully open source. The entire codebase is public on GitHub and free to use, modify, and self-host.

Can I self-host Bagisto for free? Yes. The software itself is free; you only pay for the server it runs on. Managed Bagisto Cloud is the paid, hands-off alternative.

Is Bagisto a good Shopify alternative? For teams with PHP/Laravel skills who want to own and customize their store, yes. If you want zero maintenance and a huge app store, hosted Shopify is simpler.

What do I need to run Bagisto? A server with PHP 8.3+, MySQL 8.0.32+ (or MariaDB 10.3+), Composer 2.5+, Node.js 18.12+, Apache or NGINX, and around 4 GB of RAM.