Aimeos — Self-Hosted, Open-Source

E-commerce framework for building custom online shops, market places and complex B2B applications scaling to billions of items with Laravel.

License: LGPL-3.0/MIT. Built with: JavaScript, PHP, Blade, CSS. Website: https://aimeos.org/. Source: https://github.com/aimeos/aimeos.

Features

JSON REST API based on jsonapi.org
GraphQL API for administration
Perfect fit for AWS, Google, Azure and Kubernetes based clouds
Multi vendor, multi channel and multi warehouse
From one to 1,000,000,000+ items
Extremly fast down to 20ms
For multi-tentant e-commerce SaaS solutions with unlimited vendors
Bundles, vouchers, virtual, configurable, custom and event products
Subscriptions with recurring payments
100+ payment gateways

Installation

wget https://getcomposer.org/download/latest-stable/composer.phar -O composer php composer create-project aimeos/aimeos myshop

Why self-host Aimeos

Self-hosting gives you three things SaaS can’t: data ownership (the files live on disks you control), cost predictability (a one-time setup vs. recurring per-seat fees that grow with your household or team), and longevity (open-source means the app keeps working even if the maintainers move on, since you can pin a working version). The trade-off is that you take on the operational work of running a server, applying updates, and handling backups.

What hardware do you need

Most self-hosted apps run comfortably on modest hardware — a Raspberry Pi 4, a mini PC, a NAS with Docker support, or a small VPS is usually enough for personal or family use. CPU and RAM requirements scale with how many simultaneous users or how much data you push through Aimeos. Storage requirements depend on the kind of data you keep; check the README for guidance on data retention.

Where to go from here

Last verified: 2026-04-28