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Spree Commerce

Spree Commerce is an open-source, self-hosted app in the E-commerce category, licensed BSD-3-Clause and written mainly in Ruby. It is a self-hosted alternative to Shopify. It has 15,777 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).

github.com/spree/spree

GitHub stats

GitHub stars
15,777
Forks
5,317
Open issues
90
Commits, last 12 months
3,930
Last commit
Oct 26, 2026
Latest release
v5.6.1Jul 28, 2026
Created
Mar 10, 2008
License
BSD-3-ClauseOpen source

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Project health

ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 3,930 commits in 12 months.

Raw inputs behind the health label
Last commitOct 26, 2026
Commits, last 12 months3,930
Latest releasev5.6.1 (Jul 28, 2026)
Releases, last 12 months3
Releases, all time268
Open issues90
Open pull requests85
Good first issues0
Contributing guideYes
Security policyYes
CreatedMar 10, 2008

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About Spree Commerce

Spree is a complete, modular & API-driven open source e-commerce solution for Ruby on Rails.

Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/spree/spree.

Topics

  • ecommerce
  • e-commerce
  • ecommerce-platform
  • spree-commerce
  • marketplace
  • multi-tenant
  • multi-vendor
  • multi-vendor-ecommerce
  • ecommerce-api
  • ecommerce-framework

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Repository preview

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FAQ

Spree Commerce FAQ

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Is Spree Commerce free and open source?

Yes. Spree Commerce is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.

Can I run Spree Commerce with Docker?

Spree Commerce does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Ruby), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.

What are the best alternatives to Spree Commerce?

Popular self-hosted alternatives to Spree Commerce include MedusaJs, Bagisto and Saleor. Spree Commerce itself is a self-hosted alternative to Shopify.

Is Spree Commerce actively maintained?

The most recent commit to Spree Commerce was on Oct 26, 2026 with 3,930 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.6.1, published Jul 28, 2026. It had 90 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.