Shopware Community Edition

Shopware Community Edition is the free, MIT-licensed core of Shopware 6. It provides an API-first commerce platform built on the Symfony framework with a Vue-based storefront reference and a visual page builder for creating shopping experiences. The Community Edition is maintained by Shopware and a global developer community. (shopware.com)

Key Features

• Visual page builder (Shopping Experiences) and default theme for storefront design.
• Media manager and content management tools.
• Rule Builder and Flow Builder for automation and condition-driven behavior.
• API-first architecture with Admin SDK, plugin system and App Store for extensions.
• Multi-channel, multi-language, currency and tax support for international stores.
• Inventory, product variants, dynamic product groups, order and customer management.
• Pricing rules, promotions, SEO basics and basic built-in search; supports external search engines. (shopware.com)

Use Cases

• Small and mid-market merchants who need a full-featured, extensible e-commerce core to self-manage their stores.
• Headless/composable storefronts and custom frontends that consume Shopware’s APIs (reference demo store and composable frontends exist).
• Agencies and developers building custom apps, integrations and plugins for merchants in the Shopware ecosystem. (developer.shopware.com)

Limitations and Considerations

• The Community Edition does not include Shopware’s paid enterprise features or official vendor support; advanced features and managed support are available via Shopware paid plans.
• The Fair Usage Policy requires businesses with annual GMV above €1M that use the Shopware Account/Store to adopt a Shopware plan to retain access to certain Shopware services.
• System compatibility notes: Shopware 6 requires modern PHP (>= 8.2), and officially supports MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.11+ with some specific incompatible point releases noted in the docs (certain minor MySQL/MariaDB versions are marked incompatible). Verify supported versions and optional components (OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Redis, Varnish, Node.js) before production deployment. (shopware.com)

Shopware Community Edition is a versatile, developer-friendly commerce core suitable for building custom and composable e-commerce solutions. It is best suited to teams that need full extensibility and are prepared to manage hosting, updates and integrations themselves while leveraging the broader Shopware ecosystem.