August 28, 2012
Shopware 4 open sourced
ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. released version 4.0 on August 28, 2012 under the AGPL license — making the e-commerce platform officially open sourceSoftware whose source code is freely available to use, modify, and redistribute..
What it was for
ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. 4 disclosed its full PHP codebase — themes under Apache 2.0 — after years of a paid Community Edition preview. The move accelerated adoption across Europe and established ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. as MagentoAn open-source e-commerce platform — storefronts, catalogs, and checkout for online retailers.'s main open-source rival in the DACH market.
Why it's here
ShopwareA German e-commerce platform — open-source and commercial editions for online retail. 4's AGPL release committed the platform to open-source e-commerce.
Why it mattered
It expanded the European open-source commerce ecosystem beyond MagentoAn open-source e-commerce platform — storefronts, catalogs, and checkout for online retailers..
What it solved
Merchants wanted inspectable, extensible cart software without proprietary lock-in.
Related
- Shopware first released2004
- Magento 1.0 releasedMarch 31, 2008
- Shopware 6.1 releasedJanuary 15, 2020