Download the free, open-source Shopware Community Edition (MIT license). Install it on your hosting environment, PC, Mac, Linux, or in a virtual machine. Native PayPal integration included.
Our guides are designed to ensure you rapidly become proficient with Shopware 6, providing direct access to detailed technical documentation. They are ideal for both beginners and professionals, serving as an excellent quick-reference resource.
Discover all the essential steps for installing Shopware 6. This comprehensive guide ensures you experience a systematic and successful setup process.
Ensure your setup remains up-to-date and secure. This guide also provides instructions on creating backups and managing extension compatibility.
At the core of our values is a deep commitment to transparency. That is why we're not just sharing our roadmap with you – we're inviting you into our world of innovation. The Shopware product roadmap is your window into the heart of our projects and the ambitious goals we're striving towards.
Shopware 6 comes with the most popular payment methods already integrated through PayPal Checkout. PayPal allows you to securely store your customers' preferred payment methods, including PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay™, Google Pay, as well as credit and debit cards, ensuring a fast and seamless checkout experience.
Shopware SaaS (software as a service) and Shopware PaaS (platform as a service) are both ecommerce solutions in the cloud. This means you’re free to focus on your core business while we take care of the hosting. With Shopware Cloud you get everything you need to build your online store with maximum efficiency and start growing from day one. In many respects, Shopware SaaS and Shopware PaaS share the same advantages, but there are also salient differences:
Shopware SaaS
Automatic software updates
Carefree hosting and infrastructure maintenance
Full control over your resources
Scaling mechanism and full expandability
Shopware PaaS
All benefits from Shopware SaaS, as well as:
Maximum customizability
Performance monitoring
Dev tools to test and create efficient processes
Self-hosted is the right solution for your business if you have an expert developer team by your side and you need full control over your chosen IT infrastructure.
Hosted on your own server or your chosen hosting provider
Extensive customization options
Custom programming possible
Local storage of data
And the costs? Shopware SaaS comes at the same price as self-hosted, thus providing you more value for money. As Shopware PaaS is tailored to your specific needs, we offer you individualized pricing for it. Please contact us for further information.
Easy - we'll bring you over! Our support team as well as our specialized partner agencies will help you migrate your business smoothly and ensure you keep all your important assets such as customer data, order history, products, etc. Find further information here.
Of course you can! Because as an open source platform, we involve our global community of business leaders, developers, and partner agencies on a daily basis:
Chat with over 6,000 users on our Slack channel
Find support and current discussions on the Stack Overflow platform. Use the platform to ask technical questions or share your knowledge
Gain insights from free training videos
Join the free Shopware workshops for developers
Grow and learn with the community on our Boost Days
Please also visit our documentation, the community forum, and the academy.
Yes, the Community Edition is the open source, MIT-licensed core of Shopware that can be downloaded and used for free.
What is the difference between our paid plans and the free Community Edition?
All our paid plans are expanding upon the Community Edition, adding cutting-edge features that’ll make your business stand out from the competition and speed up your success. Also, with our paid plans you get support directly from Shopware, accelerating the implementation of your ecommerce project.
The Community Edition of Shopware is supported through voluntary work by people from our pioneering community. It is not available in the Shopware Cloud – setup and maintenance are your responsibility.
Our Community Edition is the heart of Shopware. It is the foundation of your success, while our paid plans are the accelerators that will take your business above and beyond.
Read more about our open source Community Edition.
The pricing for our plans is based on your gross merchandise value (GMV) and further individual factors. Our sales experts will be happy to explain all the details in a personal consultation with you.