OpenCart vs Shopware

OpenCart (PHP based open source ecommerce platform) and Shopware (Shopware 6 is an open commerce platform based on Symfony Framework and Vue and supported by a worldwide community and more than 2.500 community extensions) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Shopware (rank #317) holds a narrow lead over OpenCart (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 41). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Shopware is ahead of OpenCart. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), OpenCart is slightly ahead of Shopware. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Shopware is slightly ahead of OpenCart. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), OpenCart is ahead of Shopware. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Shopware is clearly ahead of OpenCart.

OpenCart carries 8,157 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 26 external contributors on record. Shopware shows 4,897 stars across 88 public repos, 60 active in the last 90 days and 102 external contributors.

OpenCart is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Shopware looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.