Shopware vs VTEX

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) and VTEX (The Enterprise Digital Commerce Platform ⚠️ To invite someone to this Github Org. Follow: https://vai.vtex.com/access-request) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

VTEX (rank #152) holds a narrow lead over Shopware (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (52 vs 44). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Shopware carries 4,897 GitHub stars across 88 public repos, with 60 repositories active in the last 90 days and 102 external contributors on record. VTEX shows 1,617 stars across 266 public repos, 47 active in the last 90 days and 51 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Shopware's footprint is roughly 3.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Shopware is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. VTEX looks better where code quality 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.