About Avia
Avia, also called Aviacommerce, is an open-source eCommerce framework written in Elixir. It uses Phoenix on the server and Angular for its front end, and it is positioned as a fast and reliable foundation for building online stores.
Its stated goals are to be fast and reliable, with code that will be profiled; to be extensible, a goal shared with Nectar Commerce; to offer excellent tooling for managing, importing, exporting and maintaining a store in production; and to provide first-class support for multi-seller or multi-vendor platforms.
Documentation, API specs and developer guides are published on the Aviacommerce website, and a community chat on Gitter is available. Avia is MIT licensed, and the core team welcomes contributors through a contributing guide.
Key features
- Elixir and Phoenix eCommerce framework
- Angular-based front end
- Multi-seller and multi-vendor support
- Store import and export tooling
- Developer guides and API docs
Good fit for
- →Multi-vendor marketplaces
- →Custom stores on Elixir
- Tags
- ecommerce
- elixir
- phoenix
- angular
- marketplace
- multi-vendor
- framework
Avia: questions and answers
- What is Avia used for?
- Avia is an open-source eCommerce framework built with Elixir, Phoenix and Angular, aiming at speed, extensibility and multi-vendor support. It is a good fit for multi-vendor marketplaces and custom stores on Elixir.
- Is Avia open source?
- Yes. Avia is open source under the MIT licence. Its source code is on GitHub at aviacommerce/avia and is written mainly in Elixir.
- Is Avia free?
- Yes. Avia is open source, so the software itself is free to use.
- Can I self-host Avia?
- Yes. Avia can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure; there is no official hosted version.
- What is Avia an alternative to?
- Avia is an open-source alternative to BigCommerce. Other open-source alternatives to BigCommerce include Medusa, Bagisto and Spree Commerce.
- Is Avia actively maintained?
- The most recent commit to Avia was on 28 August 2023. The project has 536 stars on GitHub.
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