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Shuup

Open source

Shuup is a free, open-source, Django-based e-commerce platform designed to support both single-vendor and multivendor online stores.

GitHub stars
2.4k
Last commit
2 yr ago
Repository age
11 years
Version
v3.1.0
Licence
Custom
Self-hosted
Yes

About Shuup

Shuup is an e-commerce platform built in Python on the Django framework, aimed at businesses that need either a conventional single-vendor online store or a multivendor marketplace where several sellers operate on the same storefront. It is positioned as a flexible, customizable foundation rather than a fixed, one-size-fits-all storefront.

Being built on Django, it benefits from Django's mature ecosystem for authentication, admin tooling and database management, and its topics indicate dedicated support for multivendor commerce scenarios, where a single platform instance can host multiple independent sellers. Further feature specifics were not available from the project's homepage at the time of this summary, so refer to the GitHub repository and documentation for details.

Shuup is written in Python with Django and the repository metadata lists its license as Other, so check the license file before relying on it for a commercial deployment. As a self-hosted Django application, it is deployed on infrastructure the operator controls.

Key features

  • Single-vendor and multivendor store support
  • Built on the Django framework
  • Customizable e-commerce platform architecture

Good fit for

  • →Running a multivendor online marketplace
  • →Self-hosted e-commerce on a Django stack
Built with
Python
Django
Tags
ecommerce
django
python
multivendor
marketplace
self-hosted

Shuup: questions and answers

What is Shuup used for?
Shuup is a free, open-source, Django-based e-commerce platform designed to support both single-vendor and multivendor online stores. It is a good fit for running a multivendor online marketplace and self-hosted e-commerce on a Django stack.
Is Shuup open source?
Yes. Shuup is open source under a custom licence. Its source code is on GitHub at shuup/shuup and is written mainly in Python.
Is Shuup free?
Yes. Shuup is open source, so the software itself is free to use under the terms of its own licence.
Can I self-host Shuup?
Yes. Shuup can be self-hosted on your own server or infrastructure; there is no official hosted version.
What is Shuup an alternative to?
Shuup is an open-source alternative to BigCommerce, commercetools, Etsy and eBay. Other open-source alternatives to BigCommerce include GrandNode 2, Medusa and Spree Commerce.
Is Shuup actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Shuup was on 13 March 2024, and the latest release is v3.1.0, published on 17 August 2021. The project has 2.4k stars on GitHub.

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