Is an Open Source eCommerce Platform Still the Best Bet in 2025?

[vihanrichard]

Hey community,

I’m in the middle of evaluating several open source eCommerce platforms for a client project that demands full customization, scalability across multiple vendors, and a developer-friendly architecture. We’re considering options like Bagisto, WooCommerce, and Magento Open Source, primarily for their modular structure, large communities, and the ability to tailor every part of the stack.
The goal is to build a modern, feature-rich multi-vendor eCommerce marketplace with secure payment integrations and a customizable frontend—potentially using Vue.js or React for a headless experience. We’re looking for a solution that not only supports these needs out of the box but can scale well and adapt to future requirements.

A few questions I’d love input on:

• How well do open source eCommerce platforms handle performance at scale with multiple vendors, large product catalogs, and concurrent user traffic?
  
• Is setting up headless commerce smoother and more efficient with open source platforms compared to closed systems or SaaS?
  
• What has your experience been with REST APIs, GraphQL, or mobile app integrations (native or PWA)?
  
• Which platform, in your opinion, offers the strongest community support, plugin marketplace, and ease of contributing custom extensions?
  
• For those who’ve worked with CI/CD or infrastructure tools, how do you manage devops, hosting, and upgrade cycles for open source projects?
  

If you’ve recently worked on a project that used or extended an open source platform to support marketplace features, I’d really appreciate your insights and lessons learned.

Let’s share what’s working—and what isn’t—in the open source eCommerce space in 2025.

[ImperoIT]

Yes, Open source eCommerce platforms are still a solid bet in 2025 if you have the right development and DevOps team to back it.

From our experience at Impero IT Services, where we have helped scale multiple open source marketplaces including a multi-vendor retail hub across the UAE & a B2B electronics exchange in North America, here are some hands-on insights:

1. Performance: Platforms like WooCommerce & Magento Open Source handle scale, if you architect correctly from the beginning, With optimized indexing, Redis or Varnish for caching & CDN layers, we have seen WooCommerce comfortably support 50k+ SKUs and 5k+ concurrent sessions without major performance degradation mainlyy when paired with headless frontends (Vue.js + Nuxt).

2. Headless Commerce Experience: Open source platforms are better suited for headless setups than most SaaS options. With Magento, the REST and GraphQL APIs give you full flexibility to decouple the frontend using Vue, React, or even Flutter for mobile apps.

3. Mobile App Integrations: For mobile, React Native works great when paired with Magento’s PWA Studio components.

4. Community, Plugins & Customization: Magento still has the most mature plugin ecosystem, though it comes with a steeper learning curve and heavier infra.

5. DevOps & CI/CD: For open source eCommerce at scale, we use GitHub Actions for CI/CD, Dockerized environments & Cloudflare + AWS EC2 or DigitalOcean Droplets. For auto-scaling, Kubernetes works well with headless setups.