Medusa offers a modern, TypeScript-first headless framework for custom commerce builds, while Magento provides a mature, full-featured monolith with enterprise tooling. This comparison helps technical teams choose based on architecture, customization needs, and operational trade-offs.
Discover the best projects built with Magento
What is Magento?
Magento (Adobe Commerce) is a powerful open-source platform for large-scale online stores. This gallery lists 449 open-source projects built with Magento, most of them in DevTools, E-commerce and UI Kits, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.
How projects are selected
Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:magento” and at least 10 stars. Each repository is checked against Magento’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.
Magento projects: FAQ
- How many open-source Magento projects are listed?
- 449 open-source projects built with Magento are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
- What is the most-starred Magento project on GitHub?
- shopware leads with 3,426 GitHub stars (3.4k), followed by docker-magento with 2,859.
- What kinds of projects are built with Magento?
- The largest category is DevTools, with 303 projects (67% of the gallery), followed by E-commerce with 91. Projects span 14 categories in total.
- Which license do most Magento projects use?
- MIT is the most common license, used by 157 of 449 projects (35%); OSL-3.0 is next with 39. 196 projects declare no recognized license.
Latest Magento guides & deep-dives
Magento Open Source release 2.4.9 (published 2026-05-12) is listed in the official repository with minimal release notes. This article examines the available evidence, who should care, recommended tests, upgrade and rollback plans, and remaining questions.


