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abantecart-srcvsMedusaJs

Two self-hosted E-commerce projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

abantecart-srcMedusaJs
Score49/10083/100
Rank in category#20 of 27 in E-commerce#1 of 27 in E-commerce
GitHub stars15136 982
Stars, last 30 days—+542
Stable releases, 12 months218
Latest release1.4.4 · 8 May 2026v2.22.1 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageNoNo
LicenseOSL-3.0Other
Main languagePHPTypescript

Which one should you pick?

MedusaJs scores 83/100 against 49/100 for abantecart-src, so it is the safer default.

MedusaJs ships more often: 18 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for abantecart-src.

If you want the quickest setup, abantecart-src is easier to run; MedusaJs needs more configuration.

MedusaJs is growing faster right now (+542 stars in 30 days).

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