Self-host Mobazha
Peer-to-peer commerce for independent stores with crypto
- Stars
- 172
- Ports
- 5102 (Embedded Web UI and HTTP API), 80 (HTTP (Caddy reverse proxy in Docker)), 443 (HTTPS (Caddy reverse proxy in Docker)), 4001 (IPFS swarm (P2P)), 9005 (IPFS swarm (P2P))
ghcr.io/mobazha/standaloneWhat is Mobazha?
Mobazha is an open-source peer-to-peer commerce platform where sellers keep full ownership of their storefront, catalog, orders, and customer data while optionally connecting to shared marketplaces. The core component, called the Mobazha Node, acts as the commerce engine and the authoritative record for all store and transaction data. It provides APIs, messaging, payment verification, and administrative controls. The payment layer handles UTXO chains such as Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Zcash, plus EVM networks like BNB Smart Chain with native BNB and BEP-20 stablecoins. On EVM chains, each order creates a dedicated 2-of-3 Safe multisig contract (buyer, seller, moderator) deployed through the official SafeProxyFactory. The Node runs an embedded web interface and a versioned HTTP API on port 5102, with WebSocket and MCP endpoints. You can self-host by building from source with Go 1.26.4 on macOS or Linux, or by using a pre-release Docker Compose stack (ghcr.io/mobazha/standalone) that bundles Caddy for TLS and IPFS/libp2p for peer-to-peer networking. The current public release is v0.3.0-rc.1 (beta); stable signed binaries are not yet available. Local administration uses HTTP Basic auth, while automation uses scoped bearer tokens with an mbz_ prefix. The codebase is licensed under MPL-2.0, with some portions under the OpenBazaar MIT License.
Should you self-host Mobazha?
Mobazha scores 42/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #7 of 10 in E-commerce. It has 172 GitHub stars.
There was no stable release in the past 12 months, so check the repository's recent activity before you rely on it.
Setup is advanced: plan for several services and some ongoing maintenance. An official Docker image is available. It is MPL-2.0-licensed and written mostly in Go.
Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is BTCPay Server (76/100, 7 860 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See Mobazha vs BTCPay Server side by side.
Features
- Automatic updates via systemd timerDocker Compose standalone deployment only
- Background service management
- Embedded Web UI and HTTP API
- MCP (Model Context Protocol) Support
- Multi-chain crypto paymentsAvailability conditional on runtime capabilities and seller configuration
- On-chain escrow via Safe multisigEVM networks only
- Overlay network support (Tor, Lokinet)Requires docker-compose.overlay.yml alongside docker-compose.yml
- P2P networking via IPFS/libp2p
- Peer-to-peer commerce
- Testnet support
Mobazha README
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