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Shopware

🇪🇺 European

German open-source e-commerce platform for mid-market and enterprise merchants.

Shopware AG is a German e-commerce software company founded in 2000 by Stefan and Sebastian Hamann in Schöppingen. Its Shopware 6 platform is an open-source (MIT-licensed) PHP/Symfony commerce stack widely used by European mid-market and enterprise merchants. The Hamann brothers remain co-CEOs and significant shareholders; PayPal holds a 41% minority stake (acquired from Carlyle in October 2025).

https://www.shopware.com

Location: Germany

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