Solidus

Is Solidus actively maintained?

Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 477 commits, of which 157 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 52 commits a month.

The most recent tagged release, v4.7.1, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.

Solidus ranks #12 of 25 in E-commerce, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.

What Solidus actually does

Solidus is a free, open-source e-commerce platform built on Ruby that provides the underlying framework for running an online store. It offers a programmatic approach to managing products, orders, and customer data with full access to the source code. Developers can modify the core logic and integrate custom payment or inventory systems as needed.

Best fit: This platform suits teams with Ruby expertise who need deep customisation over their online store without licensing fees.

Worth knowing: Maintaining a Ruby-based application requires ongoing dependency management and server upkeep, and the ecosystem is smaller than major alternatives like WooCommerce or Shopify.

Deployment notes

You will typically run this via Docker alongside a relational database such as PostgreSQL and a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination and static asset serving.

Links

• Official website
• Source code