# BroadleafCommerce/BroadleafCommerce

Broadleaf Commerce CE - an eCommerce framework based on Java and Spring

Repository: https://github.com/BroadleafCommerce/BroadleafCommerce
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/broadleafcommerce
Homepage: http://www.broadleafcommerce.com
Language: Java
License Family: other
Topics: java, spring, spring-boot, spring-mvc, spring-security
Last push: 2026-08-12T17:55:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5381, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1919, forks 1320 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:55.059709+00:00)

## What it is
Broadleaf Commerce Community Edition is an open-source e-commerce framework written in Java on top of the Spring framework, providing a robust commerce data model, services, and admin tooling for building enterprise-class online stores. It is source-available under a Fair Use license restricted to companies under $5M in revenue, with commercial and microservices editions available from the vendor.

## Use cases
- build an online store in java
- java spring ecommerce framework
- self-hosted shopping cart and checkout platform
- b2b ecommerce platform for enterprise
- customizable product catalog and merchandising
- open source alternative to shopify for java
- multi-tenant marketplace commerce platform

## When to choose
- you are building a custom, enterprise-grade commerce site on the Java/Spring stack
- your company has under $5M revenue and can accept the Fair Use license terms
- you need a full commerce data model (catalog, cart, checkout, promotions) you can extend in code
- you want a unified site-plus-admin codebase you fully control and self-host

## When to avoid
- your company exceeds the $5M revenue cap or you need a permissive open-source license
- you want a modern microservices/headless architecture - that requires the commercial Microservices Edition
- you need a quick hosted SaaS storefront without Java development
- you are not working on the JVM and have no Java/Spring expertise

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, api-framework, auth, orm, search-engine, workflow-automation
- domain: e-commerce, web-development, backend
- platform: jvm, self-hosted
- tags: ecommerce-framework, spring-boot, java, shopping-cart, catalog-management, checkout, b2b-commerce, fair-use-license, source-available, spring

## Member repositories
- BroadleafCommerce/BroadleafCommerce (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.059709+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:09:50.441327+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/BroadleafCommerce/BroadleafCommerce (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:55.059709+00:00, sha a3bbc3f8e1fc)
  - homepage: http://www.broadleafcommerce.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:18.647418+00:00, sha 753020341c0b)
  - site_page: https://broadleafcommerce.com/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:18.662500+00:00, sha 3c25214de13b)
  - site_page: https://broadleafcommerce.com/products/commerce-platform (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:18.656722+00:00, sha a7caaf86dbed)
  - site_page: https://broadleafcommerce.com/products/a-la-carte-microservices (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:18.658868+00:00, sha 4f83072bdc23)
  - site_page: https://broadleafcommerce.com/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T10:49:18.660662+00:00, sha 2cdf8c5af649)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.