How to Build Your Own Aimeos
Replace Aimeos with a custom build. THE Cloud-native and API-first PHP eCommerce Framework
Build Difficulty: 3/5
Plan for 1-2 weeks of building with AI assistance
Estimated Timeline
Based on 115 features at 1-2 Weeks difficulty, expect about 1-2 weeks with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Payment processing, subscriptions, and invoicing
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 115 features
Payments(14 features)
Authorize.net payment provider integration
CardSave payment provider integration
Cash on delivery payment method
Direct debit payment method support
Invoice payment method support
+9 more in this category
Products(10 features)
Create configurable products with customizable options and attributes
Support for custom product types with extended functionality
Create event-based products for time-based events
Unlimited number of product attributes and attribute types
Create bundle products combining multiple articles
+5 more in this category
Administration(7 features)
Dashboard with latest orders and sales graphs
Integrated catalog and product management including stock levels
Full customer management interface
Plugin management for basket actions and extensions
Copy products including associated items
+2 more in this category
Performance(6 features)
Asynchronous jobs for long running tasks and product/order related operations
Block level caching for ultra-fast 20ms render times
Proved to handle 10,000 and more orders per day
Up to 100,000 products out of the box with standard MySQL
Low resource usage of 3-6MB per request
+1 more in this category
Communication(4 features)
Email notifications for delivery status changes including dispatched, delivered and returned
HTML and text versions of order confirmation emails with customizable content
Email notifications for payment status changes including refunds, pending, authorization and receipt
Email notifications for watched products including back in stock and price reduction alerts
Customer Features(4 features)
Product favorite list functionality for customers
Track and display last seen products per user
Allow customers to pin products for quick access
Product watch list for back in stock and price reduction notifications
Design(4 features)
Highly customizable via CSS with individual styling per category and product
Built with fully HTML5 and CSS3 based design
Support for responsive images of multiple formats
Responsive web design supporting screens down to 320px
Development(4 features)
Extremely structured code with high quality scored at 9/10 points
Features can be added by decorators without extending the classes
Object oriented PHP 8 code with design patterns for optimal solutions
Well documented code with approximately 150,000 lines of comments
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