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Medusa

Medusa

The world's most flexible commerce platform.

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Medusa is an open-source, headless commerce engine that provides the core infrastructure for building modern, customizable e-commerce applications. Unlike traditional SaaS platforms such as Shopify, Medusa is designed to be self-hosted and fully extensible, giving developers complete control over their store’s backend and logic.

Key Features

  • Headless architecture – Connect to any frontend (Next.js, Gatsby, React, etc.)
  • 🗄️ Database support – Uses PostgreSQL for robust data management
  • 🚀 Performance – Redis integration for caching and queues
  • 🧩 Extensible – Build custom plugins and extend functionality easily
  • 📦 Order & product management – Core e-commerce features included out-of-the-box
  • ☁️ Flexible deployment – Run locally, in Docker, or on cloud providers like AWS, DigitalOcean, or Heroku

Why Medusa?

Medusa is ideal for developers and businesses who want:

  • Full ownership of their e-commerce infrastructure
  • A modular and open-source alternative to Shopify
  • The ability to scale and customize every aspect of their store

Requirements (for production)

  • Node.js (v16+)
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Optional: Object storage (e.g., S3, MinIO, DigitalOcean Spaces)

👉 Medusa empowers teams to build scalable, developer-first commerce platforms without being locked into proprietary SaaS ecosystems.

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License
MIT
Self hostable
Yes
Repository details
Version
v2.9.0
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Forks
3600
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