Open source ecommerce - How Medusa compares to Shopify

• Medusa

  220 22,986 9.9 TypeScript

  Building blocks for digital commerce

  

On the other hand, Medusa is an open source headless commerce platform built with an abstraction-based architecture that makes it more extendible and easier to customize. Medusa is built for developers and is focused on providing a great developer experience with its architecture, ease of setup, supporting community, and strong documentation. Although less than a year old, Medusa is already used in production for merchants selling globally.

• medusa-extender

  38 307 3.3 TypeScript

  :syringe: Medusa on steroid, take your medusa project to the next level with some badass features :rocket:

On the other hand, Medusa’s architecture is designed to facilitate integrations and custom developments while making sure they are easy to maintain afterwards. It’s possible to add endpoints, services, and event handlers (or subscribers) into Medusa seamlessly. Also, as you have full ownership of the entire tech stack, you are free to mold it and shape it as it fits your use case. You can likewise leverage plugins created by the community as well, for instance the Medusa extender facilitating multi-vendor support.

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Gatsby

  356 55,016 9.3 JavaScript

  The best React-based framework with performance, scalability and security built in.

  

There are 2 available storefronts you can use with your Medusa server, one created using Next.js and one using Gatsby. You can also create your own storefront using any framework of your choice by interacting with Medusa’s REST APIs.

• Next.js

  2,044 120,572 10.0 JavaScript

  The React Framework

  

There are 2 available storefronts you can use with your Medusa server, one created using Next.js and one using Gatsby. You can also create your own storefront using any framework of your choice by interacting with Medusa’s REST APIs.

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