# Medusa

Open-source headless commerce platform for Node.js with commerce modules, an admin dashboard and REST store and admin APIs.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/medusa/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://medusajs.com
- repository: https://github.com/medusajs/medusa
- docs: https://docs.medusajs.com
- pricing: https://medusajs.com/pricing/
- plugins: https://medusajs.com/integrations/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: MedusaJS, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: US

### Kind

- category: e-commerce, framework
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 20
- basedOn: express

### Content

- contentStore: database
- databases: postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: rest
- templating: unknown
- i18n: Translation Module, behind a feature flag, since v2.12.3

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: api-only
- installMethod: npx create-medusa-app@latest, docker compose (development)

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MIT, except Enterprise Edition materials under a commercial license, NOASSERTION, SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 36787
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 123119
- contributors: 456
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 397
- dependentPackages: 212

### Sources

- name: https://medusajs.com/ (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://medusajs.com/ (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/develop/ENTERPRISE-LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/develop/ENTERPRISE-LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-18)
- hqCountry: https://api.github.com/orgs/medusajs (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://medusajs.com/ (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://registry.npmjs.org/@medusajs/medusa/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@medusajs/medusa/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- databases: https://docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- adminUi: https://registry.npmjs.org/@medusajs/dashboard/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- headlessApi: https://docs.medusajs.com/api/store (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://docs.medusajs.com/resources/commerce-modules/translation (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/develop/LICENSE (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/@medusajs/medusa/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/develop/LICENSE (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://medusajs.com/pricing/ (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa/contributors (read 2026-10-18)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@medusajs/medusa (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://medusajs.com/integrations/ (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40medusajs%2Fmedusa (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40medusajs%2Fmedusa (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Medusa runs as a Node.js backend on Express, with its commerce logic split into modules. It exposes REST store and admin APIs and includes an admin dashboard built in React. Medusa renders no storefront itself, although create-medusa-app can add a Next.js storefront starter. PostgreSQL is the database, Redis is used for sessions in production, and separate server and worker processes run the application. MedusaJS, Inc. maintains it, and the company offers the hosted Medusa Cloud.

## Worth knowing

The repository is MIT licensed except for Enterprise Edition materials, which need a commercial agreement with MedusaJS, Inc. Docker is documented for local development, and the project has no official container image.

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