
Medusa
Open-source headless commerce platform for Node.js with commerce modules, an admin dashboard and REST store and admin APIs.
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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.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
- Runs as
- Always on6
- Rendering
- No pages, API only6
- Install with
- npx create-medusa-app@latest, docker compose (development)6
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-18: name, links, Categories
medusajs.com/ - 2026-10-18: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa - 2026-10-18: Maintainer, Maintained by
github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/develop/ENTERPRISE-LICENSE.md - 2026-10-18: Headquarters
api.github.com/orgs/medusajs - 2026-10-18: Built on, Minimum runtime, License
registry.npmjs.org/@medusajs/medusa/latest - 2026-10-18: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Content storage, Databases, Rendering, Install with, Runs as
docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation - 2026-10-18: Admin interface
registry.npmjs.org/@medusajs/dashboard/latest - 2026-10-18: Content API
docs.medusajs.com/api/store - 2026-10-18: Multilingual
docs.medusajs.com/resources/commerce-modules/translation - 2026-10-18: License, License model
github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/develop/LICENSE - 2026-10-18: links
medusajs.com/pricing/ - 2026-10-18: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa/releases/latest - 2026-10-18: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa/contributors - 2026-10-18: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@medusajs/medusa - 2026-10-18: links
medusajs.com/integrations/ - 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40medusajs%2Fmedusa