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Medusa

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

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

Status
Active
Maintainer
MedusaJS, Inc.3
Maintained by
Company3
Headquarters
United States4

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on6
Rendering
No pages, API only6
Install with
npx create-medusa-app@latest, docker compose (development)6

Releases

Current major version
212
Last release
2026-09-2812

Adoption

GitHub stars
36,7872
npm downloads a week
123,11914
Contributors
45613
Dependent repositories
39716
Dependent packages
21216

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-18: name, links, Categories
    medusajs.com/
  2. 2026-10-18: links, Written in, License, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa
  3. 2026-10-18: Maintainer, Maintained by
    github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/develop/ENTERPRISE-LICENSE.md
  4. 2026-10-18: Headquarters
    api.github.com/orgs/medusajs
  5. 2026-10-18: Built on, Minimum runtime, License
    registry.npmjs.org/@medusajs/medusa/latest
  6. 2026-10-18: Runtime, Minimum runtime, Content storage, Databases, Rendering, Install with, Runs as
    docs.medusajs.com/learn/installation
  7. 2026-10-18: Admin interface
    registry.npmjs.org/@medusajs/dashboard/latest
  8. 2026-10-18: Content API
    docs.medusajs.com/api/store
  9. 2026-10-18: Multilingual
    docs.medusajs.com/resources/commerce-modules/translation
  10. 2026-10-18: License, License model
    github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/develop/LICENSE
  11. 2026-10-18: links
    medusajs.com/pricing/
  12. 2026-10-18: Current major version, Last release
    api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa/releases/latest
  13. 2026-10-18: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/medusajs/medusa/contributors
  14. 2026-10-18: npm downloads a week
    api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@medusajs/medusa
  15. 2026-10-18: links
    medusajs.com/integrations/
  16. 2026-10-25: Dependent repositories, Dependent packages
    packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40medusajs%2Fmedusa

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