# Unchained Engine

Headless e-commerce engine for Node.js, with a GraphQL API, an admin UI and a modular package set.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/unchained/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://unchained.shop
- repository: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained
- docs: https://docs.unchained.shop
- x: https://x.com/unchained_shop
- discord: https://discord.gg/WGdYTqtw72

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Unchained Commerce GmbH
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: CH

### Kind

- category: e-commerce
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 22
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mongodb
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: graphql
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, language management in the core-languages package

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm init @unchainedshop

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: EUPL-1.2

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-16

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 204
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 467
- contributors: 15
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 1
- dependentPackages: 1

### Sources

- name: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://unchained.shop (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://docs.unchained.shop (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- licenseModel: https://unchained.shop (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://registry.npmjs.org/@unchainedshop/platform (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/@unchainedshop/platform (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://unchained.shop/imprint (read 2026-10-23)
- hqCountry: https://unchained.shop/imprint (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/@unchainedshop/platform (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/@unchainedshop/platform (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/@unchainedshop/platform (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- databases: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- adminUi: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- i18n: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- runsAs: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/unchainedshop/unchained (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/unchainedshop/unchained/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-23)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@unchainedshop/platform (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40unchainedshop%2Fplatform (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/%40unchainedshop%2Fplatform (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Unchained Engine is a modular, API-first e-commerce engine for Node.js, published as a monorepo of npm packages. Its docs describe it as a headless e-commerce SDK with a GraphQL API, and the README says it is embedded in the integrator's own server process. Data is kept in MongoDB, and the admin UI is started locally on a port the README names. Access control comes from a role-based package, and OIDC login is shown in an example.

The packages cover the domains of an online shop: products, orders, users, payments, delivery, assortments, filters, warehousing, enrollments, quotations and files, with a core package that combines them.

## Worth knowing

The source is licensed under the EUPL 1.2. The engine is maintained by Unchained Commerce GmbH, a Swiss company. Its homepage links a comparison page titled "Unchained vs MedusaJS".

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