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Medusa: the best Open Source alternative to Shopify in 2026
Medusa is a headless commerce platform in Node.js with fully code-customizable order, inventory and pricing modules, built as a developer-focused alternative to Shopify.
Technical profile
- License
- MIT
- Category
- E-commerce
- Replaces
- Shopify
- Tech stack
- Node.jsPostgreSQLRedis
Preview
Public image provided by Medusa on its own website.
Key features
- Customizable order, inventory and pricing modules
- REST API and admin panel included
- Native multi-region and multi-currency
Medusa vs. Shopify
Pros
- No commission per sale, unlike Shopify
Things to consider
- Requires development skills to fully customize
Quick Docker installation guide
Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →
docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
medusa:
image: medusajs/medusa:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "9000:9000"
environment:
- DATABASE_URL=postgres://medusa:medusa@medusa-db:5432/medusa
- REDIS_URL=redis://medusa-redis:6379
- JWT_SECRET=change-me-super-secret
- COOKIE_SECRET=change-me-super-secret
depends_on:
- medusa-db
- medusa-redis
medusa-db:
image: postgres:15-alpine
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- POSTGRES_USER=medusa
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=medusa
- POSTGRES_DB=medusa
volumes:
- medusa_pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
medusa-redis:
image: redis:7-alpine
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
medusa_pg_data: