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Saleor: the best Open Source alternative to Shopify Plus in 2026
Saleor is a GraphQL-first headless commerce platform, with a customizable checkout and event-driven architecture, built for large-scale stores as an alternative to Shopify Plus.
Technical profile
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Category
- E-commerce
- Replaces
- Shopify Plus
- Tech stack
- PythonDjangoGraphQLPostgreSQL
Preview
Public image provided by Saleor on its own website.
Key features
- Complete GraphQL API
- Fully customizable checkout
- Event-driven architecture (webhooks)
Saleor vs. Shopify Plus
Pros
- Designed from the ground up for very high-traffic stores
Things to consider
- Steeper learning curve than all-in-one platforms
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:
saleor:
image: ghcr.io/saleor/saleor:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "8000:8000"
environment:
- DATABASE_URL=postgres://saleor:saleor@saleor-db:5432/saleor
- REDIS_URL=redis://saleor-redis:6379
- SECRET_KEY=change-me-super-secret
depends_on:
- saleor-db
- saleor-redis
saleor-db:
image: postgres:15-alpine
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- POSTGRES_USER=saleor
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD=saleor
- POSTGRES_DB=saleor
volumes:
- saleor_pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
saleor-redis:
image: redis:7-alpine
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
saleor_pg_data: