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Medusa — A TypeScript commerce platform for composing modules, workflows, APIs, and custom commerce systems

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36,350
Primary language
TypeScript
License
Not determined
Repository last updated
Sep 17, 2026

Overview

Medusa provides commerce primitives such as products, inventory, pricing, and orders as modules that can be composed with workflows and APIs for B2B, DTC, marketplaces, distributors, POS, and other custom commerce systems. The core is MIT-licensed, while Enterprise Materials such as RBAC and SSO require a commercial license. The latest release checked on September 17, 2026 is v2.21.0.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Compose domain-specific commerce with modules and workflows

Core commerce modules provide reusable primitives while workflows connect operations across modules and expose them through Store, Admin, or custom APIs. The model is designed for commerce systems that need deeper customization than a fixed storefront package.

Sources: [2]

Build a TypeScript/Node.js backend around PostgreSQL and an integrated Admin

create-medusa-app requires Node.js v20.19.0+ or v22.12.0+, Git, and PostgreSQL, and creates a monorepo with the Medusa backend plus an optional Next.js storefront.

Sources: [3]

For teams that want the commerce backend to fit their business rather than a hosted data model

It is a good fit for B2B, marketplace, distributor, POS, and service-commerce products that need to extend core commerce domains and workflows.

Sources: [2]

Audit the v2.21.0 Store API allowlist and the Enterprise licensing boundary

v2.21.0 introduced a breaking strict allowlist for fields and relations returned by Store API routes, so existing storefront fields selections should be audited before upgrading. The repository is also not uniformly MIT: designated RBAC and SSO Enterprise Materials require a separate commercial agreement.

Sources: [5][4]

Official sources

  1. [1]medusajs/medusa — GitHub repository metadata(2026-09-17)
  2. [2]Medusa — README(2026-09-17)
  3. [3]Medusa — create-medusa-app documentation(2026-09-17)
  4. [4]Medusa Enterprise Edition License(2026-09-17)
  5. [5]Medusa v2.21.0 release(2026-09-17)
Supplemental curator note

Treat Medusa as a commerce framework built from composable primitives rather than a fixed storefront. Verify the commercial boundary around Enterprise RBAC and SSO.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/medusajs/medusa.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd medusa
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • nodejs
  • medusa
  • commerce
  • e-commerce
  • react
  • ecommerce
  • javascript
  • typescript
  • framework
  • ai-coding
  • ai-tools
Stars
36,350
Forks
5,260
Watchers
200
Open issues
57
Primary language
TypeScript
License
Not determined
Repository last updated
Sep 17, 2026
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