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Saleor is a headless e-commerce platform — Python + Django + GraphQL API, designed for modern composable commerce. Headless means you build your storefront in any frontend (React, Vue, Next.js), and Saleor provides the API + admin. The OSS alternative to commercetools / Shopify Plus headless mode.
Saleor is a headless e-commerce platform — Python + Django + GraphQL API, designed for modern composable commerce. Headless means you build your storefront in any frontend (React, Vue, Next.js), and Saleor provides the API + admin. The OSS alternative to commercetools / Shopify Plus headless mode.
For tech-forward e-commerce teams building custom storefronts, Saleor is the leading OSS headless option.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Saleor over the SaaS alternative.
separate frontend + backend
build any frontend you want
web + mobile + marketplace API
flexible architecture for both
programmatic everything
If your team profile matches one of these, Saleor is a strong fit out of the box.
building custom storefronts
wanting unique web experience
unifying web + mobile + marketplaces
decoupling frontend from backend
delivering custom commerce projects
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Saleor consistently lands above the alternatives.
The stack you'll plug Saleor into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
ghcr.io/saleor/saleor:3.20 (release-tagged)Operational guidance from running this in production — what to do before you scale, what to lock down, what surprises people.