Headless e-commerce
separate frontend + backend
// official site: saleor.io ↗
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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.
// What it is
A closer look.
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.
// Use cases
What it's for.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Saleor over the SaaS alternative.
Custom storefronts
build any frontend you want
Multi-channel commerce
web + mobile + marketplace API
B2B + B2C
flexible architecture for both
API-first
programmatic everything
// Who it's for
Built for these teams.
If your team profile matches one of these, Saleor is a strong fit out of the box.
Tech-forward e-commerce
building custom storefronts
D2C brands
wanting unique web experience
Multi-channel sellers
unifying web + mobile + marketplaces
Composable commerce adopters
decoupling frontend from backend
Agencies
delivering custom commerce projects
// Differentiators
Why teams pick Saleor.
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Saleor consistently lands above the alternatives.
- ✓BSD-3 — fully open
- ✓GraphQL-first — modern API model
- ✓Headless native — built for composable commerce
- ✓Multi-tenant — multi-channel from day one
- ✓Active development — backed by Saleor Commerce
- ✓Modern stack — Python + Django + GraphQL
// Integrations
Connects to.
The stack you'll plug Saleor into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
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Payment
Stripe, Adyen, PayPal, Braintree via apps
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Shipping
carrier integrations via apps
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Tax
Avalara, TaxJar via apps
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Search
Algolia, Elasticsearch via apps
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Apps API
extensible via webhooks + GraphQL
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Frontend SDKs
React, Vue starter kits
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Multichannel
POS, marketplaces via API
// Adoption & deployment
Notable users & community
- 21k+ GitHub stars
- Used by Adidas, Lush, Nestle for production commerce
- Backed by Saleor Commerce (PL) — sustainable commercial cloud
- Active GitHub Discussions
- Featured in headless commerce guides
What we ship
- Docker compose: Saleor API + Postgres + Redis + Celery worker
- Pinned
ghcr.io/saleor/saleor:3.20(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Admin user via env config
- Persistent volumes for Postgres + Redis
- Storefront not included (separate frontend deployment)
- Backup hook covers Postgres
// Tips & operations
Run it properly.
Operational guidance from running this in production — what to lock down, what surprises people.
// PERFORMANCE
Postgres + Redis required
// SECURITY
Resource sizing
handles modest-to-large traffic with proper setup
// OPERATIONS
GraphQL learning curve
devs need GraphQL knowledge
// RELIABILITY
Frontend separate
Saleor is API; storefront is your responsibility
// DEPLOYMENT
Backup is critical
products + orders + customers
// SCALING
App ecosystem
extend without forking core
2048
// min ram (MB)
10
// min disk (GB)
8000
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
Project resources
Official sitesaleor.io ↗