Check its license. It has its own license: read it before using it for work.

Is medusa still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v2.22.7, today.

How widely used is medusa?

Widely used. 37k stars, 6 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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medusajs/medusa

The world's most flexible commerce platform for agents and developers

Node.jsVite#ai-coding#ai-tools#commerce#e-commerce

Before you start

Is it free?: Check its licenseIt has its own license: read it before using it for work.
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v2.22.7, today.
How widely used?: Widely used37k stars, 6 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 37,215
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on macOS?

Yes, start a project on macOS

It's a framework: you start a new project with it (npx create-medusa-app@latest my-medusa-store) instead of installing an app.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗medusajs.comThe project's own site.

Also: Docs ↗

Heads-upBuilding it yourself? It also needs Redis.

Start a new project with it

Creates a fresh project folder set up with this framework. Run it where you keep your code, not inside this repo.

Start a new projectNeeds Node.js

npx create-medusa-app@latest my-medusa-store

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js 22runtime
1×yarn yarn@4.18.1package manager
1×Redis service

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Good to know

Monorepo (workspaces) — install from the repo root.
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: integration-tests/http/package.json, integration-tests/modules/package.json, integration-tests/package.json, packages/admin/admin-bundler/package.json and 11 more

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package.json scripts (22)

buildturbo run build build:plugin --concurrency=100% --no-daemon
linteslint --ext .js,.ts,.tsx .
lint:medusaeslint --config eslint.medusa.mjs --ext .js,.ts,.tsx .
lint:patheslint --ext .js,.ts,.tsx
prettierprettier
jestjest
testturbo run test --no-daemon --no-cache --force
test:chunk./scripts/run-workspace-unit-tests-in-chunks.sh
test:integration:packages:fastturbo run test:integration --concurrency=1 --no-daemon --no-cache --force --filter='./packages/core/*' --filter='./packages/medusa' --filter='./packages/modules/*' --filter='./packages/modules/providers/*' --filter='!./packages/modules/{workflow-engine-redis,index,product,order,cart}'
test:integration:packages:slowturbo run test:integration --concurrency=1 --no-daemon --no-cache --force --filter='./packages/modules/{workflow-engine-redis,index,product,order,cart}'
test:integration:packagesturbo run test:integration --concurrency=1 --no-daemon --no-cache --force --filter='./packages/core/*' --filter='./packages/medusa' --filter='./packages/modules/*' --filter='./packages/modules/providers/*'
test:integration:httpturbo run test:integration:chunk --no-daemon --no-cache --force --filter=integration-tests-http
test:integration:modulesturbo run test:integration:chunk --no-daemon --no-cache --force --filter=integration-tests-modules
generate:http-typesyarn workspace @medusajs/http-types-generator generate:http-types
validate:http-typesyarn workspace @medusajs/http-types-generator validate:http-types
openapi:generateyarn ./packages/cli/oas/oas-github-ci run ci --with-full-file
medusa-oasyarn ./packages/cli/oas/medusa-oas-cli run medusa-oas
release:snapshotchangeset publish --tag snapshot
release:nextchgstangeset publish --no-git-tags --snapshot --tag next
version:nextchangeset version --snapshot next
releasechangeset publish
versionchangeset version && yarn install --no-immutable

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.github/workflows/action.yml

.github/workflows/dependency-checks.yml

.github/workflows/docs-test.yml

.github/workflows/oas-test.yml

.github/workflows/test-cli-with-database.yml

.github/workflows/update-dependencies.yml

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README.md

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