Vendure
TypeScript commerce with an admin UI you do not have to build.
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sovereigntyVendure sits between Medusa and Saleor: a headless commerce framework in TypeScript and GraphQL that ships with a genuinely usable admin interface, so you are not building order management from nothing. MIT-licensed core with a plugin architecture for extending it. Smaller community than the others here, which is the honest caveat — but the developer experience is well regarded and the admin UI removes a chunk of work that Medusa leaves to you.
OPEN SOURCEMIT (core; some enterprise plugins are commercial)SELF-HOSTLOCAL-FIRST
LicenseMIT (core; some enterprise plugins are commercial)
PricingFree and open source core. Vendure Cloud and certain plugins are paid.
Open sourceYes
Self-hostableYes
Local-first dataYes
What it does well
- +Ships with a real admin UI — significant work you do not repeat
- +TypeScript and GraphQL, cleanly architected
- +Plugin system makes extension straightforward
- +MIT core with no revenue share
Where it falls short
- −Smallest community of the four open options here
- −Some enterprise plugins are commercial
- −Still headless — the storefront is yours to build
- −Fewer worked examples when you get stuck
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