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medusa vs saleor

The main trade-off is the stack: medusa (TypeScript) vs saleor (Python), which shapes deployment and performance.
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medusa
Option A

The world's most flexible commerce platform.

Activity score
79
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saleor
Option B

Saleor Core: the high performance, composable, headless commerce API.

Activity score
80
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Metricmedusasaleor
Stars35,73623,181
Forks5,0676,098
Open Issues117243
LanguageTypeScriptPython
LicenseMITBSD-3-Clause
Last commit2mo ago2mo ago
Repo age6.7y13.7y
Activity score79/10080/100

Detailed Comparison

Community & Popularity

medusa wins

medusa has 1.5× more stars (35,736 vs 23,181).

Development Activity

Comparable

Both are actively maintained (last commit 56d ago vs 63d ago).

Project Maturity

saleor wins

saleor is more established (13.7y vs 6.7y old).

Technology Stack

Comparable

medusa is built with TypeScript, saleor with Python. This affects deployment, performance and contributor pool.

Licensing

Comparable

medusa is MIT, saleor is BSD-3-Clause. Copyleft licenses (GPL/AGPL) may restrict closed-source commercial use.

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