saleor
by saleor
Saleor is an open-source e-commerce back end that you control entirely through a GraphQL API, with no built-in storefront. It is for building custom online shops that handle products, orders, payments and stock across several sales channels.
- Stars
- 23.5k +2 a day
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Technical
- Language
- Python
- Age
- 5009 days
What you can do with it
- Manage a product catalogue, stock and orders across several warehouses, currencies and sales channels
- Set up discounts, vouchers, gift cards and payments through multiple payment gateways
- Connect your own storefront or apps to the shop back end through the GraphQL API and webhooks
Make money with it
A freelance developer could build and maintain custom online stores for small retailers using Saleor and charge for setup and ongoing support.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Run a multi-currency, multi-country online shop without paying monthly platform fees or per-sale commission to a hosted provider
- Build and host custom online stores for clients as a freelancer or small agency
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Install it with Docker Compose by following the Saleor docs, or use the hosted Saleor Cloud; you also need to set up a separate dashboard and storefront.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- The main branch is a development version and may be unstable; use a tagged release
- API-only design means you must build or set up a separate storefront, which is more work than WordPress or Shopify for a small shop
- Needs developer skills to deploy and maintain
Checked 01 Nov 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
