Saleor
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
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.
What it's for
- Headless e-commerce — separate frontend + backend
- 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
- 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
Why teams pick Saleor over 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
- Payment — Stripe, Adyen, PayPal, Braintree via apps
- Shipping — carrier integrations via apps
- Tax — Avalara, TaxJar via apps
- Search — Algolia, Elasticsearch via apps
- Apps API — extensible via webhooks + GraphQL
- Frontend SDKs — React, Vue starter kits
- Multichannel — POS, marketplaces via API
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
Tips & operations
- Postgres + Redis required
- Resource sizing — handles modest-to-large traffic with proper setup
- GraphQL learning curve — devs need GraphQL knowledge
- Frontend separate — Saleor is API; storefront is your responsibility
- Backup is critical — products + orders + customers
- App ecosystem — extend without forking core
What we ship in BluixApps
- 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
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |