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Vendure: the best Open Source alternative to Shopify in 2026

Vendure is a headless commerce framework in TypeScript with a very flexible plugin system, built for developers who want to extend every part of their store as code.

License MIT ~6k stars (estimated)Website GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License
MIT
Category
E-commerce
Replaces
Shopify
Tech stack
TypeScriptNestJSPostgreSQL

Preview

Vendure interface preview

Public image provided by Vendure on its own website.

Key features

  • TypeScript plugin system
  • Auto-generated GraphQL API
  • Multi-store and multi-channel selling

Vendure vs. Shopify

Pros

  • Carefully crafted developer experience (TypeScript end-to-end)

Things to consider

  • Smaller plugin ecosystem than the Shopify App Store

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
  vendure:
    image: vendureio/server:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      - DB_HOST=vendure-db
      - DB_NAME=vendure
      - DB_USERNAME=vendure
      - DB_PASSWORD=vendure
      - COOKIE_SECRET=change-me-super-secret
    depends_on:
      - vendure-db
  vendure-db:
    image: postgres:15-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=vendure
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=vendure
      - POSTGRES_DB=vendure
    volumes:
      - vendure_pg_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
volumes:
  vendure_pg_data: