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Alokai

Frontend platform for headless commerce stores

E-commerce Platforms ★ 11k stars Medium setup MIT

Alokai, formerly Vue Storefront, is an open-source frontend framework for building fast, headless commerce storefronts. It connects to backends like Magento, commercetools, and others through integrations.

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Key features

  • PWA storefront framework
  • Backend-agnostic integrations
  • Fast progressive web app
  • Composable UI library

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Great storefront performance
  • Works with many backends

Trade-offs

  • Frontend only, needs a backend
  • Integration setup required

Is Alokai secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Alokai's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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