Medusa
E-commerce PlatformsComposable commerce engine for developers
Replaces Shopify, commercetools
Best Real-Time E-commerce Platforms for self-hosting
The 4 best Real-Time e-commerce platforms you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Saleor
E-commerce PlatformsGraphQL-first headless commerce platform
Replaces Shopify, commercetools
Reaction Commerce
E-commerce PlatformsHeadless GraphQL commerce microservices platform
Replaces Shopify, commercetools
Saleor Storefront
E-commerce PlatformsNext.js reference storefront for Saleor
Replaces Shopify Hydrogen
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medusa | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 1,024 MB | MIT | 36,736 |
| Saleor | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | BSD-3-Clause | 23,437 |
| Reaction Commerce | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 12,399 |
| Saleor Storefront | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 512 MB | MIT | 1,626 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Medusa (36,736 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Saleor Storefront (from 512 MB RAM, against 2,048 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 4 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Real-Time within the e-commerce platforms category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.