E-commerce
Saleor Commerce
Headless API-first e-commerce — Python/Django, GraphQL, React admin dashboard. BSD-3, 23 k⭐ GitHub.
About Saleor Commerce
Saleor Commerce (BSD-3-Clause, 23 k+ GitHub stars) is a headless e-commerce platform built with Python and Django. Unlike traditional e-commerce platforms such as WooCommerce or PrestaShop, Saleor exposes everything through a single GraphQL API — products, orders, customers, payments, shipping — giving developers complete freedom to build any storefront they want, from a Next.js storefront to a React Native mobile app.
On your ServOrbit VPS, Saleor runs as five Docker containers: the Django API (served by Uvicorn), a Celery worker for background tasks, the React admin dashboard, PostgreSQL 15 for data, and Valkey for caching and the task queue. A Nginx proxy routes all traffic from a single domain. First boot generates the RSA key for JWT signing and runs database migrations automatically.
The admin dashboard gives you full control over products, variants, attributes, collections, pricing rules, promotions, orders, fulfillment, customers and reports — everything you need to run a store without writing code. The GraphQL API powers your storefront and any third-party integrations (Zapier, n8n, mobile apps).
What gets installed
Ready when the VPS starts
- Compatible OS
- Choice of Linux distributions
- Application
- Saleor Commerce
- Tech stack
- DockerPython 3.12DjangoUvicornCeleryPostgreSQL 15Valkey 8ReactNginx
- Minimum RAM
- 2 GB (4 GB recommended)
- Minimum CPU
- 2 vCPU
- Default port
- 80
- Access
- root over SSH
Key features
- Full GraphQL and REST API covering products, orders, customers and payments
- React admin dashboard for catalog, pricing, orders and customer management
- Multi-channel architecture: separate storefronts with independent pricing and availability
- Product variants, attributes, collections and custom metadata
- Built-in promotion engine: vouchers, discounts, flash sales
- Fulfillment workflow with warehouse, tracking and return management
- Celery background worker for webhooks, email and async tasks
- BSL-3 licence — no per-transaction fee, no vendor lock-in
When to use this solution?
Headless storefront with Next.js or React Native
Use Saleor as a backend API and build your storefront exactly as you want — a Next.js site, a mobile app, or both. The GraphQL API gives you everything: products, cart, checkout, payments.
B2B catalog with complex pricing
Multi-channel lets you serve different customer segments with separate pricing lists, currencies and product availability from a single admin dashboard.
Developer-owned e-commerce backend
Integrate Saleor with n8n, Activepieces or any webhook consumer. Every event (order placed, payment captured, inventory update) fires a configurable webhook to your automation stack.
Guide
Deploy Saleor Commerce on your VPS
Order a ServOrbit VPS (2 GB RAM minimum)
The full stack — API, Celery worker, PostgreSQL, Valkey and the admin dashboard — needs at least 2 GB RAM. 4 GB gives PostgreSQL room to breathe under concurrent requests and lets the Celery worker run without memory pressure.
Attach your domain
Saleor anchors the admin dashboard API URL and Django's ALLOWED_CLIENT_HOSTS to your domain at first boot — it cannot be changed after the stack starts without recreating volumes. Attach your domain before deploying.
Admin credentials
The init container creates the superuser account [email protected] with the password shown in your ServOrbit client area. Log in at https://<your-domain>/ immediately after deployment.
Create a channel
Saleor requires at least one channel before you can create products. Go to Catalogue → Channels → Create channel, set a name (e.g. "Default"), a currency and a country. The default channel slug "default-channel" is already configured.
Deploy the stack from the Marketplace
In your ServOrbit dashboard: Marketplace → E-commerce → Saleor → Deploy. Five containers start: PostgreSQL 15, Valkey, the Saleor API, the Celery worker and the React admin dashboard. First boot takes 90–120 seconds.
Build your storefront
The admin dashboard manages your catalog and orders. For the customer-facing store, deploy a Saleor-compatible Next.js storefront pointing to https://<your-domain>/graphql/ — or build your own using the GraphQL API.
Connect your payment gateway
Install a Saleor App from the Apps section of the dashboard: Stripe, Adyen, PayPal or a custom gateway via the Saleor App SDK. Each gateway is a small service that connects to the Saleor webhook API.
Embed the deploy button
Maintaining a project that uses Saleor Commerce? This button lets your readers deploy it on a VPS in one click, without reading Docker documentation.
[](https://servorbit.com/vps-cloud?template=saleor&utm_source=deploy-badge&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=saleor)<a href="https://servorbit.com/vps-cloud?template=saleor&utm_source=deploy-badge&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=saleor"><img src="https://servorbit.com/brand/deploy/button.svg" alt="Deploy Saleor Commerce on ServOrbit" height="40"></a>The button points to a VPS order with the template preselected. The image is served from servorbit.com — nothing to host on your side.
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