nuxt-starter-medusa
A Nuxt 3 storefront starter for the Medusa v2 e-commerce backend
- Best for
- Developers building a Nuxt storefront on top of the Medusa v2 headless commerce backend.
- Skip if
- You're not using Medusa as your commerce backend, or want a more complete/mature storefront with account management already finished.
nuxt-starter-medusa is a free, open-source e-commerce storefront built on Nuxt 3 (Nuxt 4-ready) and Tailwind CSS v4, designed to pair with a Medusa v2 backend. It covers product pages, collections, cart, checkout, and Stripe payments, using Nuxt's built-in data fetching/caching, NuxtUI components, and NuxtHub support for Cloudflare deployment.
Pros
- Built for Nuxt 3/4 with modern tooling (Tailwind v4, NuxtUI, NuxtHub)
- Stripe payments already integrated
- Free, open-source, and MIT licensed
- Cloudflare deployment support via NuxtHub
Cons
- Small community (64 stars) - less battle-tested than larger storefronts
- Requires running a separate Medusa backend server, adding setup complexity
- User account management noted as still in progress
Features
Payments and billing
- Payments included
Licensing and commercial
- Open source
- Free tier
- MIT licensed
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