BRbrunojppb·May 20, 2023Submission
Vendure – open-source headless commerce framework
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vendure
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vendurehq / vendure
vendure
Open-source headless commerce platform built with TypeScript, NestJS, React, and GraphQL
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Open-source headless commerce platform built with TypeScript, NestJS, React, and GraphQL
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6 sourcesFew popular OSS projects that use NestJS:
https://github.com/ToolJet/ToolJet ( open-source low-code framework )
https://github.com/ever-co/ever ( Commerce Platform for On-Demand Economy )
https://github.com/feednext/feednext ( Open-Source Social Media Application )
https://github.com/Roche/lxdhub ( Profits Sharing Platform for modern agencies and studios )
https://github.com/notadd/notadd ( Microservice development architecture )
https://github.com/vendure-ecommerce/vendure ( headless GraphQL ecommerce framework )
https://github.com/pvarentsov/iola ( Socket client with Rest API )
https://github.com/amplication/amplication ( Auto-generates backend apps )
In Show HN: NestJS – A Progressive Node.js FrameworkThanks for building it as open source! Few q's:
1. It doesn't seem to be multi-tenant (that is, hosting multiple shops/companies with one db). Are there plans to add multi-tenancy?
2. What are the major differences vs https://github.com/vendure-ecommerce/vendure ? (another nodejs solution, with included Admin panel and storefront)
3. How do you plan to monetize?
In Show HN: Medusa – Open-source alternative to ShopifyThis article, whilst quite clearly an advertisement ("this is so complex - use our service!"), actually does a decent job of illustrating just a tiny fraction of the complexity of correctly modelling an e-commerce system.
For the past 2 years I've been working full-time on an open-source headless e-commerce framework (https://www.vendure.io/) so I can attest to this.
Small illustrative example: I have spent the past 2 weeks re-working our tax handling to handle scenarios like this:
- An order contains 5 products, some of which have different tax rates. Order total is $100.
- A $10 coupon code reduces the order to $90.
- The order is completed and shipped. Later on the customer wants to return and get a refund on one of the items. How much do you refund?
The answer is that you need to prorate (distribute) the $10 discount proportionally ov
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er the 5 items, so that when refunding, this order-wide discount is taken into account.
After extensive research (much of which I wrote up here: https://github.com/vendure-ecommerce/vendure/issues/573), I was rather surprised to find that the majority of well-known OSS e-commerce frameworks don't handle this properly.
On top of the things mentioned there are a whole host of other major topics of concern, e.g.
* stock control & tracking
* fulfillment & shipping integration
* payment integration
* promotions
* account management (email verification, password resets etc)
* product images / asset management
* multiple sales channel, multi-currency, multi-language support
For those interested, my project is approaching v1.0 so I've just about got a handle on all of the above. Phew!
I would add vendure.io to the list.
It's an awesome TypeScript/NestJS/Vue modular e-commerce FOSS.
and Michael is a great stweard too, can't recommend it enough: https://github.com/vendure-ecommerce/vendure/
In BigCommerce S1Show HN: Vendure – an open-source, headless e-commerce framework
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