Medusa is what our schema is based on but we have diverted a bit since then. The main difference is that Openfront is a Next.js application with the graphQL API, storefront, and dashboard built-in. Because of this, it’s one click deploy on Railway and Vercel whereas Medusa uses express and requires running multiple applications.
Because it’s all bundled in 1 Next app, it’s very easy for businesses to pick up and adapt to their business. In fact, this is how we are building the different openfronts. Like when we added payment providers like Stripe and PayPal to e-commerce, we told AI to look at how we did that and add it to restaurants, etc. Down the line, we want to allow users to create custom Openfronts by remixing existing ones. Like if you’re a restaurant and want to sell merch, you can bring in those features from e-commerce to the restaurant software.
Because it’s all bundled in 1 Next app, it’s very easy for businesses to pick up and adapt to their business. In fact, this is how we are building the different openfronts. Like when we added payment providers like Stripe and PayPal to e-commerce, we told AI to look at how we did that and add it to restaurants, etc. Down the line, we want to allow users to create custom Openfronts by remixing existing ones. Like if you’re a restaurant and want to sell merch, you can bring in those features from e-commerce to the restaurant software.