Medusa Next.js Starter
https://github.com/medusajs/nextjs-starter-medusa- Category
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About
Performant frontend ecommerce starter template combining Next.js with Medusa — production-ready storefront in one command.
What it does
A TypeScript storefront that connects to a separate Medusa commerce server. It supplies product browsing, collections, categories, carts, Stripe checkout, customer accounts, and order views. Next.js handles routing, server rendering, streaming, caching, and static pre-rendering, while Tailwind CSS and Medusa UI shape the interface.
Why it's ranked here
The feature coverage is substantial, but the repository explicitly marks itself deprecated and directs new users elsewhere. Its strongest value is as readable reference code for a complete Medusa storefront. That status makes it a poor default foundation for fresh production work despite its broad commerce flow.
What's good
It demonstrates a coherent storefront rather than isolated components. Country-aware routing selects a configured region, product lists stream behind skeleton states, and localized links preserve regional navigation. Cart updates expose progress and errors. The starter also covers account, order, collection, category, related-product, and checkout experiences within one consistent application.
Tradeoffs
A separate Medusa server must already run and contain valid regions. Stripe is the only documented payment integration. Country routing depends partly on a Vercel-specific request header, with configured fallbacks. Cart quantity selection is capped at ten instead of reading actual inventory. Most importantly, the maintainers have deprecated this repository.
How to use it well
Use it to understand or maintain an existing Medusa and Next.js storefront, especially when tracing regional routing, server-rendered product pages, carts, or Stripe checkout. For a new build, follow the repository’s replacement recommendation instead. This project supplies the customer-facing web application, not the required commerce server or its payment-provider configuration.
Technical notes+
package.json defines a private Yarn 4 application using Next.js 15.3.9, React 19.0.5, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, the Medusa JavaScript SDK, and Stripe libraries. src/lib/config.ts creates the Medusa SDK client, defaults its backend to http://localhost:9000, and wraps client fetches to add the locale header. src/middleware.ts fetches and caches regions, resolves country codes from the URL, x-vercel-ip-country, or a default, then issues 307 redirects to country-prefixed routes. src/modules/cart/components/item/index.tsx calls updateLineItem client-side but contains TODO comments and a hard-coded inventory ceiling of ten. Product, store, category, and collection templates use React Suspense with skeleton fallbacks.
Observed
- Primary language
- TypeScript and TSX
- Packaging
- Private Yarn 4 application
- Install surface
- Dependencies install through Yarn; development runs through the packaged dev script
- Interface
- Next.js web storefront connected to the Medusa store API
- Platform stack
- Next.js 15, React 19, Tailwind CSS, Medusa JavaScript SDK, and Stripe
- Repository status
- Deprecated; the README directs new users to the dtc-starter repository
Read from README.md, package.json, src/middleware.ts, src/lib/config.ts, src/app/layout.tsx, src/app/not-found.tsx, src/modules/cart/templates/index.tsx, src/modules/store/templates/index.tsx, src/modules/products/templates/index.tsx, src/modules/categories/templates/index.tsx, src/modules/collections/templates/index.tsx, src/modules/cart/components/item/index.tsx, src/modules/home/components/hero/index.tsx, src/modules/layout/templates/nav/index.tsx, src/modules/order/components/help/index.tsx.
What it can do
Create ecommerce storefront
One command/installation → Production-ready online store
Generate Next.js frontend template
Medusa backend configuration → React-based storefront application
Display product catalog
Product data from Medusa backend → Rendered product pages and listings
Process customer checkout
Shopping cart items and payment details → Completed order transaction
Manage shopping cart
Product selections and quantities → Updated cart state and totals
Handle user authentication
Customer login credentials → Authenticated user session
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