An open source composable commerce engine built for developers.
## Getting Started
Follow our [quickstart guide](https://docs.medusajs.com/quickstart/quick-start) to learn how to set up a Medusa server.
### Requirements
You can check out [this documentation for details about setting up your environment](https://docs.medusajs.com/tutorial/set-up-your-development-environment).
## What is Medusa
Medusa is an open source composable commerce engine built with Node.js. Medusa enables developers to build scalable and sophisticated commerce setups with low effort and great developer experience.
You can learn more about [Medusa’s architecture in our documentation](https://docs.medusajs.com/introduction#architecture).
### Features
You can learn about all of the ecommerce features that Medusa provides [in our documentation](https://docs.medusajs.com/introduction#features).
## Roadmap
You can view our roadmap with features that are planned, started, and completed on the [Roadmap discussion](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/discussions/categories/roadmap) category.
## Plugins
Check out [our available plugins](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/tree/master/packages) that you can install and use instantly on your Medusa server.
## Contributions
Please check [our contribution guide](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details about how to contribute to both our codebase and our documentation.
## Upgrade Guides
Follow our [upgrade guides](https://docs.medusajs.com/advanced/backend/upgrade-guides/) on the documentation to keep your Medusa project up-to-date.
## Community & Support
Use these channels to be part of the community, ask for help while using Medusa, or just learn more about Medusa:
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/medusajs): This is the main channel to join the community. You can ask for help, showcase your work with Medusa, and stay up to date with everything Medusa.
- [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/issues): for sending in any issues you face or bugs you find while using Medusa.
- [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/discussions): for joining discussions and submitting your ideas.
- [Medusa Blog](https://medusajs.com/blog/): find diverse tutorials and company news.
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/medusajs)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/medusajs)
## License
Licensed under the [MIT License](https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/blob/master/LICENSE)
