We’re building an open-source, AI-native alternative to Shopify
We’re building an open-source, AI-native alternative to Shopify

We’re building an open-source, AI-native alternative to Shopify

Hey r/artificial,

We've been building Saleor - an open-source commerce engine (22k+ GitHub stars) - for years. We made our bets on API-first, GraphQL and structured data, which turned out to be fertile soil for agentic commerce.

Agents redefine how people buy things online. And the software powering commerce needs to be ready for it. Think less "chat widget on a store" and more "an autonomous buyer that browses your API, checks what's in stock, and handles checkout."

Big platforms are adding AI features too, but they're closed systems. You get what they ship, on their terms. We think the infrastructure powering this shift should be open and inspectable, for both developers and agents.

Here's what our stack looks like today:

  • ACP support - first open commerce platform to implement the Agentic Commerce Protocol, with UCP and AP2 coming next.
  • Ink AI (now in pilot) - conversational storefront layer grounded in real inventory and pricing. Not a chatbot on top of search.
  • Commerce as Code - manage your store's configuration through code, which makes it really easy for an agent to create and manage it.

Full announcement: https://saleor.io/blog/end-to-end-agentic-commerce

Happy to answer questions about how agentic commerce protocols work in practice.

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