Introduction

Hydra is a hosted headless commerce API. It handles products, inventory, orders, checkout, payments, shipping, and webhooks. You build the frontend with whatever framework you want.

Why Hydra?

• API-first. Every feature is accessible through a clean REST API with consistent conventions
• Multi-tenant. Each project is isolated with its own data, API keys, and configuration
• Test mode built in. Every project has a test environment with separate data, toggled by a single header

We play nice with…

Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Remix, Gatsby, Angular, plain HTML, mobile apps, or anything that can make an HTTP request. Hydra is a REST API. If your framework can fetch, it works.

How it works

1. Create a project. Sign up, name your project, and get your API keys
2. Add your products. Use the admin panel or API to manage products, collections, and inventory
3. Build your frontend. Use the API to display products, handle cart, and process checkout
4. Go live. Switch from test mode to live, connect Stripe, and start selling

Quick example

Fetch products from your project in any framework:

const res = await fetch('https://api.hydrajs.dev/v1/products?limit=20', {
	headers: {
		Authorization: 'Bearer sk_live_your_api_key',
	},
});

const { data: products } = await res.json();

Everything your merchant needs, nothing they don’t

Feature	Description
Products	Variants, images, pricing, inventory tracking
Collections	Organize products into groups with rules or manual selection
Cart	Server-side cart with automatic price calculation
Checkout	Multi-step checkout with address validation and tax calculation
Orders	Order lifecycle management with fulfillment tracking
Customers	Customer profiles with order history and addresses
Webhooks	Real-time event notifications for order and inventory changes
Shipping	Configurable shipping zones, rates, and carrier integration

Next steps

Ready to start building? Head to the Quickstart guide to create your first project and make your first API call.