Learn how to build an app, or customize your storefront. Whether you're just getting started, deep in the development process, or ready to distribute and monetize your work, Shopify's docs, dev tools and frameworks make building easy and efficient.
Apps
Extend Shopify's core functionality with apps that integrate into Shopify's admin, online store, checkout and more.
Apps
Extend Shopify's core functionality with apps that integrate into Shopify's admin, online store, checkout and more.
Themes
Help merchants express their unique brand in their storefront by building a custom theme.
Headless
Take store customization further with Hydrogen and Remix, a React-based framework for headless commerce.
Accelerate development with Shopify CLI 3.0
Initialize new apps, themes, and headless storefronts in an instant with the latest Shopify CLI. A single command installs all the dependencies you need, including the CLI itself, so you can dive straight into development.
Install Shopify CLI globally.
Navigate to the directory where you want to create your app.
Run the second command to create a new app. Your app will be added as a new subdirectory.
Install Shopify CLI globally.
Navigate to the directory where you want to create your theme.
Run the second command to clone Dawn, Shopify's base theme, that you can build on top of. Your theme will be created in a new subdirectory.
Install Shopify CLI globally.
Navigate to the directory where you want to create your Hydrogen storefront.
Run the second command to initialize a Hydrogen storefront in a new subdirectory.