# Shopify Hydrogen

Shopify's official open-source framework for building fast, custom headless storefronts

https://topboilerplates.com/shopify-hydrogen

Framework: React | Pricing: Free

## Verdict

Best for: Merchants and agencies who want a fully custom, high-performance storefront on top of Shopify's commerce backend rather than a theme.

Skip if: You want a simple themed Shopify store, or you're not building on the Shopify platform at all.

## Description

Hydrogen is Shopify's headless commerce framework, built on Remix, for developers who want a fully custom storefront instead of a themed Shopify store. It ships server-side rendering, built-in integrations for cart, checkout, search, customer accounts, and discounts, and pairs with Oxygen, Shopify's global edge hosting. It's free and open source, included on all Shopify plans above Starter.

## Pros and cons

+ Backed and maintained directly by Shopify with deep platform integrations

+ Free and open source, included on most Shopify plans

+ Comes with Oxygen edge hosting purpose-built for storefront performance

- Locked into the Shopify platform - not a general-purpose e-commerce boilerplate

- Requires Remix/React knowledge and more setup than a themed store

- Not usable on the Shopify Starter plan

## Features

- file-uploads
- search

## Links

- Website: https://topboilerplates.com/go/shopify-hydrogen
- GitHub: https://github.com/Shopify/hydrogen

## Alternatives

- [Spartacus](https://topboilerplates.com/spartacus)
- [Botiga](https://topboilerplates.com/botiga)
- [Aimeos](https://topboilerplates.com/aimeos)