Hydrogen

Develop by Shopify

Free plan available

The Shopify stack for headless commerce

Third-party integration

Oxygen hosting

React-based stack

Optimistic ui

Nested routes

Progressive enhancement

Starter templates

Pre-built components

Shopify api mapping

About Hydrogen

Launched Jun 05, 2022

Built by Shopify

Address

151 O’Connor St, Ottawa, ON, ON, CA

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Description

Accelerate headless development with all the tooling you need for production-ready storefronts.

Fast-track your storefront build with Hydrogen, our React-based headless commerce stack—now built on the open-source React Router framework. Optimized for performance with advancements like Optimistic UI, nested routes, and progressive enhancement. Unlock new levels of productivity with starter templates, pre-built components, hooks, and utilities all mapped to Shopify APIs. Then deploy at no cost on Oxygen, our global hosting solution.

Use commerce components that map to Storefront & Customer Account API resources
Build efficiently with in-IDE linting, TypeScript, and IntelliSense support
Render at the edge for faster performance, flexible caching, and built-in SEO
Integrate third-party apps, build with any React framework, and host anywhere
Push-to-deploy support with Oxygen, Shopify’s globally distributed hosting layer

Pros

Fast-tracks storefront builds using React-based headless commerce stack
Built on the open-source Remix framework for optimized performance
Improvements like Optimistic UI, nested routes, and progressive enhancement enhance the user experience
Includes starter templates, pre-built components, hooks, and utilities mapped to Shopify APIs, increasing productivity
Offers no-cost deployment on Oxygen, a global hosting solution
Commerce components map to Storefront and Customer Account API resources
In-IDE linting, TypeScript, and IntelliSense support make development more efficient
Edge rendering for faster performance, flexible caching, and built-in SEO
Ability to integrate third-party apps, use any React framework, and host anywhere
Push-to-deploy support with Oxygen, Shopify’s globally distributed hosting layer

Cons

Limited to users familiar with React and Remix, which may have a learning curve for some
Being highly reliant on Shopify APIs might not be suitable for non-Shopify platforms
Integrating third-party apps and using any React framework requires significant development expertise

Top Helpful Reviews

Trybz

Mar 26, 2024 on Shopify

very cool, let us build powerful eCommerce platform, and have a fully customizable front end, with the latest and more powerful techs

RedOne Music Canada

Jul 25, 2023 on Shopify

Very nice module from Shopify. I began to use it last week and it works perfectly so far! You can also connect the app with all the credentials within the app. Super nice!