Create and sell beautiful themes
Design and build storefront themes for every kind of business, and sell them on the Shopify Theme Store to reach millions of merchants around the world.
Explore docsStreamlined development
Create fast, flexible themes using languages and tools you already know, and any tech stack that compiles to CSS or JavaScript.
Open source templating language
Easily build and customize themes using Liquid, an open source templating language created by Shopify, along with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON.
Quickstart reference theme
Get started quickly by cloning Dawn, our reference theme, which provides best practices for performance, flexibility, and ease of use.
Engineered for scale
Build themes that run on top of Shopify’s battle-tested, global infrastructure with 275+ points of presence around the world.
Powered by Shopify
Storefront themes are hosted on Shopify, fully managed, and designed to scale automatically, so you can focus on development.
Massive built-in audience
Shopify powers commerce for millions of merchants around the world, giving you direct access to a built-in audience for the themes you create.
Designed for developers
Accelerate theme development with a suite of tools including the Shopify CLI, reference theme, and Liquid templating language.
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Shopify CLI for streamlining common theme development tasks
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Reference theme and best practices
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Code formatter for Liquid and HTML code
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Built-in linter for Liquid and JSON theme code
