Shopify/dawn
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Shopify's first source available reference theme, with Online Store 2.0 features and performance built-in. observed · 2026-09-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
83/100
- Activity 89
- Release rhythm 66
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 139.0
- age_days: 1945
- days_rel: 71
- days_push: 71
- n_releases_24m: 5
Adoption not part of the score
3091 stars · 4491 forks observed · 2026-09-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Dawn is Shopify's first source-available reference theme for building Online Store 2.0 storefronts, written in Liquid with an HTML-first, JavaScript-only-as-needed approach. It serves as both a production-ready theme and a starting point/reference for developers building custom Shopify themes.
Use cases
- start a new shopify theme project
- build a custom storefront for my shopify store
- learn how to develop shopify themes with liquid
- use online store 2.0 features in a theme
- create a fast performance-optimized shopify theme
- submit a theme to the shopify theme store
When to choose
- you are building a new Shopify theme and want a well-maintained, performance-focused starting point
- you want to learn Shopify theme development best practices from an official reference
- you need Online Store 2.0 features like sections everywhere and metafields out of the box
When to avoid
- you need a fully custom design unrelated to Dawn's look, since Theme Store submissions must be substantively different
- you are not building for the Shopify platform
- you need a headless storefront built with frameworks like React instead of Liquid
Facets
application · maturity active
templating ui-components static-site-generator web-development e-commerce frontend cross-platform shopify-theme liquid online-store-2-0 reference-theme ecommerce-storefront web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/Shopify/dawn · fetched 2026-09-28 · 7eb6d4d56ddc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify/dawn | main | 83 |
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