# Shopify/dawn

Shopify's first source available reference theme, with Online Store 2.0 features and performance built-in.

Repository: https://github.com/Shopify/dawn
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dawn
Language: Liquid
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-10T20:55:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 73, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1897, "days_push": 23, "days_rel": 23, "gap_med": 139.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3060, forks 4450 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.135638+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: templating, ui-components, static-site-generator
- domain: web-development, e-commerce, frontend
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: shopify-theme, liquid, online-store-2-0, reference-theme, ecommerce-storefront, web-server

## Member repositories
- Shopify/dawn (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.135638+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:28:22.624661+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Shopify/dawn (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.135638+00:00, sha 7eb6d4d56ddc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.