# Hydrogen

Hydrogen lets you build faster headless storefronts in less time, on Shopify.

Repository: https://github.com/Shopify/hydrogen
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hydrogen
Homepage: https://skeleton.hydrogen.shop
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hydrogen, react, remix, shopify
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:34:43+00:00
Link (homepage): https://skeleton.hydrogen.shop

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1444, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 19, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 207}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2100, forks 433 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:13.540775+00:00)

## What it is
Hydrogen is a React-based framework from Shopify for building custom, dynamic storefronts powered by Shopify's commerce APIs. It provides server-side rendering, commerce components, and tooling for headless Shopify storefront development.

## Use cases
- build a custom headless Shopify storefront
- create a React storefront backed by Shopify Storefront API
- server-side render an e-commerce site with Shopify data
- replace a Shopify theme with a custom frontend
- build a fast custom product page and cart experience

## When to choose
- you want a fully custom Shopify storefront in React
- you need SSR and streaming for e-commerce performance
- you are building on Shopify's Storefront API

## When to avoid
- you are not using Shopify as your commerce backend
- you want a simple theme-based Shopify store without custom code
- you need a framework-agnostic headless commerce solution

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, ssr, frontend-framework, api-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, e-commerce, apis
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: shopify, storefront, react, headless-commerce, typescript, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- Shopify/hydrogen (main) score 95
- Shopify/hydrogen-v1 (mirror) score 39

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.540775+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 2026-08-29T18:29:16.758725+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Shopify/hydrogen (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:13.540775+00:00, sha 755ff6e739a6)
  - homepage: https://skeleton.hydrogen.shop (fetched 2026-08-29T09:24:33.448375+00:00, sha d3f2c1c0c132)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.