Shopify/slate
Slate is a toolkit for developing Shopify themes. It's designed to assist your workflow and speed up the process of developing, testing, and deploying themes. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3663
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1801
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1284 stars · 355 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Slate is a JavaScript-based toolkit for developing, testing, and deploying Shopify themes, providing an opinionated build workflow on top of Theme Kit. It was officially deprecated by Shopify in 2021 in favor of Shopify CLI and related tools.
Use cases
- build shopify themes with a local dev workflow
- deploy shopify theme changes to a store
- scaffold a new shopify theme project
- set up a build pipeline for liquid themes
- maintain a legacy shopify theme built with slate
When to choose
- maintaining an existing Shopify theme already built with Slate
- working on a legacy project that depends on Slate's build pipeline
- forking the toolkit for a custom theme workflow
When to avoid
- starting any new Shopify theme project
- you want local theme development with live preview
- you need supported tooling - use Shopify CLI instead
- you develop on Windows
Facets
framework · maturity abandoned
build-tool developer-tools deployment templating web-development e-commerce developer-tools frontend cli cross-platform shopify shopify-themes theme-development archived themekit scaffolding nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Shopify/slate · fetched 2026-08-28 · ffca19b0a005
- homepage: https://shopify.github.io/slate · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7bb9536ed681
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify/slate | main | 10 |
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