description Shopify Hydrogen Overview
Shopify Hydrogen is Shopify's React-based framework and storefront toolkit for building custom commerce experiences on the Shopify platform. It is designed for headless commerce, where the presentation layer is developed separately from Shopify's administration, product data, and checkout services through Shopify's storefront interfaces. Hydrogen is intended for developers who need more control over storefront layout, interaction, routing, and performance than a standard theme provides.
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What is Shopify Hydrogen used for?
Shopify Hydrogen is a React-based framework and storefront toolkit for building custom commerce experiences on Shopify. It is intended for headless commerce, where the storefront is developed separately from Shopify's administration and product systems.
What is the difference between Shopify Hydrogen and a normal Shopify theme?
A normal Shopify theme uses Shopify's theme system for the storefront, while Hydrogen lets developers build the presentation layer with React. The commerce backend, products, and checkout can still remain on Shopify.
What is Shopify Oxygen?
Oxygen is Shopify's hosting environment for Hydrogen storefronts. Hydrogen handles the React storefront development, while Oxygen can host and deploy that storefront within Shopify's platform ecosystem.
Does Shopify Hydrogen replace Shopify checkout?
Hydrogen primarily replaces or customizes the storefront layer, not Shopify's core commerce administration. A Hydrogen store can continue using Shopify's product data, cart systems, and checkout services.
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