Shopify Headless Demo
A public demo built using my Shopify Headless Starter with Astro + Svelte.
Overview
The Shopify Headless Starter kit is an innovative solution designed for developers looking to create performant headless storefronts. Built on a lightweight foundation with the combination of Astro and Svelte, this starter kit harnesses the power of the Shopify Storefront API, making it an ideal choice for those who prioritize speed, clarity, and creative control in their eCommerce projects. Its minimal setup allows you to hit the ground running, while offering the flexibility to shape the experience to fit your unique vision.
What sets this starter kit apart is its focus on performance without the overhead of heavy UI libraries. This approach ensures that developers can seamlessly build and customize their eCommerce platforms, making it easy to deploy on popular hosting platforms such as Netlify and Vercel. Whether you're new to eCommerce development or an experienced professional, the Shopify Headless Starter provides a solid foundation to accelerate your project.
Features
- Fast, SSR-ready setup: The combination of Astro and Svelte ensures a lightning-fast setup that is ready for server-side rendering.
- Product listing and dynamic detail pages: Easily create and showcase product listings with detailed information, enhancing user experience.
- Variant selection with inventory safeguards: Implement robust inventory management features that protect against overselling.
- Cart with Shopify-native state persistence: Create a seamless shopping experience where cart states are preserved, minimizing customer frustration.
- Utilities for money, images, and formatting: Simplify formatting tasks related to currency and images, streamlining the development process.
- Typed API requests: Built with the latest Shopify Storefront API (v2025-07) for strong type safety and reliability in API interactions.
- Minimalist project structure: A clean and simple structure allows for easy customization and extension to meet project-specific requirements.
- Open-source under MIT License: Contribute to and modify the starter kit freely, fostering innovation and community collaboration.
- Astro
Astro is the all-in-one web framework designed for speed. Pull your content from anywhere and deploy everywhere, all powered by your favorite UI components and libraries.
- Svelte
Svelte is a modern front-end framework that compiles your code at build time, resulting in smaller and faster applications. It uses a reactive approach to update the DOM, allowing for high performance and a smoother user experience.
- Tailwind
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.
- Shopify
Shopify offers headless commerce capabilities through its Storefront API, allowing developers to use their own front-end technology to create custom storefronts or sales channels while using Shopify as a back-end system
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.