Developer Tools

Shopify provides a range of software tools, sample apps, and libraries to accelerate your development process.

App development tools

Partner Dashboard: Get API credentials, track metrics for your published apps, create development stores, and access resources that help you build your business.
Shopify App CLI: Bootstrap a working Shopify app with our command-line tool.
Shopify App Generator for Rails: A Rails engine for building Shopify apps.
App Bridge: Use this JavaScript library to embed your app seamlessly in the Shopify admin.
Shopify Admin API Library for Ruby: A gem to simplify making Admin API calls in Ruby apps.
Shopify Admin API Library for Python: A Python library to simplify making Admin API calls in Python apps.
Shopify Admin API GraphiQL explorer: Use this interactive tool to build GraphQL queries using real Shopify API resources.
Shopify Storefront API GraphiQL explorer: Use this interactive tool to build GraphQL queries for Shopify’s Storefront API.

Shopify app in Ruby and Sinatra: A sample app built in Ruby with the Shopify API gem and the Sinatra framework for Ruby apps.
Shopify app in Node and React: A sample app built using Node.js, React, and GraphQL.
Shopify POS embedded app: A sample app built in Ruby that demonstrates the methods and capabilities of the POS App SDK.
Shopify app in Rails and React: A sample app built in Rails and React that demonstrates App Bridge authentication using session tokens.
Shopify server-side rendered (SSR) Rails app: A sample multi-page SSR Rails app that has been converted to a single-page app using App Bridge and Turbolinks.
Shopify fulfillment integration app: A sample app in Sinatra that demonstrates how to integrate an existing fulfillment service with an API into Shopify using the FulfillmentService resource and Embedded App SDK.
Analytics API app: A sample app that demonstrates how to retrieve store metrics using Analytics APIs and the Embedded App SDK.
Storefront API apps: A series of sample apps that demonstrate how to use the Storefront API. The samples are built and maintained by community members.

Theme Kit: Bootstrap themes and speed up your development process with our command line theme tool.
Liquid Cheat Sheet: Consult this interactive reference guide to the Liquid template language.
Liquid Code Examples: Build Shopify themes faster with this library of ready-to-use Liquid components.
Theme Inspector for Chrome: Profile and debug Liquid rendering performance with this Chrome Developer Tools plugin.

Polaris: Create great user experiences for your apps with Shopify’s design system and component library.