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Shopify Theme Framework (AKA Concrete)
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Shopify Theme Framework

The original framework for building native Shopify themes.

Last updated 2 years ago

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Shopify Theme Framework (AKA Concrete)

The Shopify Theme Framework has been used to build stores for some of the most well known brands in the world. Including;

  • Harry Potter

  • Warner Bros

  • The Cartoon Network

  • Mr Beast

  • Mark Rober

  • Star Wars

  • National Geographic

What happened to 'Concrete'?

'Concrete' was a version of the long running Shopify Theme Framework, built on the now redundant .

The final version of 'Concrete' is considered v4 of the Shopify Theme Framework. You can find the legacy v4 code in .

A brief history of the Shopify Theme Framework

v0 - 2013

The Shopify Theme Framework was created in 2013, and based on the front-end framework.

v1 (aka Forest) - c2014

v2 - v4 (aka Concrete) - 2016 to 2020

v5 & v6 (unreleased) - 2021

v6 - 2022 to 2023

We are working toward releasing a public version of version 6.

At that point there were no public frameworks available for building Shopify themes. You can find the original project .

v1 ('Forest') was a highly modified variation of Shopify's abandoned theme framework.

Version 2 through 4 (known as 'Concrete') started life as a standalone framework and adopted when released.

Version 5 was written from the ground up, and utlize and for hyper efficient Shopify theme development.

Shopify Slate
this release
Foundation
here
Timber
Slate
Shopify CLI
Parcel bundler