Today we are open sourcing the Remix Store. By making the store's source code public, we hope to benefit developers building with React Router as well as developers building Shopify stores.
The Remix Team is an open source team. We work on open source software like React Router and Remix. Sometimes we open source our websites too.
We launched the store back in May, with the intention of eventually open sourcing it. With something like a store though, where there is a real exchange of money for goods (a novel concept in the open source world), there's plenty of room for abuse if done wrong. After 6 months of running the store, I think we've got everything sorted out to keep our store safe while also allowing anyone to run it locally and poke around/contribute.
As we open up the repo, I wanted to take a moment to share:
Who this is for
What it takes to launch a store
Some cool features worth digging into
If you just want to skip the backstory and dig into the recipe, check out the source code on GitHub.
Otherwise, let's dig into the details of procurement requests, spinning hoodies, and the many iterations it took to get things right.
Who this is for
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