Catalyst 1.0 – Production-Ready. Developer-First.

Catalyst 1.0 is officially released, offering a production-ready, developer-focused platform with enhanced performance and a suite of new features. Read more about it in our Developer Community Resource Hub: Catalyst 1.0 is LIVE

  • Visual Building with Makeswift: Integrate drag-and-drop page editing for diverse users.

  • VIBES Design System: Introduce Soul VIBE, a native ecommerce UI framework with themeable components and an "Electric" default theme.

  • Enhanced Theming: Utilize Tailwind CSS with HSL-based CSS variables for flexible and easily customizable themes.

  • Performance with Partial Prerendering (PPR): Leverage Next.js for hybrid-rendered pages, optimizing speed while maintaining real-time data.

  • New Core Features: Support wishlists, multi-language storefronts, and a robust functional test suite.

Design System & BigDesign Updates

  • BigDesign Landing Page

    Consolidated and refreshed all information about BigDesign resources into a new landing page, improving navigation and preparing for future documentation updates.

B2B Documentation

  • Content Refresh

    • Storefront Catalog

      Refreshed Storefront Catalog documentation, adding new examples, detailed field/parameter descriptions, and cross-references to other API systems.

    • Storefront Quotes

      Refreshed Storefront Quotes documentation, adding new examples, detailed field/parameter descriptions, and cross-references to other API systems.

    • Server-to-Server Channel

      Refreshed Server-to-Server Channels documentation, adding new examples, detailed field/parameter descriptions, and cross-references to other API systems.

    • Server-to-Server Orders

      Refreshed Server-to-Server Orders documentation, adding new examples, detailed field/parameter descriptions, and cross-references to other API systems.

  • Catalyst with B2B Edition

    Updated documentation for creating a Catalyst channel with B2B Buyer Portal, running both apps locally, and customizing the buyer portal.

Checkout, Channel, Tax, and API Documentation

  • Unified Billing Examples

    Clarified guidance in Unified Billing documentation regarding protections around checkout links.

  • Checkouts API

    Added documentation for channel-specific checkout settings endpoints, previously undocumented.

  • Tax Providers

    Added a new section with best practices for building resilient Tax Provider API integrations.

New References

  • Storefront Scripts

    Fetching Storefront Scripts is now supported via the GraphQL API. We’ve added a guide page for the retrieval and usage of those scripts!

  • Catalog Migration

    Created new opinionated docs about catalog migration and updated the menu to include it. This extends our getting started guide with best practices and a process overview.