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Announcements
Announcement
New Developer Portal is LIVE!
We've updated our Developer Portal to dramatically improve the experience of building, managing, and merchandising your applications! The new portal is in beta, but fully integrated and ready for you to use. Look out for a future update when we officially replace the existing portal, and let us know what you think!
Documentation and APIs
Catalyst for headless Commerce
A developer-first approach to ecommerce: fully customizable UI kit, comprehensive GraphQL API client, all optimized for Next.js and React Server Components.
Build an app
Using BigCommerce's powerful APIs, SDKs, and toolkits, developers can build apps that are installable on BigCommerce stores.
Configure a store
Manage products, customers, inventory, location, pricing, currencies, orders, tax, shipping, and store settings within the BigCommerce platform.
Our APIs
Simplify integrations and increase performance by leveraging the power of GraphQL.
GraphQL Storefront APIExplore our API Reference. Harness the full power of our APIs. Discover the endpoints you can use to build innovative commerce solutions.
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Tools and Resources
Looking for inspiration? Check out our directory of open source projects from the BigCommerce team and our active community. Discover sample apps, theme resources, API clients, SDKs and more.
Let's develop together
Join our Community from around the world who are building solutions that bring the BigCommerce platform to life.
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Our design system and React component library were built to enable designers and developers to build experiences that seamlessly integrate with the BigCommerce product.
Developer Blog
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Katie Hoesley
Catalyst 1.0 is LIVE: Start Building Today!
For anyone who has been waiting for a stable release to dive into Catalyst: get excited! Our engineering team has been hard at work, and Catalyst is officially stable! What does this mean for you? With a suite of powerful updates and features, Catalyst is now production-ready and built to streamline your storefront development experience.
Katie Hoesley
New & Improved: DX Team Launches Updated Developer Portal
We’re excited to announce the release of our new and much improved Developer Portal, redesigned from the ground up to make it easier, faster, and more intuitive for developers to manage and merchandise their apps on BigCommerce. For those of you who interact with the portal regularly, these updates are designed to eliminate friction, clarify workflows, and speed up the process of getting apps to market.
Katie Hoesley
Full Page Caching and the Deprecation of Dynamic Attributes
Performance is a top priority for modern ecommerce, and BigCommerce is rolling out Full Page Caching to significantly improve Time to First Byte (TTFB) and overall site speed. This update is particularly relevant for developers building on the BigCommerce platform, as it requires the removal of deprecated dynamic attributes from server-side rendering.
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BC Partner Program
Our BigCommerce Partner Program empowers you with the best resources, sales enablement, training, and referral network to get more clients and build better commerce experiences.
Referrals
Refer visitors to BigCommerce and earn 200% of the customer's first monthly payment or $1,500 per enterprise customer. Join our Affiliate Program to grow your revenue with the leading ecommerce platform.