No matter which online store we are browsing in, it's frequent to see highlighted products in the window display along with a search bar, menus, product pages, buy buttons, a logo, and so on. Given these similarities, it's possible to say that, no matter the store’s unique identity, online store components intertwine.
Hence, by having shareable component structures available, the process of developing a storefront can become fast and easy - and that's where Store Framework comes into play!

Build comprehensive shopping experiences that never get old! Evolve your code and contribute to the framework's evolution as an open source project, benefiting from forum discussion and requesting new features through Store Discussion. VTEX Open Source native apps and documentation are fully stored in the VTEX Apps Organization on GitHub, meaning that the documentation, as well as the code, are open-source and may be contributed to by creating new Pull Requests.

Based on the VTEX IO development platform and React technologies, the VTEX Store Framework is responsible for building the storefront and providing native e-commerce components, all written in JSON.

Build your store's entire front in the fastest time-to-market, coupled with the lowest maintenance cost and highest customizable framework. In addition, benefit from an accelerated and scalable evolution of your business thanks to a community of developers making every store block — and therefore your own store — better every day.

💡 Now that you've understood what is the VTEX IO Store Framework, dig deeper:  check out the answers to the most frequently asked questions and some of our components.

💡 If you already know that you want to build your storefront using our components, don't waste any more time and check our documentation on how to build a store using Store Framework