Starter kit · Open source · Powered by GitHub + Claude

Build a real ecommerce store by talking to Claude.

A starter kit for building a real and infinitely customizable ecommerce store without knowing how to code. Spin it up from your browser and ask Claude. Start by prototyping — production-ready once you add hosting.

See how it works

~8 minutes from click to a running store.

Free if you already have Claude. $20/mo for Claude Pro if you don’t.

30-second demo

See it work.

One prompt, Claude edits the file, the storefront updates — on loop.

Who this is for.

A starter kit for learning and building today. Ready to grow into a real, live store once you add hosting.

A good fit if you…

  • Want to start an ecommerce store without learning to code first
  • Want to own your store’s code from day one, with no platform lock-in
  • Are a developer who wants Magento® + Daffodil ready to code against in your browser, with no composer, nginx, or MariaDB to configure. Good for client PoCs, demos, or exploring the stack
  • Are curious how a real ecommerce stack works and want to learn by building and tinkering

Not the right fit if you…

  • Need a live, public store today. Production needs hosting, SSL, payments, and a security review
  • Want a fully-managed, click-to-launch SaaS like Shopify (you’ll own and run the code; that’s the trade-off)
  • Are migrating an existing Magento store. This is a brand-new starter, not a migration tool
Under the hood

What’s actually running.

The starter boots a real Magento® store on a cloud machine you open in your browser, tells Claude how to work on it, and catches mistakes before you trust them. Everything is open source.

  • Your store, ready in the cloud

    Saves ~40 hours

    Click a button and a working Magento® store boots on a cloud machine, fully configured, and opens right in your browser. There’s nothing to install on your computer and nothing to set up. Claude works directly inside that same environment — looking at the same files, running the same store, making changes you can see.

    VS Code running inside a GitHub Codespace — file tree shows AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, daffodil, magento, and the terminal has the Angular dev server running on localhost:4200.
    Your store on a cloud machine, open in your browser — editor, terminal, and live dev server in one place.
    The Magento admin login screen — the back-office where you manage products, orders, and customers.
    The admin — products, orders, customers.
    The Daffodil Commerce storefront homepage — the shop your customers will see.
    Your storefront — Daffodil here, Hyvä if you picked that.

    For developers: The starter ships a devcontainer that brings up PHP, nginx, MariaDB, Mailpit, Magento®, and either Hyvä (PHP-rendered theme) or Daffodil (Angular-based headless storefront), all pre-wired and running. No composer auth to hunt down, no PHP versions to wrestle, no local install. Claude inherits the full environment — terminal, file system, running Magento, local DB — not a sandboxed API. Powered by GitHub Codespaces.

  • A guidebook Claude reads first

    Saves ~12 hours

    Before touching anything, Claude reads a guidebook that ships with the starter. The guidebook explains how this kind of store is built, what to avoid, and where the common mistakes hide — so you’re not stuck teaching it the basics from scratch. It’s the same way you’d onboard a new teammate: read the docs first, then start working.

    For developers: An AGENTS.md at the repo root encodes Magento conventions, common pitfalls, and tooling pointers. Standard convention picked up by Claude Code and other agentic coding tools.

  • An automatic checker for every change

    Saves ~20 hours

    Every time something changes, a fresh copy of your store rebuilds itself from your code and runs a battery of checks. You see a green ✓ if it works, a red ✗ if something broke — so you can tell whether a change actually works before you trust it.

    GitHub commit list showing a green check next to the initial commit — the automatic checker reporting that the change passed.
    A green ✓ next to the commit means every check passed.

    For developers: A GitHub Actions workflow rebuilds the store on every push and runs the same suite of tests we use on the starter itself — see check-store.

Cost transparency

Free if you already have Claude.

The starter is free and open source. GitHub Codespaces covers normal learning use on its free tier. Claude is the only required spend — if you’ve already got Pro, you’re done. $20/mo for Claude Pro if you don’t.

See the cost breakdown

Build your store like this.

Anything in your store, in plain English. Claude reads the code, makes the change, and explains it.

You ask
“Add a banner to the homepage announcing free shipping over $50.”
You ask
“Create a new product category called Holiday Gifts.”
You ask
“The checkout page is slow — can you help me figure out why?”
You ask
“Write product descriptions for these coffee mugs in a friendly, casual tone.”

~8 minutes to a store you can build on.

No credit card to start. Throw it away if you don’t like it.