Makeswift
Makeswift is a composable visual page builder, integrated into Catalyst, that lets marketers and content authors design pages, layouts, and components without writing code.
Core vs. Makeswift-connected projects
Catalyst ships as two variants, tracked by separate Git tags:
@bigcommerce/catalyst-core: no Makeswift integration.@bigcommerce/catalyst-makeswift: includes the Makeswift integration covered in this section.
Which one you get depends on your setup path:
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One-Click Catalyst always provisions a Makeswift-connected project, along with two Makeswift sites (production and development). See One-Click Catalyst.
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CLI Installation defaults to
catalyst-core(no Makeswift) unless you pass--gh-ref @bigcommerce/catalyst-makeswift@latest:See CLI Installation and Versioning for more on the two tags.
What’s in this section
- Editing and Syncing Content: using the Makeswift visual editor and syncing your BigCommerce catalog to it
- Custom Components: building your own Makeswift-editable components
- Customer Group Component: a Makeswift component for customer-group-gated content
Resources
For a broader introduction to Makeswift beyond its Catalyst integration, including the editor, architecture, and component model, see the Makeswift Core course in the Learn tab.