Complete guide to migrating your Shopify store to Jekyll. Leave Shopify's transaction fees on non-shopify payments orders behind and get native github pages integration. Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Shopify to Jekyll for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose Jekyll as the destination, and download your content — posts, pages, and media — in minutes. No API keys, passwords, or CLI tools required. Difficulty: Advanced. Estimated time: 1-3 hours.
Official docs: Shopify Developer Docs
Leading hosted e-commerce platform. E-commerce businesses of any size that want a managed, reliable store, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Transaction fees on non-Shopify Payments orders
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Shopify. Jekyll eliminates this issue entirely.
Liquid templating language is proprietary and limited
With Jekyll, native github pages integration — deploy by pushing to a repo.
Content management beyond products is very basic
Modern architectures like Jekyll are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
Monthly costs escalate with apps and higher plans
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — Jekyll takes a fundamentally different approach.
Ruby-based SSG that powers GitHub Pages. Built with Ruby (Liquid templates), it's developer blogs hosted on github pages with minimal setup.
Native GitHub Pages integration — deploy by pushing to a repo
Mature and battle-tested for blogs and documentation
Large library of themes and plugins
Simple mental model — content in Markdown, layouts in Liquid
Jekyll is open-source and free to use. You own your code and data with no vendor lock-in. Deploy to any host that supports Ruby, or use managed platforms like Vercel and Netlify for zero-config deployments.
Side-by-side comparison based on real platform characteristics
| Metric | Shopify | Jekyll |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 | ⭐⭐ 2/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Language | Liquid (templating) / Proprietary | Ruby (Liquid templates) |
| Pricing | $39-399/month | Free (open-source) |
| Open Source | No | Yes |
Ratings are based on publicly available data, documentation, and community consensus as of 2026. Individual experience may vary.
A detailed breakdown of how your Shopify content maps to Jekyll
What may need manual attention
Payment gateway configurations, active subscriptions, and order history are platform-specific and need manual setup on Jekyll. Customer accounts may require a re-authentication flow.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Shopify site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select Jekyll as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Shopify to Jekyll makes the most sense if you're experiencing transaction fees on non-shopify payments orders or outgrowing Shopify's architecture. Jekyll is best for developer blogs hosted on github pages with minimal setup.
You should migrate if: your Shopify site is slow, your hosting costs are climbing, your store needs a custom frontend, or you want to adopt a modern JAMstack architecture.
You might want to stay if: your Shopify site benefits from complete e-commerce solution — payments, shipping, inventory and you don't have Ruby developers on your team. Shopify is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Shopify URL, select Jekyll, and download your content. The more important question is whether Jekyll's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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