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Spree is a complete open source e-commerce solution built with Ruby on Rails. It was started by Sean Schofield and is now developed by Spark Solutions. We're open to contributions.

Spree consists of several different gems (modules), each of which are maintained in a single repository and documented in a single set of online documentation.

• spree_api (REST API v2 with JavaScript / TypeScript SDK and REST API v1)
• spree_graphql (GraphQL API - coming soon)
• spree_frontend (mobile-first, blazing fast and customizable storefront)
• spree_backend (feature rich Admin Panel)
• spree_cmd (command-line tools for developers)
• spree_core (models, services & mailers, the basic components of Spree)
• spree_sample (sample data for demo purposes)

Demo

Go to: https://demo.spreecommerce.org/

Or fire your own demo on Heroku:

Admin Panel credentials (Heroku demo):

• login: spree@example.com
• password: spree123

Installation

Create new Rails app (optional)

If you're starting a new application from scrach run:

rails new my_store
cd my_store

You can add Spree to your existing Rails application as well.

Add Spree gems to your Gemfile

Rails 6.0

gem 'spree', '~> 4.1'
gem 'spree_auth_devise', '~> 4.1'
gem 'spree_gateway', '~> 3.7'

Rails 5.2

gem 'spree', '~> 3.7.0'
gem 'spree_auth_devise', '~> 3.5'
gem 'spree_gateway', '~> 3.4'

To see what rails version are you using run this command:

rails -v

Older rails versions are also supported: Rails 5.1, Rails 5.0, Rails 4.2

Install gems

bundle install

Note: if you run into Bundler could not find compatible versions for gem "sprockets": error message, please run

bundle update

Use the install generators to set up Spree

rails g spree:install --user_class=Spree::User
rails g spree:auth:install
rails g spree_gateway:install

Installation options

By default, the installation generator (rails g spree:install) will run migrations as well as adding seed and sample data and will copy storefront data for easy customization (if spree_frontend available). This can be disabled using

rails g spree:install --migrate=false --sample=false --seed=false --copy_storefront=false

You can always perform any of these steps later by using these commands.

bundle exec rake railties:install:migrations
bundle exec rails db:migrate
bundle exec rails db:seed
bundle exec rake spree_sample:load
bundle exec rails g spree:frontend:copy_storefront

Headless installation

To use Spree in API-only mode you need to replace spree with spree_api in your project Gemfile. This will skip Storefront and Admin Panel. If you would want to include the Admin Panel please add spree_backend to your Gemfile.

Run rails sever

rails s

Browse Storefront

Go to http://localhost:3000

Browse Admin Panel

Go to http://localhost:3000/admin

Extensions

Spree Extensions provide additional features not present in the Core system.

Extension	Spree 3.2+ support	Description
spree_gateway		Payment Gateways (Stripe, Apple Pay, Braintree, Authorize.net and many others)
spree_auth_devise		Provides authentication services for Spree, using the Devise gem.
spree_i18n		I18n translation files for Spree Commerce
spree-multi-domain		Multiple Spree stores on different domains - single unified backed for processing orders
spree_multi_currency		Provides UI to allow configuring multiple currencies in Spree
spree_multi_vendor		Spree Multi Vendor Marketplace extension
spree-mollie-gateway		Official Mollie payment gateway for Spree Commerce.
spree_braintree_vzero		Official Spree Braintree v.zero + PayPal extension
spree_address_book		Adds address book for users to Spree
spree_digital		A Spree extension to enable downloadable products
spree_social		Building block for spree social networking features (provides authentication and account linkage)
spree_related_products		Related products extension for Spree
spree_static_content		Manage static pages for Spree
spree-product-assembly		Adds opportunity to make bundle of products
spree_editor		Rich text editor for Spree with Image and File uploading in-place
spree_recently_viewed		Recently viewed products in Spree
spree_wishlist		Wishlist extension for Spree
spree_sitemap		Sitemap Generator for Spree
spree_volume_pricing		It determines the price for a particular product variant with predefined ranges of quantities
better_spree_paypal_express		This is the official Paypal Express extension for Spree.
spree_globalize		Adds support for model translations (multi-language stores)
spree_avatax_official		Improve your Spree store's sales tax decision automation with Avalara AvaTax
spree_analytics_trackers		Adds support for Analytics Trackers (Google Analytics & Segment)

Developing Spree

Spree is meant to be run within the context of Rails application and the source code is essentially a collection of gems. You can easily create a sandbox application inside of your cloned source directory for testing purposes.

Clone the Git repo

git clone git://github.com/spree/spree.git
cd spree

Install the gem dependencies

bundle install

Sandbox

Create a sandbox Rails application for testing purposes which automatically performs all necessary database setup

bundle exec rake sandbox

Start the server

cd sandbox
rails server

Performance in development mode

You may notice that your Spree store runs slower in development environment. This can be because in development each asset (css and javascript) is loaded separately. You can disable it by adding the following line to config/environments/development.rb.

config.assets.debug = false

Also in development caching is disabled by defualt. To turn on caching run:

rails dev:cache

You will need to restart rails server after this.

Running Tests

We use CircleCI to run the tests for Spree.

You can see the build statuses at https://circleci.com/gh/spree/spree.

Each gem contains its own series of tests, and for each directory, you need to do a quick one-time creation of a test application and then you can use it to run the tests. For example, to run the tests for the core project.

cd core
BUNDLE_GEMFILE=../Gemfile bundle exec rake test_app
bundle exec rspec spec

If you would like to run specs against a particular database you may specify the dummy app's database, which defaults to sqlite3.

DB=postgres bundle exec rake test_app

If you want to run specs for only a single spec file

bundle exec rspec spec/models/spree/state_spec.rb

If you want to run a particular line of spec

bundle exec rspec spec/models/spree/state_spec.rb:7

Contributing

Spree is an open source project and we encourage contributions. Please review the contributing guidelines before contributing.

In the spirit of free software, everyone is encouraged to help improve this project.

Here are some ways you can contribute:

• by using prerelease versions / master branch
• by reporting bugs
• by translating to a new language
• by writing or editing documentation
• by writing specs
• by writing needed code or finishing code
• by refactoring code
• by reviewing pull requests
• by verifying issues

License

Spree is released under the New BSD License.

About Spark Solutions

Spark Solutions is a software development agency specialized in Ruby on Rails, Spree Commerce and Javascript development. We’ve been leading Spree open-source efforts since 2016 as its core team. We also do client work. Our project teams consist of UX and UI designers, Software Engineers, Testers and Project Managers practicing agile project delivery. We’ll integrate our team with yours to jointly architect, deliver, maintain and scale the software products you need. You drive the project with requirements and acceptance testing and we help you deliver faster using industry-standard project management and comms best practices.

We are passionate about open source software. We are available for hire.