Based on the success of shopware2vuestorefront integration Shopware and Divante are working on the next version of enhanced, native and dedicated PWA for Shopware. It will be Open Source (MIT) and will be released in Q2 2020.
This initial integration got so popular that after talks with Shopware we decided to start the native integration project that will be called "Shopware PWA powered by Vue Storefront" and will take advantage of native Shopware data format. This will allow us to fully leverage the CMS (Customer Experiences) that are not compliant with the default Vue Storefront data formats.
These two different strategies for the integration are described in our integration SDK: https://github.com/DivanteLtd/vue-storefront-integration-sdk/blob/tutorial/Vue%20Storefront%20Integration%20Architecture.pdf
We're now taking a huge step from the current shopware2vuestorefront - Generic integration into shopware-pwa - Direct/native integration. This is opening whole new perspectives!
Sure! We're looking for active contributors and maintainers as we still see a value in this integration and it might be usefull even along with shopware-pwa project after it will be released. Shopware PWA will be dedicated to the client's / developers familiar with Shopware. In case somebody is working on Vue Storefront but different platform, having this shopware2vuestorefront integration can be really cool.
By having it they will be able to work on the exactly same data formats with any given platform - being ready to build shops on client's platform of choice by single team. This is exactly the way other integrations have been done - including spree2vuestorefront.
Vue Storefront 1.0 architecture won't let us fully integrate - therefore this leapfrog is a required development step. There will be no easy way to migrate from shopware2vuestorefront to shopware-pwa as the data formats will change.
Can I still use shopware2vuestorefront for my commercial project?
Yes you can, however, this integration is limited in features; we're not yet supporting the coolest Shopware6 feature which is "Customer Experiences" (Pagebuilder) -> see the ToDo List.
These features can be added by your agency if the project dates require you to start right away. If the client can wait - it's better to wait for more advanced integration that we're currently building
The shopware2vuestorefont project is dedicated to Vue Storefront 1.11. Vue Storefront 1.x will be covered by Long Term Support by 1-2 years. The shopware-pwa is being built on Vue Storefront Next architecture. More than using just the native data formats it will be based on StorefrontUI (http://storefrontui.io) implementing the best of Google Retail playbook strategies. It's worth waiting for it!
We're now fully focused on shopware-pwa, looking forward to finding community-based maintainers taking care of shopware2vuestorefront, however, it's hard for us to say.
We're starting 1st October and we need roughly 5-6 months to finish the project; Probably starting next year (January) there will be a developer's preview version. Shopware PWA will be MIT licensed, we're happy for any contributor to join the project even before the first release