OS that Shopify runs on

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

A user needs to identify the operating system that Shopify runs on for a client’s contract with a financial software provider.

Known information:

  • Shopify uses Google Cloud Platform
  • Self-hosting is potentially possible

Unknown/Seeking:

  • Specific OS (Linux, Ubuntu, Windows, or other)
  • No definitive answer has been found yet

The question remains unanswered, with no responses provided in the thread.

Summarized with AI on November 2. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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For one of our clients i need to know on which OS Shopify runs on (they need this for a contract with a financial software party). Now i’m not sure if there is a clear answer for this but if i could find out that would be great.

All i know is that Shopify uses Google Cloud Platform, and that it could be self-hosted if needed, but whether it uses Linux, Ubuntu, or even Windows i can’t find out. Does anyone know this?